Position Summary & Description
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) invites applicants for a full-time Assistant Women's Basketball Coach to assist in all aspects of the IUP Women's Basketball program at the Division II level and to create a quality student-athlete experience in academics, athletics, and community service.
Duties :
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) invites applicants for a full-time Assistant Women's Basketball Coach to assist in all aspects of the IUP Women's Basketball program at the Division II level and to create a quality student-athlete experience in academics, athletics, and community service.
Duties :
- Assist in monitoring and encouraging academic progress and success of student athletes to ensure continuing eligibility to participate in NCAA competition and to graduate.
- 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 athlete regarding specific game plans.
- Provide instruction to student athletes regarding physical conditioning and strength training.
- Provide instruction to student athlete 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.
- 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 Women's Basketball Coach.
Required:
- Previous NCAA collegiate women’s basketball playing experience.
- Experience with summer camps administration or coaching.
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.
- To work under a variety of adverse weather conditions such as extreme heat, cold, rain, wind, dust and snow.
- To be able to work extended hours under adverse conditions in response to emergency conditions.
- To work in hazardous situations such as around moving heavy equipment, in and around traffic, at heights, on steep grades, and on ladders and uneven surfaces.
- 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.
- Using hand tools such as hammers, pry bars, and taking and transporting material samples.
- Work often requires stooping, kneeling, bending, stretching and prolonged standing.
- To withstand exposure to chemical agents, exhaust gases and lubricants, solvents, poisonous plants, animals, and insects and potential injuries such as bruises, scrapes, cuts, strains and sprains.
- To wear all types of required protective gear such as a hard hat, footgear, hearing and eye protection, gloves and respirators.