WOMEN'S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH / ACADEMIC ADVISOR FOR ATHLETICS & COMPLIANCE

CLASSIFICATION : Administrative, Management, Professional

DEPARTMENT : Athletics / Student Affairs

REPORTS TO : Athletic Director / Associate Director of Advising & Retention

FLSA STATUS : Exempt

CONTRACT TERMS : Full-Time, 12 month contract

LOCATION : Trenton, Missouri-Main Campus

Position Summary : The head women's basketball coach will be responsible for leading and managing all aspects required to run a successful NJCAA women's basketball program. The successful candidate will be able to work with members of Student Affairs department to develop, implement, and assess academic retention goals. The position will also help with all aspects of student athlete advising and other NJCAA eligibility / compliance requirements. This position requires working some weekends and evenings.

Essential Functions

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to

Women's Head Basketball Coach

• Recruiting, training, developing student athletes, making travel arrangements, preparing and adhering to budgets, fundraising, maintaining athletic equipment, facilities and supplies management, academic monitoring, rules adherence, and NJCAA compliance.
• Prepare and adhere to operational and scholarship budgets set by NCMC.
• Establish practice schedule and roster. Communicate game schedule and other information as needed to athletes, public relations, and Athletics support staff, and Athletic Director.
• Provide skill and strategy instruction to student athletes in the skills necessary for excellent achievement in the sport.
• Enforce and model discipline and sportsmanlike behavior at all times, and establish and oversee penalties for breach of such standards by individual students.
• Communicate game schedule with men's basketball official assigner.
• Develop the season schedule and keep the Athletic Director informed.
• Utilize the Athletic Director as a resource for process and procedure implementation.
• Inventory athletic equipment and recommend purchases of equipment, supplies, and uniforms as appropriate through the Athletic Director.
• Plan and schedule a regular program of practice for the season with the Athletic Director

Academic Advisor For Athletics & Compliance

Develop a degree plan to graduation with student

Work with faculty prior to the administrative drop deadline each semester to ensure student athletes are not being dropped from courses and falling below credit hour requirements

Develop an audit packet for each team that meets NJCAA requirements

Qualifications : Education

Bachelor's Degree required. Master's Degree preferred.

Experience

Evidence of a minimum of three years successful coaching experience required. College coaching experience is preferred. Demonstrated recruitment of quality student athletes is required. Candidates must have an understanding of NJCAA rules and regulations. Knowledge of the college recruiting process and an ability to connect to coaches at the college level is essential. Experience with enrollment processes, advising, and compliance of rules and regulations at the college level is strongly preferred.

Physical Demands : When performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; must have dexterity with use of hands and shoulders; climb or balance; and talk and hear. Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch. Occasionally lift and / or move up to 150 lbs. with assistance when needed. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus. Coaches must also have the physical ability to participate in and demonstrate the sport being coached. Travel required during college sports season. Most possess a valid driver's license.

Environmental Demands : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

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