Assistant Women's Basketball Coach

About the role

The Athletics Department at California State University, Bakersfield, a NCAA Division I institution, invites applications for an Assistant Women's Basketball Coach. This is a non-tenured position.

Responsibilities

• Aid the Head Coach in planning and organizing practice sessions, game preparation, and scouting strategies.
• Coordinate scouting reports and opponent analysis, including film breakdown and statistical analysis.
• Ensure the effective teaching and instruction of all specific technical skill areas to student-athletes.
• Develop team and individual strategies to have the greatest chance of winning within the sport, through on-court/field teaching and video instruction.
• Design instructional programs for the team and individual student athletes and instruct student-athletes on how to implement a game plan as determined for each competition.
• Travel to events and evaluate potential student athlete talent, correspond with all prospects via email, phone, face to face conversations, etc.
• Complete all necessary Compliance and Institutional documentation as required.
• Recruit student-athletes who meet University academic and athletic standards.
• Responsible for overall performance of athletes' academic progress by working closely with the academic support staff.
• Work with the NCAA Compliance Office to make sure programs and student-athletes are complying with all rules and regulations regarding compliance issues.
• Responsible for successfully managing an annual budget including all necessary fiscal planning.
• Promote the program to the public including, media, donors, the University community, and the general public to increase visibility and revenues for the program.

  Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree, from an accredited institution of higher education and THREE (3) or more years of work experience coaching collegiate basketball.
  • Demonstrated experience recruiting prospective basketball student-athletes in a collegiate setting.

  Qualifications

  • Knowledge of NCAA Rules - Strong working knowledge and understanding of all NCAA rules and regulations regarding compliance issues.
  • Sport Experience - Extensive knowledge of individual and team skills with the ability to teach these skills.
  • Recruiting - Ability to evaluate and compare athletic talent for potential growth and development of student-athletes.
  • Maintain correspondence with a large number of prospects: e-mail, letters, and phone.
  • Academic Monitoring - Ability to establish and monitor an academic system that ensures academic success for the student-athlete.
  • Travel - Ability to plan, organize and execute travel arrangements.
  • Computer Skills - Expected to have computer literacy.
  • Communication Skills - Expected to have a high level of communication skills with student-athletes, prospective student-athletes, their coaches, counselors, parents, and boosters in the community.
  • Fundraising - Ability to develop the sports community in the areas of support and fundraising.

  Skills

  • NCAA Coaches Certification.
  • 15 passenger van driving certification.

  Benefits

  Not specified.

  Pay

  This appointment is a full-time position and is paid monthly. The salary range for this classification is $6,538-$11,642, in accordance with the CSU Unit 3 salary schedule (Coaching Specialist-12 months).

  Schedule

  Not specified.

  Contact

  Ray Alvarado Interim Head Coach - Women's Basketball
  email: ralvarado26@csub.edu