Head Women's Lacrosse Coach/Assistant Coordinator for Student Athlete Success

Position Overview

The Head Women's Lacrosse Coach and Assistant Coordinator for Student-Athlete Success will assist administratively for strategic leadership programming focused on intercollegiate student-athletes' holistic success, extending from recruitment to engagement, retention, graduation, and post-graduate career outcomes. Varsity student-athletes comprise roughly one half of full-time, traditional undergraduate enrollment, including significant representation in Albertus housing. The successful recruitment, retention, and graduation of student-athletes is a strategic priority for the College and a major component of enrollment management objectives, including enrollment-related revenues.

Responsibilities

Head Women's Lacrosse Coach

• Builds the requisite roster size and develops a student-athlete recruitment plan to ensure the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of appropriate rosters
• Implements a strength and conditioning program and plans for and manages practices and competitions
• Provides positive guidance to each student-athlete that fosters and develops the premise that athletics are an integral component of the student experience, and that athletic achievement must not come at the expense of academic success
• Develops and implements a recruiting plan to achieve and maintain a roster size adequate for sponsorship of women's lacrosse in accordance with the College's enrollment growth strategies
• Develops and implements a daily practice plan to ensure proper preparation for intercollegiate competition
• Provides contest preparation by scouting opponents
• Promotes the visions and values of Albertus Magnus College by emphasizing the experience and education of each student-athlete as the most important component of intercollegiate athletic participation
• Supervises assistant coaches and provides feedback for continued growth and development
• Provides a year-round strength and conditioning program tailored towards the individual sport
• Represents their respective program during coaches' meetings
• Coordinates fundraising activities to benefit the student-athlete experience for the women's lacrosse program

Assistant Coordinator for Student-Athlete Success

• Works in conjunction with its department counterpart and shares responsibilities over the following areas
• Oversees the department's Athletics Study Hall program, including the staffing and monitoring of sessions, and tracking of all data related to the program
• Collaborates with academic advisors and student success navigators for improved intervention and retention using Navigate and face-to-face interactions
• Tracks GPA and monitors satisfactory academic progress for all student-athletes
• Works collaboratively with the Director of Athletics, Senior Associate AD/Compliance and Office of Institutional Research in order to monitor and effectively communicate the academic progress of student-athletes for reporting purposes
• Liaises with Admissions Office for the purpose of internal and external collaboration opportunities for coaches and staff members related to recruitment, including but not limited to: coach and/or student-athlete participation in Admissions recruiting events
• Serves as a resource for coaches and staff members to better leverage the College's admissions CRM system, SLATE
• Works in partnership with the Office of Career and Professional Development to facilitate student-athlete internships
• Coordinates the athletic faculty mentors' program to ensure a positive experience for the student-athletes, coaches, and faculty advisors
• Explores academic programming that could be in line with market changes
• Represents the Athletic Department on various campus committees as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Two or more years of demonstrated, successful experience working in intercollegiate athletics and/or related areas such as admissions, advising, or student success
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience as an administrator, athlete or coach of the sport
• Knowledge of NCAA Division III rules and regulations, including compliance
• Familiarity/competency with EAB Navigate and SLATE admissions software
• A demonstrated commitment to the NCAA Division III philosophy regarding the student-athlete experience