Assistant Football Linebacker Coach/Assistant Defensive Coordinator

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The AssistantFootball Linebacker Coach/Assistant Defensive Coordinator will direct and coordinate the planning, organizing and coaching of the varsity Football Linebacker Coach and assistant Defensive Coordinator at Centenary College of Louisiana.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provide leadership and guidance in the personal and athletics development of student athletes at Centenary College. Duties will include coaching an offensive position organizing and conducting your own position meetings, managing your own recruiting territory, assisting with game planning and data breakdown, monitoring the academic success of the position, and other administrative duties as assigned by the Head Coach.
• Over 25 percent travel time required to attend SCAC and NCAA meeting, conferences, and training seminars, as well as traveling to support team competitions and recruiting.

The AssistantFootball Linebacker Coach/Assistant Defensive Coordinator will direct and coordinate the planning, organizing and coaching of the varsity Football Linebacker Coach and assistant Defensive Coordinator at Centenary College of Louisiana.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provide leadership and guidance in the personal and athletics development of student athletes at Centenary College. Duties will include coaching an offensive position organizing and conducting your own position meetings, managing your own recruiting territory, assisting with game planning and data breakdown, monitoring the academic success of the position, and other administrative duties as assigned by the Head Coach.
• Over 25 percent travel time required to attend SCAC and NCAA meeting, conferences, and training seminars, as well as traveling to support team competitions and recruiting.
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• Must have access to mobile computing outside of the office for recruitment of student-athletes, scouting, travel arrangements, and budget management.
• Must be accessible and reachable by telephone or text message at times other than College business hours for the purpose of team member contact and/or recruiting purposes.
• Schedules, organizes, and supervises practices in compliance with College and NCAA rules.
• Ensures that athletic venue is properly set-up for practices and official athletic competition.
• Counsel team members in academic, disciplinary and personal matters; consult with College administration and faculty for resolution of problems as needed.
• Direct and coordinate activities, ensuring compliance with College, Conference, and NCAA policies and regulations.
• Recruits student-athletes in accordance with Centenary College and NCAA policy guidelines.
• Maintain control of college-issued credit card and submit timely reimbursement requests with accompanying support documentation.
• Work with the Director of Athletics and Athletics Administrative Assistant to develop and monitor annual budgets.
• Participates in approved fundraising activities under the coordination and direction of the Director for Athletics.
• Monitoring of Athletic facilities as assigned by Athletic Director
• This position will require night and weekend hours
• Other related projects, duties and responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary.

As an institutional staff member actively involved in NCAA Division III prospects, student-athletes and athletic department personnel, you are responsible to uphold all conference and NCAA rules and regulations. In accordance with NCAA bylaw 11.1, you are responsible to report any known violations and will be held accountable for any violations committed within your department

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Student workers, volunteers, student-athletes

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

MINIMUM

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3 or more years’ experience in college football coaching at the assistant, coordinator or head coaching level required.
• Must have knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations.
• Must be people-oriented individual, have good communication skills, and the ability to work with a diverse group of people.
• Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations
• Well organized and self-motivated
• Able to obtain First Aid/CPR/AED training and van driving clearance

PREFERRED

• Master’s degree
• Experience with NCAA Division III program
• Experience with a selective, residential, Liberal Arts College

Please send cover letter and resume to:

Department of Human Resources

Centenary College of Louisiana

2911 Centenary Boulevard

Shreveport, Louisiana 71104

Email: hr@centenary.edu

Fax: 318.869.5281

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River and is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South.

Candidates are invited to visit the College’s website at www.centenary.edu/jobs.

_ Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus welcome applicants who would add to the College’s diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. EOE. _