Head Athletic Coach (Baseball)

Position Summary

A lead position that provides technical and administrative support to the athletes and fellow coaches at the campus location.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of sports activities.
• Ability to provide guidance and direction for a sports program.
• Able to coordinate with coaches about the scheduling of games and practices.
• Must be able to determine the time allocated for a field, court, and weight room.
• Demonstrate an ability to develop, coordinate, train and implement workshops and seminars such as sports skills classes, events to recognize special accomplishments, classroom/community presentations to inform and recruit student/athletes, and specific summer sport camps.
• Able to maintain a variety of related records/databases and provide information required for decision making and reporting to state/federal agencies.
• Must be able to file reports on the status of each team and its successes and shortcomings.
• Ability to utilize computer technology to access data, maintains records, generate reports and communicate with others.
• Must have effective oral and written communication skills in order to support interaction with individuals from varying backgrounds.
• Strong knowledge and experience providing effective customer service.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to create strong professional relationships with colleagues, staff, and clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates college activities to meet program objectives. Objectives relate to student/athlete populations, which may include any of the following services for teams and/or individuals: counseling/advising, teaching/tutoring, placement, assessment, mediating, evaluating, interpreting, etc.
• Act as Team Leader during absences of the Administrator and in some instances will act as an assistant coach in other sports.
• Develop and coordinate athletic related community programs that will utilize campus use.
• Organize and design expert training sessions in accordance with National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) regulations while providing a safe environment for students and athletes to learn and compete with high integrity.
• Reviews related forms, applications and recommends eligibility; verifies accuracy, completeness, and compliance with Dallas College policies, according to department/program guidelines and state/federal regulations.
• Coordinates and plans athletic related activities such as practice/game day assignments. manage and supervise part-time staff, students, and volunteers.
• Attends monthly staff meetings, quarterly Athletic Advisory Committee meetings; attends Metro Athletic Conference Athletic Directors meetings.
• Recruits' prospective student/athletes from the college service area and beyond.
• Develops forms, handouts, and brochures used in program to publicize program services through public and private information sources.
• Responsible for coordinating production and distribution activities.
• Coordinates program with existing college services.
• Coordinates submission of weekly statistical reports to NJCAA National office.
• Coordinates travel arrangements including hotel and transportation scheduling.
• Participates in periodic inventory of equipment, supplies and uniforms.
• Assists in the development and monitoring of budget allocation to the team/s, including the requisition of equipment, supplies, and uniforms with inventory of same.
• Utilizes excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with internal/external stakeholders and constituents within the Dallas College community network.
• Required Dallas College Professional Development Hours per academic year.
• All employees are required to complete a minimum of 19 hours.
• People leaders are required an additional 16 hours of leadership development.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The following duties are required for People Leader roles specifically:

• Exercises full discretion and decision-making authority in the recruitment, selection, hiring, mentoring, coaching, development & termination of staff, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, budgetary constraints, and workforce planning strategies.
• Drive high performance by administering the performance management process timely, setting clear expectations, conducting performance evaluations, and implementing initiatives that enhance employee engagement, motivation, and retention.