Assistant Women's Softball Coach

Location: Billings, Montana | Type: Full-time

About the Role

Assistant Coaches support the head coach of a particular sport within the university’s athletics program. Specific responsibilities vary by sport and by requirements of the head coach.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting and retaining qualified student-athletes and mentoring them in their academic performance to assure timely progress toward degree completion and graduation.
• Coaching and supervising the softball team during scheduled practices, games, study hall, and other events; developing strategies to ensure appropriate personal and social conduct on-campus and off-campus, including exemplary sportsmanship.
• Working with MSUB’s strength and conditioning staff and Head Coach to develop and manage an effective in-season and off-season women’s softball strength and conditioning program.
• Working with Head Coach to develop in-season and off-season player skill development programs.
• Making schedule recommendations to the Head Coach and planning the team’s travel arrangements in consultation with the Head Coach.
• Maintaining responsibility for expense control compliance with all women’s softball program expenditures and staying within approved budget parameters.
• Assisting the women’s softball program within all NCAA and conference rules and regulations, as well as all state, university, and departmental policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Assisting in developing strategies to motivate maximum individual and team athletic performance to build and maintain a competitive, high-quality NCAA Division II women’s softball program.
• Developing strategies to ensure a safe environment for student-athletes, including education on and methods for discussing and resolving harassment and discrimination.
• Promoting the athletic program both on-campus and off-campus and actively participating in and contributing professionally to the Athletic Department, university, and Billings community.
• Fundraising within the community, coordinated with the Head Coach and Associate Athletic Director for Development and Marketing, to meet established goals for the women’s softball program.
• Planning and conducting softball camps, clinics, leagues, lessons, and tournaments, coordinated with the Head Coach.
• Assisting in establishing and maintaining an active Yellowjacket Women’s Softball Booster Club (under the umbrella of the Yellowjacket Athletic Association).
• Teaching university course(s) within an academic discipline (optional).
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Head Coach and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Requirements

• Up to 2 years of coaching softball.
• Proven coaching ability.
• Willingness to work non-traditional hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Overnight travel required.
• Ability to demonstrate women’s softball-specific skills and strength performance exercises.
• Ability to operate a vehicle according to federal and state laws/regulations.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues and manually fix equipment (preferred).

Qualifications

• 4-year degree (required).
• Experience coaching pitchers at the elite club and/or collegiate level (preferred).

Pay

$33,000 - $35,000 per year.

About Montana State University Billings

Montana State University Billings is a comprehensive public four-year higher education institution located in Montana's largest population center. The faculty is actively engaged in teaching, research, creative endeavors, and public service. MSU Billings is unique as one of a select few higher education institutions with an embedded two-year community college.

The University opened in 1927 and has grown into the major urban comprehensive higher education center of south-central and eastern Montana. The campus consists of four colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Education, and the College of Allied Health Professions. City College at MSU Billings, located seven miles west of the main campus, serves the two-year mission of the university.

MSU Billings Yellowjacket Athletics is a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) and competes at the NCAA Division II level with men’s and women’s varsity teams in basketball, soccer, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, tennis, and golf, plus women’s volleyball and softball, and men’s baseball (17 NCAA championship sports) and a co-educational cheer team.