Head Wrestling Coach

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Job Title

Head Wrestling Coach

Position Type

Staff

Job Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing athletes’ wrestling skills, promoting sportsmanship, and fostering a positive team environment. This role includes planning and overseeing practices, matches, and tournaments, while ensuring compliance with all relevant athletic policies and guidelines.

Key responsibilities include coaching athletes at various skill levels, creating training plans to improve performance, supervising assistant coaches, and coordinating the team’s participation in competitions. The Wrestling Head Coach is also expected to mentor student-athletes, promote academic achievement, and uphold the integrity of the program.

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Job Title

Head Wrestling Coach

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Position Type

Staff

Job Description

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing athletes’ wrestling skills, promoting sportsmanship, and fostering a positive team environment. This role includes planning and overseeing practices, matches, and tournaments, while ensuring compliance with all relevant athletic policies and guidelines.

Key responsibilities include coaching athletes at various skill levels, creating training plans to improve performance, supervising assistant coaches, and coordinating the team’s participation in competitions. The Wrestling Head Coach is also expected to mentor student-athletes, promote academic achievement, and uphold the integrity of the program.

Essential Duties Summary

Plan, organize and oversee recruiting efforts with prospective student-athletes: attend recruiting events, recruit evaluation, emails/mailings/phone calls, on campus visits. Review recruiting reports from Assistant Coaches and discuss with Admissions Office and Athletic Director.

Oversee and manage both Men’s and Women’s Wrestling programs.

Coordinate with the strength and conditioning staff to develop appropriate athlete conditioning curriculum.

Plan and lead daily practice sessions for student athletes while developing assistant coaches’ skills for assistance.

Oversee and manage the wrestling training facility and serve as primary communicator to the Director of Facilities for any necessary maintenance and repair requests.

Build and provide individualized development plans for student-athletes which foster growth athletically, academically, and socially.

Oversee and schedule compliance meetings, ensure appropriate record keeping for recruiting and playing/practice seasons, and monitor eligibility of student-athletes in the program.

Other administrative reporting will include scheduling, expense reporting, and budget management, equipment inventory & request of necessary purchases.

Oversee the coordination of summer camps and clinics, coordination of all fundraising activities and alumni outreach.

Assist in the development and delivery of the McMurry Men’s & Women’s wrestling leadership values and ensure that short- and long-term objectives are in line with program goals.

·       Other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics or Designee

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree

 2 – 4 years of related experience coaching Men’s & Women’s Wrestling at the collegiate level.

Demonstrate expertise in all aspects of coaching student-athletes and a commitment to the highest ideals of leadership, sportsmanship and academics

Ability to coach and recruit highly skilled student-athletes

Demonstrated interpersonal skills and success in working with a variety of persons that will build strong, long-term relationships with team members, students and stakeholders.

Must be able to multitask and manage several projects that may be ongoing during the same time.

Have exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills to produce complete and accurate work and manage production activities.

Demonstrated critical thinking, time management, and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.

Be able to work with minimum supervision and handle pressure situations.

Be flexible, able to prioritize tasks and meet scheduled and unscheduled deadlines.

Minimum Required Education

Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree

 3-5 years of experience in coaching Men’s & Women’s Wrestling at the collegiate level. 

Physical Demands

Special Conditions for Eligibility

Head Coach will make independent decisions regarding program direction for success. Decisions are supervised by program administrator (Athletic Director).

Coach is guided by

NCAA

,

MCM

rules and regulations and must have a solid understanding of each governing body’s guidelines.

This position requires a clear and unambiguous commitment to compliance of all National Collegiate Athletic Association (

NCAA

) regulations for Division 3 universities.

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EEO Statement

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action

McMurry University is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the university community and prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, disability or veteran status, in employment or the provision of services, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is also prohibited pursuant to University policy.

Posting Detail Information

| Posting Number | AS933P | | Number of Vacancies | 1 | | Desired Start Date | 12/02/2024 | | Posting Open Date | 10/01/2024 | | Close Date | | | Open Until Filled | Yes | | Special Instructions to Applicants | |

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Documents Needed To Apply

Required Documents Optional Documents 1. Resume 2. Cover Letter

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