Assistant Coach Baseball

EXPIRED

The Assistant baseball Coach provides assistance with coaching of the Baseball team and all facets of the program, particularly in the areas of recruiting, training, scheduling and conditioning exercise.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Assists the Head Coach with the organization, administration and implementation of the Baseball program.
• Assists the Head Coach in recruiting and retaining a minimum roster of 45 student-athletes in accordance with Centenary College and NCAA policy guidelines.
• Participates in organizing and supervising practices and games.
• Directs pre-season conditioning program for student athletes.
• Establishes daily practice routines to include condition, running and scrimmages.
• Over 25 percent travel time required to attend SCAC and NCAA meetings, conferences, and training seminars, as well as traveling to support team competitions and recruiting.
• Must be accessible and reachable by telephone or text message at times other than College business hours for the purpose of team member contact and recruiting purposes for texting or calling recruits after school hours.
• Must have access to mobile computing outside of the office for recruitment of student-athletes by accessing databases for contact information and adding information, scouting, travel arrangements, budget management and to maintain constant contact with the NCAA, SCAC, scouting information, and team data.
• Scouts upcoming opponents at the discretion of the Head Coach and within the College, NCAA and the Conference (if applicable) guidelines.
• Works with Head Coach to develop a game plan for upcoming opponents.
• Assists the Head Coach with directing and coordinating activities, ensuring compliance with the NCAA and Centenary College guidelines.
• Collaborates in the organizing, promoting and conducting summer camp activities and various other camps and clinics throughout the year.
• Supports the Development Office’s efforts to raise money for the Centenary Fund for Student Athletics.

The Assistant baseball Coach provides assistance with coaching of the Baseball team and all facets of the program, particularly in the areas of recruiting, training, scheduling and conditioning exercise.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Assists the Head Coach with the organization, administration and implementation of the Baseball program.
• Assists the Head Coach in recruiting and retaining a minimum roster of 45 student-athletes in accordance with Centenary College and NCAA policy guidelines.
• Participates in organizing and supervising practices and games.
• Directs pre-season conditioning program for student athletes.
• Establishes daily practice routines to include condition, running and scrimmages.
• Over 25 percent travel time required to attend SCAC and NCAA meetings, conferences, and training seminars, as well as traveling to support team competitions and recruiting.
• Must be accessible and reachable by telephone or text message at times other than College business hours for the purpose of team member contact and recruiting purposes for texting or calling recruits after school hours.
• Must have access to mobile computing outside of the office for recruitment of student-athletes by accessing databases for contact information and adding information, scouting, travel arrangements, budget management and to maintain constant contact with the NCAA, SCAC, scouting information, and team data.
• Scouts upcoming opponents at the discretion of the Head Coach and within the College, NCAA and the Conference (if applicable) guidelines.
• Works with Head Coach to develop a game plan for upcoming opponents.
• Assists the Head Coach with directing and coordinating activities, ensuring compliance with the NCAA and Centenary College guidelines.
• Collaborates in the organizing, promoting and conducting summer camp activities and various other camps and clinics throughout the year.
• Supports the Development Office’s efforts to raise money for the Centenary Fund for Student Athletics.
• Monitors student athletes’ academic progress.
• Monitoring of Athletic facilities as assigned by Athletic Director
• Coordinates junior varsity baseball program and serves as its head coach.
• Other related projects, duties and responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary.

As an institutional staff member actively involved with NCAA Division III prospects, student-athletes, and athletic department personnel, you are responsible to uphold all conference and NCAA rules and regulations. In accordance with NCAA bylaw 11.1, you are responsible to report any known violations and will be held accountable for any violations committed within your department.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
None.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

MINIMUM

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3 or more years as a competitive player or experience in baseball coaching at the college or junior college level preferred.
• Must have knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations.
• Must be people-oriented individual, have good communication skills, and the ability to work with a diverse group of people.
• Well organized and self-motivated.
• Must be able to fulfill job requirements in a high-energy, high-traffic area.
• Must be able to obtain First Aid / CPR / AED certification and van driving clearance.

PREFERRED

• Master’s degree
• 5 years as a competitive player or experience in college baseball coaching at the assistant or head coaching level.
• Specific experience with a campus admission/recruiting office, NCAA compliance, event management, outdoor field management, or coaching in another sport.
• Experience in a NCAA Division III program.
• Experience with a selective, residential, Liberal Arts college.

Please send cover letter and resume to:

Department of Human Resources

Centenary College of Louisiana

2911 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104

Email: hr@centenary.edu

Fax: 318.869-5281

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi river and is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South.

Candidates are invited to visit the College’s website at www.centenary.edu/jobs.

_ Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus welcome applicants who would add to the College’s diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. EOE. _

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