Assistant Coach for Field Hockey

Job Summary

Job Overview

• This is a full-time, 10-month Administrative and Professional Staff position.
• Reports to the Head Coach of Field Hockey and works with the Associate Vice President for Athletics Advancement and Delta Lodge Director of Athletics & Physical Education
• Responsible for assisting the Head Coach in all aspects of coaching, recruiting and administering the women’s field hockey program.
• Specific responsibilities, include:

1. Assist with coordinating and performing coaching duties including traditional and contraditional practices, game preparation, coaching of all student-athletes.
2. Assist with the development of team strategy and analyze performance of student athletes.
3. Assist with scouting, recruiting and retention of student-athletes.
4. Help operate a successful program within NCAA and NCAC rules and regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Two years coaching and/or relevant competitive experience.
• Solid administrative skills and the ability to motivate staff and volunteers to achieve administrative goals.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Basic familiarity, appreciation and empathy with the role of intercollegiate athletics and its relationship to the College.
• The capacity to articulate that role and interact comfortably with those individuals and constituency groups (student-athletes, alumni, coaches,parents, etc.) crucial to the advancement of athletics.
• High motivation with a capacity for independent work within the context of an intensely goal-oriented environment.