Head Coach - Men's Soccer - 996929 **INTERNAL TO DEPARTMENT ONLY**

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Job Title:

Head Coach - Men's Soccer - 996929 **INTERNAL TO DEPARTMENT ONLY**

Location:

Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida

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About Us:

We are excited that you are considering joining Nova Southeastern University!

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) was founded in 1964, and is a not-for-profit, independent university with a reputation for academic excellence and innovation. Nova Southeastern University offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans and much more. NSU cares about the health and welfare of its students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors and is a tobacco-free university.

We appreciate your support in making NSU the preeminent place to live, work, study and grow. Thank you for your interest in a career with Nova Southeastern University.

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NSU considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, political affiliation or belief, national origin, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Job Title:

Head Coach - Men's Soccer - 996929 **INTERNAL TO DEPARTMENT ONLY**

Location:

Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida

Work Type:

Full Time with Full Benefits

Job Category:

Exempt

Hiring Range:

Pay Basis:

Annually

Subject to Grant Funding?:

No

Essential Job Functions:

Coaching

1. Overseeing all coaching techniques and strategies and supervising coaching staff.

2. Maintaining primary responsibility for teaching, coaching, and development of student-athletes including recruitment, monitoring academic performance and social development, maintaining discipline and development programs, fundraising activities, coordinating summer camps, pre- and post-conditioning, practice and games.

3. Overseeing individual training sessions to ensure the health and well-being of the men’s soccer team.

4. Working closely with the Athletic Trainer to develop positive conditioning programs for the student-athletes.

5. Ensuring quality and consistency of functional training sessions such as specialized training sessions conducted for the attacking players to improve their movement in the final third of the field and creating more goalscoring opportunities.

Recruitment

1. Developing and enhancing a comprehensive recruiting plan.

2. Being primarily responsible for recruiting academically and athletically qualified student-athletes for admission to the University with adherence to admissions and athletic department policies and procedures.

3. Attending nationally recognized events which include, but not limited to: ECNL, US Soccer DA, National Premier league and High School games, for the purpose of evaluation and contact of prospective student-athletes.

4. Evaluating prospective student-athletes on their technical, tactical, physical, and psychology components, in conjunction with the philosophy of the head coach and soccer program.

5. Ensuring that official visits for prospective student-athletes are organized and conducted while complying with the rules of the Sunshine State Conference and NCAA.

Team Administration

1. Establishing, planning, and maintaining long-term and short-term objectives for the team.

2. Hiring of assistant coaches with concurrence of the Director of Athletics.

3. Supervising and assigning responsibilities to coaching team, team managers and graduate assistants, if applicable.

4. Upgrading team schedule to ensure the calendar and time management plan is provided to the student-athletes in conjunction with NCAA rules, with considerations of missed classes, examination periods, and other factors that could affect their academic success.

5. Communicating all travel needs to the Director of Athletics or the Assistant Athletics Director.

6. Overseeing quality maintenance of the facility during use, equipment inventory and proper distribution to athletes, and always following NSU procedures in handling all ordering supplies and any funds that flow through the athletic program.

7. Ensuring strict compliance with all NCAA and Sunshine State Conference rules and regulations.

Scouting

1. Scouting upcoming opponents and ensuring assistant coaches are scouting at least 50% of games during the season and presenting a scouting report, including video, to the team prior to competition.

2. Conducting statistical analysis to evaluate upcoming opponents, to recognize their strengths and weaknesses, and create strategies to exploit those weaknesses.

3. Using of InStat, Gamebreaker, and Microsoft Office to organize charts and statistics, as well as video clips to provide the team with a visual on the upcoming opponent, in addition to a presentation given on each game day.

4. During tournament play, scout the upcoming opponent on a live platform. Write detailed notes on the upcoming opponent to share with the head coach and the team. Notes should include system of play, key players, tendencies, set pieces, areas of weakness.

Academics

1. Working with academic advisor for the team by coordinating practice times and travel with each student-athlete's class schedule.

2. Maintaining regular communication with the Associate Athletics Director for Academics and Student Development and the Assistant Coach for men's soccer; scheduling a weekly meeting, as needed.

3. Collaborating with the academic advisor to create a calendar for the student-athletes which lists all upcoming events, exam schedules, travel dates for missed classes, study hall and tutoring times.

4. Ensuring availability of academic study hall for the student-athletes while they travel for away games so they can maintain a high GPA. On average, a team GPA of 3.4 is a minimum expectation, with many of the teams making the Dean's List of 3.0 or above.

Campus/Community Communications

1. Assisting the Sports Information Director in the promotion of the program.

2. Participating actively in fundraising and related special events to raise scholarship funds for the Athletics program at NSU.

3. Performing responsibilities on campus committees as assigned by the Director of Athletics.

4. Interacting with various campus offices, departments and faculty.

5. Maintaining effective communication with faculty relating to monitoring academic progress of student-athletes and development of academic improvement strategies for athletes.

6. Serving as guest speaker at public events on behalf of NSU Athletics, as designated or requested.

7. Serving in a leadership role and promoting participation in community service activities by student athletes.

8. Coordinating community service and NSU athletics-to-school programs.

Marginal Job Functions:

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Knowledge:

1. Administration and Management - Knowledge of management principles involved in strategic planning, leadership techniques, and coordination of people and resources.

2. English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language.

3. NCAA Rules and Regulations – Strong working knowledge and understanding of all NCAA rules and regulations regarding compliance issues.

4. Sport Experience – Extensive knowledge of individual and team skills with the ability to teach these skills.

Skills:

1. Active Listening – Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

2. Speaking - Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.

3. Critical Thinking – Advanced skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

4. Judgment and Decision Making - Expert skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.

5. Time Management - Advanced skills in managing one's own time and the time of others.

6. Writing - Proficient skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

7. Active Learning - Proficient skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

8. Monitoring - Proficient skills in monitoring / assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Abilities:

1. Recruiting – The ability to evaluate and compare athletic talent for potential growth and development of student-athletes. Maintain correspondence with a large number of prospects: e-mail, letters, and phone.

2. Academic Monitoring – The ability to establish and monitor an academic system that ensures academic success for the student-athlete.

3. Budget Management – Must be able to work within the budget given by the athletic department.

4. Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

5. Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

6. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

7. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

8. Problem Solving - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Physical Requirements:

1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

2. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.

3. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.

4. Travel - Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.

5. May be required to work nights or weekends.

6. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.

7. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, and computer keyboards.

Job Requirements:

Required Certifications/Licensures:

Required Education:

Bachelor's Degree

Major (if required):

Sports Management, Sports Education, Kinesiology or closely related field

Required Experience:

Minimum of two (2) years of coaching experience at high school, college, or professional level.

Preferred Qualifications:

Is this a safety sensitive position?

Yes

Background Screening Required?

Yes

Pre-Employment Conditions:

Sensitivity Disclaimer:

Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.

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