Assistant Women's Softball Coach

Job Summary

Description

This applicant pool will be used to fill a part-time Assistant Women's Softball Coach vacancy in late Fall 2020. If you have applied to previous pools in this discipline, you will need to apply to this pool to continue to be considered.

Under the general supervision of a Dean and work direction of an Athletic Director and Head Coach, an Assistant Coach provides comprehensive instruction and leadership to student-athletes.

This includes responsibility for assisting the Head Coach with the recruitment of student-athletes, team scheduling, programming, and public relations.

Representative Duties

• Provide instruction, mentoring, and coaching to student athletes in the skills, techniques, and competitive strategies necessary for individual and team achievement of athletic standards of performance; evaluate individual and team performance and refine individual and team strategies throughout the season. E
• Assist in planning and scheduling competitions, tournaments, and events in collaboration with coaches within and outside of the conference and in concert with academic schedules, District policy, and California Community College Commission on Athletics (CCCAA)/Western State Conference regulations; distribute schedules to student-athletes, department personnel, and campus media personnel; collect and report subject sport statistics. E
• Establish and maintain safety standards to protect student-athletes, equipment, materials, and facilities; demonstrate techniques of movement and body mechanics that prevent injuries; provide immediate assistance to injured student-athletes; document injuries and submit record-keeping reports as required. E
• Create a positive atmosphere for the student-athletes; support academic progress, retention, and matriculation of student-athletes through mentoring activities; refer student-athletes to support services, programs, resources, and other professionals as appropriate; maintain confidential student-athlete information. E
• Assist with the recruiting process in compliance with CCCAA regulations to identify and attract promising student-athletes; provide referrals to prospective student-athletes to academic and student services as appropriate; maintain contact with prospective student-athletes and provide prompt follow-up to inquiries from potential student-athletes. E
• Assist in developing the subject sport team budget and managing expenses to ensure expenditures remain within approved funding levels; recommend purchase of equipment, supplies and uniforms for subject sport; assist equipment personnel in maintaining inventory records for equipment and apparel. E
• Ensure program compliance within the subject sports program with CCCAA regulations; establish and monitor effective procedures to ensure staff and student-athletes comply with such requirements; communicate the disciplinary or corrective consequences of violations as set forth in the provisions of enforcement procedures; report violations of regulations to the Athletic Director or Dean. E
• Promote interest and attendance at athletic events; assist in fund-raising efforts for the program. E
• Provide work direction to others.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

E = Essential Duties

Minimum Qualifications

• Possession of any bachelor's degree and two years of professional experience,

OR

• Any associate degree and six years of professional experience,

OR

The equivalent.

• A First Aid Certificate issued by a recognized First Aid training program must be obtained within the first three months of employment.
• A CPR Certificate issued by a recognized CPR training program must be obtained within the first three months of employment.
• A valid California Driver License