What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Baseball Coach and Recruiting Coordinator position at Dallas Baptist University?
GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
The Assistant Baseball & Recruiting Coordinator will provide leadership, mentorship, instruction, motivation, and support to the baseball program, with particular emphasis on coordinating recruiting efforts. The goal and objective of DBU Athletics is to develop Champions for Christ, both on and off the playing surface. The four pillars of the DBU Department of Athletics include academic excellence, athletic success, community engagement, and spiritual development.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Master’s degree preferred.
- Coaching experience at the collegiate level preferred.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Perform job duties in accordance with DBU’s vision, mission and values, and in a way that contributes to the development of the Athletics Department.
- Assist the head coach with administering a competitive program to include organizing, supervising, and maintaining a schedule of practices and events, coordinating physical conditioning programs with Athletic Performance staff, and instructing student-athletes in strategies and performance principles.
- Support the individual educational goals of student-athletes and provide opportunities for academic assistance to student-athletes if required, monitoring the academic progress of each participating student-athlete.
- Maintain the integrity of the athletic program through knowledge and application of NCAA rules and regulations. Demonstrate a working knowledge of NCAA rules. Inform and educate student-athletes of all appropriate NCAA eligibility rules.
- Recruit qualified student-athletes for varsity program.
- Serve as recruiting coordinator for the baseball program, overseeing the recruiting calendar, managing the recruiting database and communication with prospective student-athletes, coordinating official and unofficial campus visits, and ensuring all recruiting activities comply with NCAA rules and regulations.
- Be active in all department-wide fund raising and related professional activities.
- Be supportive of all athletic teams and other athletic department personnel.
- Hold membership in appropriate national associations and be active in related professional activities.
- Practice superior customer service.
- Fulfill additional responsibilities as assigned.
WORK SCHEDULE:
A minimum of 40 hours per week or more is necessary to meet the requirements of the program. A typical workweek is expected in the 50 to 60 hour range. Travel is required throughout the year for games.
WORK LOCATION:
This position will work on the main campus, located at 3000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, TX 75211
Qualifications:
- Must be a Christian and a member of a church that holds to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, believing in the New and Old Testaments of the Holy Bible.
- DBU requires employees to follow all University policies and procedures, which exist to support the Christian mission of DBU and includes, but is not limited to, a Christian Code of Conduct. Click here to read