Job Title: Assistant Women's Basketball Coach and Recruiting Coordinator

Campus Location: Morristown Campus ( Employees are assigned to a "home" location but may occasionally or regularly be required to work at other WSCC locations.)

Job Purpose: The Women's Basketball Assistant Coach is responsible for assisting the Head Women's Basketball Coach in coaching highly competitive NJCAA women's basketball program, recruiting student athletes, assisting in coordinating practices and activity travel, and promoting events and activities.

Essential Job Functions:

• Recruitment of basketball scholarship student-athletes as follows: Evaluates talent throughout the year and coordinates a communication plan with prospects; Replies to recruiting correspondence; Knowledgeable of the Recruiting System, Front Rush; Corresponds with high school coaches in and out of state; Assists in coordinating and implementing prospect recruiting visits; and has the ability to recruit before and after holidays.
• Coaching: Responsible for practice preparation, proving instruction and motivation during practice; Administers individual and group workouts in pre and post season; Assists with the development of the strength and conditioning program for student athletes as well as coordinating strength groups with players around academic schedules.
• Assist with academic advising and monitoring academic progress of student athletes: Assists student athletes with the Financial Aid Process and supports the academic development and graduation of student athletes.
• Scout Basketball Opponents: Responsible for scouting all opponents; Analyzing scouting reports with the Head Coach and staff; Assisting staff in practice preparation based on the scouting report.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge of intercollegiate basketball programs
• Strong communication skills and ability to persuade prospective athletes to attend WSCC.
• Up-to-date knowledge of NJCAA, TCCAA, and appropriate TN Board of Regents' policies and procedures.
• Ability to travel for team practices, competition, and scouting in and out of state
• Skill establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other department staff, faculty, students and the public

Preferred Qualifications:

• Four years of having played basketball at the collegiate level.
• Two or more years of coaching basketball at the high school or collegiate level.

Behavioral Core Competencies:

• Empowers and motivates team to maximize effectiveness.
• Self-starter
• Fast-paced and flexible
• Listens effectively, encourages and is receptive to new ideas; invites response/dissent.
• Breaks down barriers and develops influential relationships across teams/functions/layers; challenges others to identify new ways to view existing situations.
• Empowers employees to adjust procedures to improve service quality and find creative solutions to problems. Recognizes and rewards achievement.
• Manages team conflict appropriately, providing feedback and coaching to develop team members.
• Considers the impact and efficiency of decisions prior to deciding on a specific course of action in deference to WSCC's benefactors and supporters.

Leadership & Supervisory: Assist in the supervision and coordination of women's basketball events and activities; attends scheduled women's basketball practices, classes, and all competitions; enforces safety regulations and procedures.

Environment & Working Conditions: Work is primarily performed under limited supervision on a basketball court, in a classroom or office setting with appropriate climate control. Travel, early morning, evening, and weekend work is required.

Physical Demands (including requirements for travel or working nights/weekends/holidays):

• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body; involves sitting only occasionally, walking and standing are required regularly, incumbents may be required to kneel, crouch/squat, crawl, climb, stoop, turn/twist, balance, reach, or handle.
• Requires working some nights and weekends.
• Requires extensive travel for recruiting and tournaments.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of this job.

Requisition #498775

Posting Closes: Thursday, June 20, 2024