Position Summary & Description
The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) invites applications for a part-time, assistant coach to oversee Men's and Women's Track and Field under the direction of the Head Track and Field Coach. The Assistant Coach of Track and Field assists in all aspects of the intercollegiate Track and Field teams including coaching, recruiting, program administration, operations, and budgeting. A strong focus is on year-round recruiting and in-season coaching. The applicant must have event specific experience in long distance, middle distance, sprints, hurdles, jumps, pole vault, and/or throws. Additional responsibilities may include administrative duties as assigned at the discretion of the Director of Athletics.
Description of Duties:
- Assist in directing, organizing, and administering all aspects of the IUP Track and Field program at the DII level.
- Assist in player recruitment by maintaining contact with high school coaches to identify potential prospects, recommending schools to be visited, developing a recruiting schedule and recommending students for recruitment and scholarships.
- Assist in monitoring and encouraging academic progress and success of student athletes to ensure continuing eligibility to participate in NCAA competition and to graduate
- Assist in ensuring compliance with rules and regulations of IUP, the PSAC, and the NCAA.
- Assist in the coordination of scheduling/managing track and field meets.
- Assist in coordinating and participating in fundraising activities in support of IUP’s athletic programs.
- Assist in facilitating and operating track and field camps/clinics.
- Assist in formulating team policies and procedures.
- Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Head Track and Field Coach or Director of Athletics.
Instructional Duties:
- Provide instruction to student athletes in position technique
- Provide instruction to student athletes sport strategy.
- Provide instruction to student athletes in game analysis.
- Provide instruction to student athletes regarding specific game plans.
- Provide instruction to student athletes regarding physical conditioning and strength training.
- Provide instruction to student athletes in the area of nutrition.
- Provide instruction to student athletes regarding NCAA rules.
- Provide instruction to student athletes regarding university and program policies and procedures.
- Provide instruction to student athletes in leadership & conduct.
- Provide instruction to student athletes in community responsibility.
- Provide academic monitoring and counseling to student athletes.
- Provide instruction to camp attendees.
- Preparation for instructional activities.
Non-Instructional Duties:
- Monitor student athlete academic ineligibility.
- Scouting competition.
- Monitor compliance with IUP, PSAC, and NCAA rules and regulations.
- Recruit student-athletes.
- Participate in fundraising activities and other fiscal responsibilities.
- Other specific duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics or Head Coach.
Position Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree, and one year of coaching experience, OR
- One to three years of professional coaching, or professional playing experience.
- Experience and/or training regarding specific events (i.e. long distance, middle distance, sprints, hurdles, jumps and/or throws).
Candidates must have the communication skills and cross-cultural abilities to maximize their effectiveness with diverse groups of students, colleagues, and community members.
Candidates must communicate effectively and perform well in the interview(s).
Essential Functions
This position is heavily involved in outdoor activity and has periods of heavy exertion. Incumbents must have the following abilities:
- Ability to travel to field locations and meeting/training sites by motor vehicle when required.
- Communicate both orally and in writing to issue, receive and carry out instructions and orders effectively and to convey information to a variety of co-workers and the general public.
- Employee must be able to observe and react to hazardous warnings, back-up alarms, flashing lights, voice commands and hand signals.
- To perform manual laboring duties such as lifting and carrying various weights.
- Setting up, operating, testing and measuring equipment.
- Work often requires stooping, kneeling, bending, stretching and prolonged standing.
- Use a variety of common office machines such as telephones, calculators, copiers, computer terminals, keyboards, video display terminals, auxiliary printers and similar equipment.
- Operate office equipment which may require stooping, kneeling, bending, stretching and prolonged standing.
- Provide assistance and guidance to internal and external customers.
- Follow oral and written instructions.
