Head Basketball Coach

About the Role

The Head Basketball Coach is responsible for coaching at practices, coaching at games, and working individually with student athletes. These duties constitute 95% of the coach's responsibility. The Head Coach is also responsible for supervising assistant coach(es), volunteers, and managers.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Performs components of the sports program to include teaching sports specific fundamentals and strategies to student athletes
• Responsible for the daily operation of the basketball program to include budget management
• Identifies and recruits academically qualified student athletes and reinforces student athletes' goal to graduate
• Actively supports the endeavors and advancements of Stephens Athletics Department
• Operates within the guidelines of Stephens College, AMC, and NAIA Rules and Regulations
• Coordinates scheduling and travel arrangements for team travel and recruiting
• Promote the academic and athletic well-being of student athletes
• Develop and maintain quality relationships within the community both on and off campus

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• An ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of media, administrators, faculty, staff, students, public groups and/or Board of Trustees
• Requires the ability to use computers for data entry

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited four-year college or university required. Master's degree preferred
• Demonstrated a minimum of three (3) years of successful coaching experience with NAIA or NCAA preferred
• Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability and success in teaching the skills and fundamentals of the sport
• Knowledge of and commitment to NAIA rules and regulations
• The ability to organize and motivate the student-athletes to maximum performance level in sports and academic achievement
• Proven experience in recruiting highly motivated and qualified student-athletes
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of the institution, AMC and NAIA athletics preferred
• Obtain and/or maintain a Missouri Class E driver's license and ability to meet university's insurance requirements for driving college vehicles required
• Current certification in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) use is preferred at the time of hire and will be required prior to coaching student-athletes

Benefits

Stephens offers an attractive benefits package that includes health insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, Supplemental Retirement Annuity, Faculty/Staff Grants, tuition waivers and tuition paid undergraduate classes for dependents. Full-time staff work 36 hours and are paid for 40.