Head Coach Baseball

Job Description

Overview

Located five miles from downtown Boston, Tufts University is a Division III member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the highly-competitive New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Tufts students participate in 30 varsity sports, 32 club sports and a number of intramural sports. Tufts Athletics has won eleven NCAA team championships since 2010 and has finished in the top 10 of the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup in each of the last eight years, including winning the Director's Cup in 2022 as the top Division III Athletic Department in the nation. Tufts Athletics oversees the Physical Education Department and manages all athletics facilities, including the Steve Tisch Sports & Fitness Center. The Department of Athletics provides student-athletes a dynamic, transformational experience on and off the field. They experience the joy of personal growth inherent in high level competition, while cultivating lifelong connections with teammates, the Tufts community and the world around us.

What You'll Do

Job Description

Overview

Located five miles from downtown Boston, Tufts University is a Division III member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the highly-competitive New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Tufts students participate in 30 varsity sports, 32 club sports and a number of intramural sports. Tufts Athletics has won eleven NCAA team championships since 2010 and has finished in the top 10 of the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup in each of the last eight years, including winning the Director's Cup in 2022 as the top Division III Athletic Department in the nation. Tufts Athletics oversees the Physical Education Department and manages all athletics facilities, including the Steve Tisch Sports & Fitness Center. The Department of Athletics provides student-athletes a dynamic, transformational experience on and off the field. They experience the joy of personal growth inherent in high level competition, while cultivating lifelong connections with teammates, the Tufts community and the world around us.

What You'll Do

The head coach for baseball is responsible for effectively operating all aspects of an NCAA Division III men’s baseball program. This includes, but is not limited to, recruiting academically qualified and athletically talented high school athletes, leading and managing the student-athletes and assistant coaches, organizing and running practices, creating and sustaining an environment that supports the Tufts mission, building a competitive schedule, operating the program within budgetary limits, managing administrative tasks effectively, and actively participating in alumni engagement and fundraising activities.

Essential Functions:

• Identify, evaluate and successfully recruit highly-selective student-athletes within the framework and guidelines of University and conference guidelines and policies.
• Educate and coach student-athletes
• Supervise and direct assistant coaches, ensuring adherence to all association, conference and university rules by student-athletes and support staff.
• Team and program fund-raising and external relations as needed (camps, clinics, etc.)
• Secondary duty as assigned by the Director of Athletics

What We're Looking For

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree; a minimum of five (5) years coaching experience
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills; demonstrated ability to effectively coach the sport of baseball, develop and relate to student-athletes in an extremely competitive academic environment
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; gender equity; and the mission of Tufts University
• Knowledge of NCAA and NESCAC rules and a commitment to abide by them at all times
  Ability to recruit academically qualified and athletically talented student-athletes to Tufts
• Dedication to the full academic, athletic and social development of student-athletes
  Extensive knowledge of the sport and a sophisticated understanding of coaching strategies with a demonstrated ability to enhance student-athlete development
• Ability to communicate effectively and foster positive relations with fellow athletics department staff members, student-athletes and other members of the Tufts community, including faculty, staff, donors, alumni, and local community members
• Valid US driver’s license and ability to travel are required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree
• Competitive collegiate playing experience
• Fundraising experience

Pay Range

Minimum $70,000.00, Midpoint $87,550.00, Maximum $105,100.00

Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.