Women's Basketball Assistant Coach

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Women's Basketball Assistant Coach

Posted on 3/19/2025

Accepting applications

About this position

Assists the head coach in day-to-day operations of the College’s women’s basketball program including, but not limited to, recruiting, scouting, academic support, NCAA compliance and general operations within NCAA rules. The Assistant Coach also assumes various administrative responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Support the Head Coach by assisting with the team in all assigned aspects.

Women's Basketball Assistant Coach

Posted on 3/19/2025

Accepting applications

About this position

Assists the head coach in day-to-day operations of the College’s women’s basketball program including, but not limited to, recruiting, scouting, academic support, NCAA compliance and general operations within NCAA rules. The Assistant Coach also assumes various administrative responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Support the Head Coach by assisting with the team in all assigned aspects.
2. Facilitate a good relationship between the head coach and team members.
3. Trains and develops team members in the sport’s skills, strategies, techniques and conditioning.
4. Assists the Head Coach with managing budgets, scheduling, inventory, travel logistics, strength and conditioning, fundraising, and community service and engagement projects.
5. Assists the Head Coach in planning of practice sessions and developing game plans for competition.
6. Assists the Head Coach in recruiting qualified Prospective Student Athletes (PSA), e.g., through evaluation and identification of prospective student athletes; by evaluation of skill and academic performance; contact and communication with PSA’s and families; and cultivation of relationships with high school coaches.
7. Assists the Head Coach in monitoring the academic progress and success of team members and helping with academic related forms and processes.
8. Abides by all NCAA, Sunshine State Conference and Florida Southern College rules, policies and procedures with an understanding that failure to do so may lead to sanctions up to and including termination.
9. Promptly reports any suspected violation (including possible violations committed personally or by any other member of the athletics department staff, compliance related offices and staff, student athletes, or boosters) of NCAA, SSC or FSC Athletics rules to the Assistant AD for Compliance, Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) or Director of Athletics.
10. Active participant in the education and enforcement of NCAA Rules within the sport community.
11. Work closely with the athletic training staff to ensure the safety of all student-athletes.
12. Accurately completes all required or assigned NCAA, SSC, and FSC forms, reports, or required paperwork.
13. Works cooperatively with other athletics coaches and Florida Southern College Faculty/Staff.
14. Represent the program and Florida Southern College with sportsmanship, integrity, and professionalism.

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS

1. Attends all department staff meetings as required.
2. Maintain current CPR and First Aid Certifications.
3. Participates as a member of the college community by teaching appropriate courses or class sessions in the as required.
4. Contributes to the overall success of the athletic program by performing other duties as assigned by the Head Coach and/or Director of Athletics.

WORKING CONDITIONS

1. Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
2. Regular and reliable attendance at the college during regular scheduled days and work hours is an essential function of this position.
3. A fulltime schedule of at least 40 hours worked weekly is expected.
4. Work is performed indoors and/or outdoors in conditions including loud and constant noise and inclement weather.
5. Work environment involves minimal exposure to physical risks.
6. The employee will be required to travel.

About our ideal candidate

EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS

1. A Bachelor’s degree is required.
2. At least two years of experience in coaching at the intercollegiate level is required, however, extensive player experience at the collegiate level can be substituted for the coaching experience. 
3. Any coaching experience in a NCAA Division II level program is preferred. 
4. Demonstrated knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations governing recruitment, eligibility and related functions is required. 
5. Excellent interpersonal skills are required. 
6. Management and organizational skills are required.
7. The ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds is required.

About us

The College's health and wellness plans along with generous paid time-off benefits are in addition to rewarding employee benefits such as the tuition grant and 403(b) plan.  

The employee tuition grant is a remarkable benefit that covers the cost of 100% of the College's tuition for dependent children of faculty and staff who have been employed with the college fulltime for one year. Employees can also take advantage of the benefit for themselves.  

The Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is a 403(b) plan in which the college automatically contributes 7% of the eligible employee's earnings into a retirement fund whether the employee chooses to participate or not.  The account has a comprehensive investment portfolio and allows the employee to control their investment choices.  At 6 years of service, the employer contribution amount is elevated to 10%.  Employees can choose to participate through pre-tax payroll deductions when ready!

Florida Southern College is committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring, campus life, and intellectual engagement and welcomes applications from all interested candidates.  The college actively seeks a wide variety of candidates and enthusiastically looks to diversify our workforce.

Florida Southern College has a strong commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity. The college recruits, hires, trains, transfers, promotes and compensates individuals and makes all personnel decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or physical or mental disability unrelated to an individual’s ability to perform the job, in accordance with applicable law.

Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the “Best Regional Universities in the South” by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 “Best Colleges” guide and is included in The Princeton Review’s 2022 Best 387 Colleges guide and the “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022.” The 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern’s AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College’s School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review’s top 20 “Most Beautiful Campus” national listing for 12 consecutive years.  Connect

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