The recruiting coordinator plays a critical role in supporting the football program’s recruitment efforts by overseeing the logistics, communication, and operations of the recruiting process. This role works with the coaching staff and administration to identify, attract, and assess potential student-athletes, ensuring a smooth and efficient recruiting cycle. This individual will manage the day-to-day needs of the roster and with other responsibilities as assigned by the head football coach. This person will adhere to the NCAA rules applied to football recruits.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify prospective student-athletes from the matrix established by the head coach and position coaches.
• Determine which prospective student-athletes are recruitable in coordination with coaches and staff.
• Establish contact with prospective student-athletes and communicate daily through a variety of communication channels and follow-up with inquiries about Liberty University Football.
• Act as a liaison between prospective student-athletes and the coaching staff, facilitating clear communication and timely updates.
• Coordinate and maintain communication with high school coaches, athletes, and their families, ensuring an exceptional experience throughout the recruiting process.
• Monitor permissible recruiting websites at direction of the coaching staff to provide them updates on committed prospects.
• Assist with documentation and compliance reporting for all recruitment-related activities.
• Create and update recruiting lists at the direction of the coaching staff.
• Coordinate updates to the XOS Thunder Cloud or similar recruiting database. 
• Assist the director of on-campus recruiting with recruiting events /OV’s/ Gameday Visit.
• Provide feedback from student-athletes who attend recruiting events.
• Determine if the prospective student athlete is a good fit for Liberty University and provide feedback about determination.  
• Maintaining the recruiting database on a day-to-day basis for the coaching staff. Ensure prospect information, pictures, and informational data is up to date.

The recruiting coordinator plays a critical role in supporting the football program’s recruitment efforts by overseeing the logistics, communication, and operations of the recruiting process. This role works with the coaching staff and administration to identify, attract, and assess potential student-athletes, ensuring a smooth and efficient recruiting cycle. This individual will manage the day-to-day needs of the roster and with other responsibilities as assigned by the head football coach. This person will adhere to the NCAA rules applied to football recruits.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify prospective student-athletes from the matrix established by the head coach and position coaches.
• Determine which prospective student-athletes are recruitable in coordination with coaches and staff.
• Establish contact with prospective student-athletes and communicate daily through a variety of communication channels and follow-up with inquiries about Liberty University Football.
• Act as a liaison between prospective student-athletes and the coaching staff, facilitating clear communication and timely updates.
• Coordinate and maintain communication with high school coaches, athletes, and their families, ensuring an exceptional experience throughout the recruiting process.
• Monitor permissible recruiting websites at direction of the coaching staff to provide them updates on committed prospects.
• Assist with documentation and compliance reporting for all recruitment-related activities.
• Create and update recruiting lists at the direction of the coaching staff.
• Coordinate updates to the XOS Thunder Cloud or similar recruiting database. 
• Assist the director of on-campus recruiting with recruiting events /OV’s/ Gameday Visit.
• Provide feedback from student-athletes who attend recruiting events.
• Determine if the prospective student athlete is a good fit for Liberty University and provide feedback about determination.  
• Maintaining the recruiting database on a day-to-day basis for the coaching staff. Ensure prospect information, pictures, and informational data is up to date.
• Travel to prospective student-athletes high school/home when permissible by Liberty University and NCAA.
• Serve as a contact for recruits, offering guidance, information, and support as they progress through the recruitment cycle.
• Strictly adheres to Liberty University policies, representing the University in an exemplary manner.
• Works effectively as a team member, embracing and fostering LU’s Christian model and Mission – Training Champions for Christ.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES  

Recruiting operation student workers and graduate assistants

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelors degree required. Masters preferred. Knowledge of NCAA Division I rules and regulations.  1-3 years of experience and most be up to date technologies.

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB

Communication and Comprehension

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well articulated information.
• Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Computer skills

Problem Solving

• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.

Physical and Sensory Abilities

• May be required to travel (away games and recruiting functions)

• May be required to sit to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard.

• Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.

• Regularly required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the campus.

• Handle materials, reach overhead, kneel or stoop in order to conduct business.

• Regularly lift 10 or fewer pounds.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work Environment

The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is a climate-controlled setting.  It is well lighted, and the noise level is moderate.  Working environment may include facilitation of events outdoors occasionally.  (

Driving Requirements

If the employee is required to travel in performing the duties and responsibilities of the position, the use of one’s personal vehicle (or LU vehicles) may be required for travel.  Proof of a valid driver’s license, an acceptable DMV record, LU Driving Approval, and liability insurance is required when driving in the performance of the employee’s position. (

Target Hire Date

2025-03-03

Time Type

Full time

Location

Lynchburg - In Office

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.

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