"Strength and Conditioning Coach"

Job Details

Job Location: Main Campus - Las Vegas NM - Las Vegas, NM 87701

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Salary Range: $50,000.00 Salary

Travel Percentage: Up to 25%

Job Category: Staff

SUMMARY:

Oversee the strength and conditioning program for student-athletes at NMHU by providing leadership and programing in the athletic weight room.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide leadership in the athletic weight room
• Meet with sport coaches to assess needs and priorities, and then implement a diversified strength and conditioning program for NMHU athletic teams that include cardiovascular demands, flexibility/stretching programs, etc. based on determined needs, time, and facility limitations.
• Create individual instruction on proper exercise techniques and safe a proper use of equipment for student-athletes
• Coordinate and monitor all team conditioning activities for the Athletic Department.
• Provide instruction on weight room equipment
• Ensure all weight room equipment is working properly and maintained properly
• Ensure the weight room is cleaned and kept up as a safe environment
• Coordinate the training schedule between coaches and facility availability
• Instruct athletes on injury prevention, rehabilitation, and performance enhancement
• Facilitate a collaborative relationship with sports medicine and coordinate student athlete preventative care and rehab
• Assists with rehabilitation of injured athletes
• Occasional travel with teams as needed
• Educate student-athletes regarding nutrition and supplementation
• Administer testing protocols and evaluations of student-athletes on a routine bases
• Assist with on campus recruiting of prospective student-athletes
• Ensure adherence with established institutional compliance, rules, policies and procedural manuals as well as ethical standards of behavior
• Ensure strict adherence to all NCAA by-laws and conference regulations
• Perform miscellaneous job related duties as assigned
• Maintain regular attendance

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in any field

Certification through a nationally recognized organization

Experience:

One (1) year experience working as a Strength and Conditioning Coach

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience:

• Collegiate or professional strength training experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of applicable team or individual sports playing rules
• Knowledge of NCAA practice, conditioning, and weight training regulations
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community
• Knowledge of NCAA and RMAC game environment rules and regulations
• Ability to foster a cooperative work environment
• Ability to read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures
• Organizing and coordinating skills
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to coordinate with all coaching staffs, sports medicine and administration timely and effective athletic schedules and game management procedures

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Standing…………………………………Frequently
• Walking…………………………………..Frequently
• Bending…………………………………..Frequently
• Squatting…………………………………Frequently
• Climbing …………………………………Frequently
• Kneeling ………………………………….Frequently
• Lifting up to 50 pounds……………Frequently

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is normally performed in an indoor setting.