Assistant Coach, Tennis

About the role

Assist Head Coach by serving as the second assistant coach with responsibility in numerous facets of the program, primarily by: instructing student-athletes on skills and techniques, educating on sport-specific rules and NCAA requirements, assessing comprehension of skills, techniques and rules and providing additional instruction as appropriate, and preparing team for competition and practice. An emphasis on film reviewing and breakdown skills, experience with clipping and editing game footage most desirable. Assistant coach must perform duties in compliance with all College, Patriot League, and NCAA rules and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and team instruction to student-athletes on rules & fundamentals, skill attainment, techniques and methods required to demonstrate satisfactory performance in a safe manner, team concepts.
• Provide individualized coaching/tutoring/mentoring to student-athletes, including preparatory work that includes: assessing student-athlete skill attainment demonstrated during practice, competition, and in films of both practice and competition; reviewing video of opponent performance and subsequently designing individualized and team instruction for Holy Cross student-athletes; determining specific daily practice activities that will be conducted by student-athletes; developing instruction for individual student-athletes and specific team needs; determining pre-competition activities that will be conducted during days of competition; attending workshops and training sessions for the purpose of researching methods to provide student-athletes with training and instruction on: rules, fundamentals, team concepts, physical health, safety, skill attainment, conference rules and regulations.
• Administrative duties as assigned, including but not limited to: reviewing film to present to staff and team on current and opposition; administering sport camps as directed by head coach and/or Athletics Administration.
• Recruiting: identifying talent; initiating and organizing communication with recruits and coaching staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree required.
• 1-3 years prior experience instructing and coaching, preferably at the Division I level.
• Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills required.
• Computer and video editing skills strongly encouraged; ability to code and evaluate film.

Pay

Total salary of $10,000 for the full seasonal period (September 1 through April 30), prorated based on actual start date.

Schedule

Part-time, exempt-level seasonal position; weekly hours: 20; position runs from September 1 through April 30.