Head Coach - Women's Lightweight Crew

Job Summary

This position serves as the leader of the women's lightweight crew team and embraces the vision of principled leadership, academic integration and competitive excellence. The Head Coach leads by developing a vision, setting team goals, and building a healthy and transformative culture. The Head Coach is responsible for all aspects of the program, including student-athlete development, planning and preparation for practices and contests, managing team staff, identifying and recruiting prospective student-athletes, budget, operational logistics, providing leadership to the respective Friends Group, and participating in appropriate University, community, alumni/ae and media relationships - all in compliance with University, Ivy League, IRA and NCAA rules and regulations.

Job-Specific Responsibilities

1. Athlete Team Management

• Plans and directs practices, in-game coaching; develops student-athlete knowledge and skills of the sport, and helps the team perform at competitive levels.
• Promotes culture of education through athletics. Ensures student-athletes receive meaningful direction and support from coaches by fostering spirit of continuous improvement and learning. Balances athletics within the academic context.

2. Operational Complexity

• Develops and supervises the execution of team strategy, budget, logistics and operational direction; as appropriate, develops and executes national and international recruiting strategy.

3. Communications & Influence

• Effectively communicates with Harvard community, including students, Faculty and staff, alumni and donors.

4. People Management

• Recruits assistant coaches and team operations staff.