Assistant Coach, Women's Rowing

This position has been filled - Job#: 453391936

Job Summary

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coaches and instructs, on and off the water, varsity and novice athletes.
• Independently and collaboratively runs workouts, drills, and manages practice progression from start to finish.
• Instructs athletes in physical execution of the sport of rowing.
• Provides athletes with clear and constructive feedback.
• Meets with athletes to review goals, including academic, athletic, and personal.
• Engages in regatta travel.
• Manages specific responsibilities as outlined below for the team and for particular boats at competitive and training events.
• Coordinates food for student-athletes with parents for competitive events as well as training trips.
• Assists with setting up hotels, food and travel arrangements. Maintains program budget.
• Works closely with Head Coach and Athletic Business Office regarding expenses, including requesting and attaining travel advances for team travel, recruiting travel, and recruiting visits, and reconcile advances in ChromeRiver; and manages funds on road and recruiting trips to ensure funding remains available throughout the trip.
• Collaborates with the coaching staff to maintain, repair, or replace, equipment for the team including but not limited to: racing shells, oars, riggers, ergometers, boat trailers, coaching launches.
• Travels to events designed to instruct and inform professional development. Brings new information back to share with the coaching staff and team as applicable.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• A combination of 3-5 years of experience in rowing and/or coaching, either Juniors or intercollegiate rowing, is required. 
• Demonstrable experience with effective and successful prior coaching is required. 
• Flexibility to work non-traditional hours and weekends is required.
• Pennsylvania Boating License and First Aid, CPR, AED Certification or ability to obtain these certifications within 30 days of hire.

Preferred qualifications:

• USRowing Level 1 or 2 coaching certification.
• Preference given to candidates with experience competing and/or coaching at the NCAA D1 level, or at a highly competitive collegiate club program.