Men's Basketball Head Coach

Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Department: Athletics

FLSA Class: Salary, Exempt

Reports To: Director of Athletics, Pos. #10340001 Status: Regular, Full-time

Location: College Place, WA

Grade: S9

Created: 2020

Updated: 9/2026

Position #: 10340003

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Men’s Basketball Head Coach

Department: Athletics

FLSA Class: Salary, Exempt

Reports To: Director of Athletics, Pos. #10340001 Status: Regular, Full-time

Location: College Place, WA

Grade: S9

Created: 2020

Updated: 9/2026

Position #: 10340003

Compensation: $54,993.51 to $62,492.62 Annually
New hires generally start at the low to mid-point within the pay grade, with placement dependent on qualifications and
experience.
Benefits: May include medical, retirement, paid time off, and more. To learn more, visit: wallawalla.edu/benefits

POSITION SUMMARY

This position will oversee the men’s basketball team and is responsible for instruction, coordination,
recruitment, and development of the team. The position also entails supervising any individuals assisting with
the men’s basketball program in a subordinate role. The role includes monitoring all student-athletes in regard
to NAIA and CCC eligibility and working with student-athlete academic advisors to track academic progress.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Oversight of Men’s Basketball Team
   

• Formulate a successful philosophy to promote the educational welfare, sportsmanship, and

spiritual development of the men’s basketball student-athletes.

• Manage and supervise all activities of the men’s basketball team, including planning practices,

strength training, open gyms, and all other basketball-related activities.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of all NAIA rules and regulations, Cascade Collegiate
Conference obligations, and rules of the game (including changes), and ensure all required
duties based on those rules are fulfilled.
• Recruit and vet all players joining the team.
• Collaborate with the athletic department on fundraising opportunities.
• Create a spiritual development and leadership plan for men’s basketball student-athletes.
• Organize community outreach programs for the men’s basketball team to participate in.
• Manage the budget for the men’s basketball program.
• Track all players’ academic success, NAIA eligibility, and progress toward a degree.
• Review student-athletes’ academic progress reports and end-of-term grades to determine

motivational needs, foster academic success, and maintain athletic qualification.

1. Compliance
   

• Develop policies and protocols for the student-athlete eligibility process in coordination with

WWU’s Faculty Athletic Representative, NAIA, and CCC.
Serve as the point of contact for universities requesting the release of WWU student-athletes.
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• Act as a liaison with student-athletes’ Academic Advisors to ensure student-athletes are

succeeding in class scheduling.

• Review and monitor daily academic progress reports.

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• Oversee admissions and initial/transfer eligibility for prospective student-athletes and

continuing eligibility for returning student-athletes.
• Assess the admissibility of prospective student-athletes.
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• Coordinate the NAIA Champions of Character program for administration, coaches, support

Interpret NAIA and CCC rules.

staff, and student-athletes.

1. Performs other duties as assigned, formally or informally, orally or in writing.
   

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

“Non-essential” If a duty takes up less than 5% of the employees’ time and is not viewed as a critical function
it is likely considered “non-essential” within the context of the ADA. These duties could be reassigned to
another employee in order to allow a disabled individual to hold the position.

• N/A

SUPERVISION RECEIVED & GIVEN

Supervision Received: Employee receives general instructions regarding scope of and approach to projects
or assignments, but procedures and techniques are left to the discretion of the employee. Employees are
expected to operate with a reasonable degree of independence.

Supervision Given: Yes, student workers, assistant coaches, and volunteer coaches.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree in Athletic Administration preferred.
• Licenses/Certifications: AED First Aid and CPR
• Experience/Skills

• Years of experience: 5-10 years, 1-+ years preferred.
• Quality/Compliance: Achieving a standard of excellence with our work processes and
outcomes, demonstrating strong attention to detail, honoring University policies and all
regulatory requirements, and maintaining confidentiality.

• Customer Focus: Striving for high customer satisfaction, going out of their way to be helpful
and pleasant, making it easy as possible on the customer rather than our department or the
University.

• Communication: Balancing listening and talking, speaking and writing clearly and accurately,

influencing others, keeping others informed.

• Collegiality: Being helpful, respectful, approachable and team-oriented, building strong working
relationships and a positive work environment, and ability to relate to and work with diverse
groups of people.
Initiative: Taking ownership of work responsibilities, doing what is needed without being asked,
following through.

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• Efficiency: Planning ahead, managing time well, being on time and dependable, being cost

conscious, thinking of better ways to do things.

• Coachability: Being receptive to feedback, willing to learn, embracing continuous improvement.
• People management: Setting clear expectations, reviewing progress, providing timely feedback

and guidance, holding people accountable.

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ADDITIONAL JOB-SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum: Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Access), familiarity with NAIA rules
and regulations. Preferred: Recruiting knowledge, familiarity with customer relationship management (CRM),
strength and conditioning training background.

WORK CONDITIONS/ENVIRONMENT

Job Conditions:

• Frequent: Travel, working more than 40 hours/week, weekend work, computer use, fast-paced work

and speaking, reading, and understanding English.

• Occasional: On-call/after-hours work, unscheduled interruptions and driving/operating machinery

or vehicles.

Lifting/Moving:

• Frequent: Pushing, pulling, lifting and carrying 50-100 pounds.

Physical:
Frequent: Stopping, kneeling, crouching and/or crawling, walking and/or running, moving from one location
to another, standing, reaching, handling, and/or feeling (i.e. computer use, etc.), talking and/or hearing, and
seeing/vision.
Occasional: Climbing or balancing and using feet/legs to control equipment.

Environment:

• Frequent: Indoor, cold/heat and noise/vibrations
• Occasional: outdoor wet/dry conditions.

Equipment: General weight room equipment, sports specific training aids, indoor/outdoor training
equipment, computer, phone, printer, and team equipment.

APPLY NOW

Applications are being accepted now, with the position filled as soon as a qualified candidate is
identified.

• For external applicants, apply here.
• For internal applicants (active employees, not including student employees), apply here.

Please also submit a cover letter and resume along with the employment application. Within the
employment application, an option is provided to upload your cover letter and resume.

Thank you for considering employment at Walla Walla University!

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