Assistant Coach, Tennis

EXPIRED

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Location:

Langhorne, PA

| | | Position: Assistant Coach, Tennis | |

Location:

Langhorne, PA

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Department of Athletics

Assistant Coach for Tennis

Part-Time, Seasonal (2024-25)

Cairn University’s Department of Athletics is seeking to fill the part-time seasonal position of Assistant Coach for Tennis. Cairn University is a NCAA Division III school and participates in the United East Conference.

Department Purpose

The purpose of the Department of Athletics at Cairn University is to provide NCAA division III sports which allow our student athletes to honor God by growing through integrity, humility, and discipline in pursuit of athletic excellence. Cairn’s teams are built in a competitive environment and led by coaches who desire that their team learns to exemplify the walk and life of the Christian faith and recognize that sports provide a tremendous training for life and service. Cairn seeks to develop student athletes that are willing to stand for Christ, serve with humility, lead with dignity, pursue knowledge and excellence while being able to handle adversity.

Cairn is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and is an associate member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA).

All Department of Athletics personnel have ministerial responsibilities to integrate spiritual development into their leadership, coaching, and support for student athletes. For coaches and staff, this takes the form of prayer, Bible study, and encouragement of students’ spiritual discipline alongside the physical and mental discipline which characterizes an athletics program.

Position Summary

The Assistant Coach will assist the Head Coach with practice and game planning execution and will be required to attend practices, meetings, games, and team events.

• Candidates should understand and demonstrate tactical aspects of tennis and be able to lead drills and training sessions with the Head Coach.
• This position will assist in the player recruiting process through email communication, phone calls, and attending tournaments of high school prospective student athletes.
• The Assistant Coach will also assist the Head Coach in organizing and implementing fundraising events.
• Provide positive feedback and constructive criticism to athletes to improve individual performance.
• Create a Christ-centered team community by focusing on athletes’ spiritual growth and maturity.
• Promote the ideals of Christian sportsmanship in all phases of conducting an intercollegiate athletic program reflective of a Biblical University.
• Support the Head Coach by establishing appropriate and effective mentoring relationships with student athletes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Prior playing or coaching experience at the collegiate level preferred; successful high school or club coaching experience will be considered.
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Valid driver’s license is required.

Serving at Cairn University

Located in Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Cairn University exists to educate students to serve Christ in the church, society, and the world as biblically minded, well-educated and professionally competent men and women of character. Students earn bachelor’s degrees in various areas including Bible, Education, Music, and Business Administration; and graduate degrees in Business, Divinity, Education, Organizational Leadership, Worship and Music, and Counseling.

Cairn is a conservative evangelical institution within the protestant tradition that employs faculty and staff who profess Jesus Christ as personal Savior; agree to Cairn’s Statement of Faith and Community Life Covenant; and serve students in a ministerial capacity through imparting and upholding biblical instruction, prayer, and mentoring. Members of the faculty are required to integrate biblical instruction in their respective professional subject areas. Applicants must provide a Personal Testimony of salvation as part of the application process.

To apply, please follow the link below. You may upload and submit your resume/CV and cover letter and unofficial transcripts with the application.

Cairn University does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or other protected characteristics, in administration of its educational, employment and admissions policies.

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