Assistant Coach, Women's Basketball

Assistant Coach, Women's Basketball

Company:
Salt Lake Community College

Job Location:

Category:
Athletics - Coaching

Type:
Full-Time

Salary: $58,680.46 Annually

Location: Taylorsville Campus, UT

Job Type: Exempt Full Time

Job Number: 202500803

Division: Student Affairs

Department: Athletics

Closing Date: 5/26/2026 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA
Exempt

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Job Summary

The Assistant Women's Basketball Coach supports all aspects of a competitive NJCAA program, including practice planning, game preparation, scouting, and in-game coaching, while playing a key role in recruiting and developing student-athletes who align with the program's academic and character standards. This position contributes to building a positive, high-performance team culture, monitors academic progress, and helps prepare student-athletes for transfer and post-athletic success. Additional responsibilities include coordinating travel, ensuring compliance with NJCAA and institutional regulations, assisting with program operations, and supporting fundraising efforts, camps, and community engagement initiatives.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities & Knowledge Skills & Abilities

Basketball Knowledge & Coaching Fundamentals

• Strong understanding of women's basketball rules, techniques, and strategies at the intercollegiate level
• Ability to analyze, break down, and teach advanced basketball skills and game strategies
• Evaluate opponents through scouting (strengths, weaknesses, tendencies)
• Apply athletic training principles to support performance and development

Program Operations & Administrative Support

• Working knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures within a competitive community college athletic program
• Assist with administrative and managerial responsibilities typical of an assistant coach at the collegiate level
• Support maintenance of accurate statistical and program records
• Coordinate and assist with departmental initiatives and operations

Compliance & Eligibility

• Knowledge of NJCAA/Region 18 policies and procedures
• Familiarity with NJCAA, NCAA, and NAIA eligibility rules and requirements
• Ability to research, interpret, and apply eligibility standards and implications

Academic Support & Advising

• Understanding of SLCC admission, registration, and graduation requirements
• Utilize systems (e.g., Banner) to track and maintain student-athlete academic records
• Assist in organizing, implementing, and managing academic advising support for student-athletes

Leadership & Interpersonal Effectiveness

• Demonstrate leadership skills and sound judgment in a team environment
• Build rapport and maintain effective relationships with students, faculty, and staff
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Foster a positive, inclusive, and student-centered environment

Professional Skills & Attributes

• Strong organizational and management capabilities
• High level of objectivity, creativity, and problem-solving ability
• Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Zero (0) to two (2) years women's basketball coaching experience in an educational setting required.

Certified professional level experience considered. Trade off 1-to-1 in experience/education requirement. Part-time experience will be prorated.

Preferred Qualifications

2 years women's basketball coaching experience in an educational setting

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