Assistant Coach

Duties and Responsibilities

• Instruct students on sport fundamentals, setting goals, setting clear expectations, and providing feedback to students
• Absenteeism at all practices, scrimmages, and games
• Recruiting and scouting off-campus
• Attendance at pre-season training (if applicable)
• Implementation of basic principles and policies of the athletic governing bodies (NCAA / NAC / ECAC) and Husson University
• Monitoring the academic progress of student-athletes and providing guidance and instruction to students
• Monitoring the conduct of the student-athletes and teaching athletes to work together
• On-campus tours, phone calls, front rush management, and off-campus viewing
• Teaching athletes on strength and conditioning and providing general instruction of the team
• Directly responsible to the head coach for all related assignments concerning the sport program

Qualifications

• B.A. or B.S. degree preferred
• Proven experience in playing or coaching at the high school or intercollegiate level
• Coaching licenses, certifications, and badges preferred
• Working knowledge of coaching both field players and goalkeepers
• The ability to work with Front Rush recruiting software, and the ability to create film sessions with both individual members of the team and the full team
• Must also possess the skills to function well in a variety of support roles that interact positively with the administration, faculty, coaching staff, student-athletes and other on-campus and off-campus communities
• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Husson University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer