Assistant Coach-Women's Basketball

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As the Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, you will serve in a dynamic, multifaceted role supporting all aspects of the program. You will collaborate closely with the Sport Performance Team to monitor student-athlete health, ensure safe participation, and communicate effectively with the Head Coach. Your oversight will extend to athlete travel and conduct, promoting academic success, community engagement, and professional representation of the University of Alaska Anchorage. You will manage administrative tasks, including supervising student managers, coordinating team travel logistics, and maintaining scheduling systems. Academically, you’ll support student-athletes’ progress toward graduation while liaising with advisors and the international office. In recruiting, you will contribute to identifying and retaining high-caliber talent, with a particular emphasis on international athletes. On the court, you will assist with coaching, scouting, practice planning, game strategy, and performance analysis, ensuring compliance with NCAA and GNAC regulations while helping student-athletes grow both on and off the court.

To thrive in this role, you must combine a strong foundation of coaching experience with excellent communication, leadership, and recruiting skills. Success in this role requires a deep understanding of NCAA regulations, a commitment to student-athlete development, and alignment with the program’s core values. Building trust and collaboration with players, staff, and the wider university community is essential, as is contributing to the program's growth through effective fundraising and mentoring. Ultimately, your ability to support the head coach’s vision while fostering a positive, competitive team culture will define your impact.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in related field, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
AED, CPR and First Aid certification or certification completion within 30 days of the job start date and/or before having contact/meeting with student-athletes.

Position Details:

This is a full-time, term-funded, exempt, 11-month (24 pay period) staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 79, based on education and experience.

A valid driver's license and clean driving record in compliance with UA Safe Driving Criteria is required.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a successful candidate is identified. Applicant review will begin on June 9, 2025.

📃To view the full list of job responsibilities, please click HERE.

As the Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, you will serve in a dynamic, multifaceted role supporting all aspects of the program. You will collaborate closely with the Sport Performance Team to monitor student-athlete health, ensure safe participation, and communicate effectively with the Head Coach. Your oversight will extend to athlete travel and conduct, promoting academic success, community engagement, and professional representation of the University of Alaska Anchorage. You will manage administrative tasks, including supervising student managers, coordinating team travel logistics, and maintaining scheduling systems. Academically, you’ll support student-athletes’ progress toward graduation while liaising with advisors and the international office. In recruiting, you will contribute to identifying and retaining high-caliber talent, with a particular emphasis on international athletes. On the court, you will assist with coaching, scouting, practice planning, game strategy, and performance analysis, ensuring compliance with NCAA and GNAC regulations while helping student-athletes grow both on and off the court.

To thrive in this role, you must combine a strong foundation of coaching experience with excellent communication, leadership, and recruiting skills. Success in this role requires a deep understanding of NCAA regulations, a commitment to student-athlete development, and alignment with the program’s core values. Building trust and collaboration with players, staff, and the wider university community is essential, as is contributing to the program's growth through effective fundraising and mentoring. Ultimately, your ability to support the head coach’s vision while fostering a positive, competitive team culture will define your impact.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in related field, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
AED, CPR and First Aid certification or certification completion within 30 days of the job start date and/or before having contact/meeting with student-athletes.

Position Details:

This is a full-time, term-funded, exempt, 11-month (24 pay period) staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 79, based on education and experience.

A valid driver's license and clean driving record in compliance with UA Safe Driving Criteria is required.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a successful candidate is identified. Applicant review will begin on June 9, 2025.

📃To view the full list of job responsibilities, please click HERE.

☎️** If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Brittany Tappa, Signers’ Business Office HR Coordinator, at[bjtappa@alaska.edu](mailto:bjtappa@alaska.edu)or 907-474-6353.**

*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.  Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

This position is a term-funded position and is reviewed annually for contract renewal at the University's discretion.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.

The University of Alaska (www.alaska.edu) is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and Educational Institution.  The University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination (www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.

*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.  The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.  

Access to the reports is available at:

UAA : (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/s.... Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu. 

UAF:  (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.

UAS:  (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.

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