Title: Assistant Football Coach
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Position Purpose:
The Assistant Football Coach is responsible for aiding the Head Football Coach in planning and directing the recruitment, conditioning, training, and performance of student athletes, along with fiscal program management, for Bates College’s NCAA Division III intercollegiate Football program. This is a professional assistant coaching position and all of the duties of the position must be conducted in adherence with the policies, rules, and regulations of affiliated national, regional, and state intercollegiate athletic associations, the NESCAC Conference and the College.
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Job Duties:
In Season: (August to November)
- Coaches student-athletes at the direction of the head coach
- Attends practices, games, scrimmages, and additional time working directly with student-athletes
- Participates in video review and editing, training plan development and practice planning
- Performs recruiting functions at the direction of the head coach
- Works with the admissions office handling prospective students
- Communicates with prospective players, coaches, club coaches and families
- May assist with operational, fiscal, and administrative activities for the specific sports program
- Assists with administrative work within the Athletics Department or Student Affairs
- Attends training and professional development opportunities
- Completes other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor or designee that are consistent with the responsibilities of the position
Out of Season: (Mid-November to May)
- Prepares to coach for upcoming season including video review and editing, training plan development, professional development, and practice planning
- Performs recruiting functions at the direction of the head coach
- Works with the admissions office handling prospective students
- Communicates with prospective players, coaches, club coaches and families
- Assists with administrative work within the Athletics Department or Student Affairs
- Attends training and professional development opportunities
- Completes other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor or designee that are consistent with the responsibilities of the position
Summer: (Memorial Day to mid-August)
- Travels to recruiting events
- Attends games and reviews talent
- Enters notes into recruiting database within 48 hours of the event
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Minimum Qualifications:
Education
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Master’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization preferred
Experience
- Experience playing or coaching the sport, college level preferred
- Experience and/or demonstrated success in supervising young adults and managing programs preferred
Skills and Knowledge
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusivity, and to serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to develop and maintain collegial relationships. Must be flexible, collaborative and have a positive attitude.
- Ability to establish rapport quickly with students and their families, while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
- Knowledgeable about the skills and tactics of the sport.
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills.
- Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
- Proficiency in basic data management systems, game film editing programs and basic computer applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Willingness and ability to learn additional applications as needed.
- Ability and willingness to travel (by car, air, train or bus) domestically and internationally as needed.
- Ability and willingness to work weekends, evenings and other non-traditional schedules.
- Personal commitment to excellence and the mission of a top-tier small liberal arts college.
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Benefits:
Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits (health, dental, 9% retirement contribution with potential for an additional 3% match, 10 days of vacation*, 13 paid holidays, free parking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.
Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at glexow@bates.edu.
About Bates:
Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.
Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.
Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.
Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.
The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.