Title: NSU Assistant Head Coach Defensive Line

State Role Title: Professional - Lecturer

Hiring Range: Commensurate with Credentials and Experience

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Norfolk State University

Location: Norfolk State University

Agency Website: www.nsu.edu

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Teaching student-athletes the fundamentals and mechanics of football.
• Evaluating and recruiting potential student-athletes.
• Organizing and conducting team practices.
• Performing administrative and public relations duties and other duties as assigned.
• The successful candidate will serve as a position coach for Defensive Line.
• The successful candidate will travel for both recruiting and team travel.
• The work schedule requires a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays, and evenings.
• The physical requirement for work is medium demand, including lifting 100 pounds maximum with frequent carrying/lifting objects.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with NSU, the Commonwealth of Virginia, NCAA, and MEAC rules, regulations, and policies.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidates must possess a bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum five years, NFL professional level playing experience.
• Minimum of 8-10 years, coaching experience at the college or semiprofessional level.
• Must have DI collegiate coaching experience
• Experience coaching and/or playing on the Defensive side of the ball – specialty as Defensive Line.
• Demonstrated experience with recruiting and student-athlete development.
• Proven record of adherence to NCAA academic and compliance regulations.
• A successful criminal background check is required.

Additional Considerations

• Master’s degree.
• Must have been selected for an internship or academy in professional-level sports (NFL).

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Norfolk State University

Phone: 757-823-8160

Email: No email address is needed.

Norfolk State University:
Norfolk State University is a comprehensive urban public, doctoral granting institution committed to transforming students’ lives through exemplary teaching, research, and service. The University is a top ranked Historically Black College and University (HBCU) with nationally recognized STEM programs and enrolls 6,000 students in over thirty undergraduate and nineteen on-line & in-person graduate programs. Norfolk State University garners over $20M in annual grant expenditures, has as an NCAA Division I athletic program with fifteen sports, boasts eleven MEAC conference championships in last three years, and a coveted marching band invitation for participation in the 2023 Rose Parade.

City of Norfolk
The home of the largest Naval Base in the world, Norfolk is 1 of 7 cities that make up what is referred to as the Hampton Roads Region, an area that includes Virginia Beach and Colonial Williamsburg. Norfolk has big-city amenities, attractions of arts and culture, and cuisines of the Eastern Seaboard. There are numerous accessible parks, riverfronts, lakes, festivals, and beaches: all favorable for weekend getaways and an easy commute to NSU.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.