Assistant Coach Men's Basketball
- Employer
- Lehigh University
- Location
- Bethlehem, PA
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- Administrative Jobs
- Institutional & Business Affairs, Athletics
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
The Assistant Coach provides leadership and direction to all facets of the program in advancing the mission of the University and the Department of Athletics. Specific areas of responsibility include sport specific coaching, recruitment, student-athlete development, program administration and program advancement yielding agreed upon results. All activities shall be conducted within the policies and resource framework of the University, the Athletics Department, The Patriot League and the NCAA.
Accountabilities:- Student-athlete development
- Develop student-athletes with counseling, advising, educating and motivating
- Develop student-athletes through inspiration, discipline and rewards
- Monitor, evaluate and retain student-athletes
- Assist in team building and character development with student-athletes
- Coaching
- Assist in planning practices, training sessions, team and individual conditioning, line-ups and competitive strategies
- Instruct and demonstrate different techniques and skills
- Coordinate in evaluating and assessing effectiveness and results
- Coordinate in adapting and refining skills
- Communicate with athletes and team on a regular basis
- Recruiting
- Assist in identifying and attracting prospects to Lehigh University
- Assist in evaluating prospects through high school visits, at competitions and/or home visits
- Assist in selecting prospective candidates
- Promote Lehigh University through communicating with prospects and their families
- Assist in coordinating recruitment strategies, calendars and procedures
- Assist in yielding student prospects, valuing diversity in the process and results
- Program administration
- Assist in planning and evaluating program results, statuses and priorities
- Assist in preparing and managing annual program budgets
- Assist in supervising, managing and evaluating personnel
- Assist in evaluating prospective members of the Coaching Staff
- Assist in scheduling competitions and/or planning tournaments in coordination with appropriate administrator
- Comply with NCAA, League and institutional rules; attend staff and University meetings
- Respond to administrative and supervisory requests
- Utilize technology to achieve efficiencies and productivity
- Assist in proofing recruit and other media information
- Advancement
- Assist in promoting strong public and media relations
- Assist in promoting strong alumni relations
- Assist in promoting strong parent relations, community relations and professional relations
- Assist in fulfilling a commitment to service
- Aspire to develop professionally
- Results
- Assist in achieving competitive success within and beyond the Conference
- Assist in achieving academic success across the team
- Assist in graduating student-athletes at a rate equal to or above the University rate
- Assist in realizing personal growth and development in every student-athlete
- Assist in promoting recognition of student-athletes
- Bachelor's Degree and experience as a student athlete is required; Master's degree preferred
- Three to five years related work experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good decision making skills
- Proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Solid presentation skills
- Supervisory experience preferred
- Solid computer skills with experience using word processing and spreadsheet software
- Successful completion of standard background checks including but not limited to: social security verification, education verification, national criminal background checks, motor vehicle checks, PATCH, FBI fingerprinting, Child Abuse Clearance and credit history based upon the requirements of the position
- Will often be required to walk, stand, sit, climb, kneel, crouch, crawl, lift up to 25 lbs
- This position is responsible for driving University-owned vehicles as a routine function, therefore a valid Driver’s License and a good driving record is required
- Variable schedule; often works nights and weekends
- Periods of high volume August through May
- Required to be on call August through May
- Extensive travel is required
Organization
Founded in 1865, Lehigh University is a premier coeducational, nondenominational, private residential research university that offers a distinctive academic environment for undergraduate and graduate students from across the globe. Lehigh University’s annual report from 2013 provides an overview of the intellectual activity across campus as well as a financial report. It is posted on our website at http://www.lehigh.edu/annualreport/ .
Lehigh offers more than 90 undergraduate programs and majors featuring more than 2,000 courses in four colleges: The College of Arts and Sciences, The College of Business and Economics, The College of Education and The P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. Lehigh confers a total of 12 degrees at the undergraduate and advanced degree level. We have 482 full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty and approximately 200 adjunct faculty and lecturers and 10 full-time visiting faculty. With approximately 4700 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students, a small student-to-faculty ratio allows students to work closely with professors. About 69% of all full-time faculty are tenured, and 99% of full-time tenure-track faculty hold a doctorate degree or the highest degree in their field. We have 1,215 staff members supporting the academic, research and administrative functions.
Located in Pennsylvania’s scenic Lehigh Valley, the campus is in close proximity to both New York City and Philadelphia. Lehigh is situated on over 2,300 acres on four campuses. The Asa Packer Campus, Mountaintop Campus, and Murray H. Goodman Campus are contiguous and feature more than 153 buildings with 4.3 million-plus square feet of classroom, laboratory, office and living space. The campus also has 180 acres of playing fields and half of the campus is preserved as open space.
- Website
- http://www.lehigh.edu/
- Telephone
- 610.758.3165
- Location
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27 Memorial Drive West
Bethlehem
PA
18015
US
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