What are the responsibilities and job description for the Part-Time Assistant Coach, Track & Field position at Loyola University - New Orleans?
Assist the Head Track/Cross Country Coach in providing coaching expertise and administrative functions for the intercollegiate track & field and cross country program.
Additional Responsibilities: Assume the duties of the university Campus Security Authority (CSA), including but not limited to, reporting crimes as defined through the Cleary Act and providing annual reporting statistics.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Able to lift, move and carry up to 50 lbs.
Ability to perform the essential job duties with or without a reasonable accommodation.
- Assistant in developing a successful track & field and cross country program.
- Assist in all areas as they relate to the operation of the track & field and cross country program.
- Home meet management
- Recruiting and scouting
- Practice planning and organizing
- Coaching various events (jumps, sprints/hurdles and distance, throws)
- Administrative duties assigned by the head coach including but not limited to assisting in team travel, monitoring the academic performance of student-athletes and home meet management.
- Ability to relate and motivate student-athletes.
- Transport student-athletes in vans to practice and/or meets.
- Represent Loyola in a positive manner at any events on and/or off campus.
- Other duties as assigned.
Additional Responsibilities: Assume the duties of the university Campus Security Authority (CSA), including but not limited to, reporting crimes as defined through the Cleary Act and providing annual reporting statistics.
- Minimum Bachelor degree.
- Successful high school and/or college coaching experience and intercollegiate experience preferred.
- Must possess and maintain a current valid driver’s license as a condition of employment, and must also be able to successfully pass any driver background information investigation and any driver education courses required by Risk Management.
- Ability to work effectively with college student-athletes, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the community.
- A philosophy of intercollegiate athletics which places the highest emphasis on the pre-eminence of the academic mission of the institution and the role of athletics as a part of the student’s total educational experience for both the student-athlete and the student non-athlete.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Able to lift, move and carry up to 50 lbs.
Ability to perform the essential job duties with or without a reasonable accommodation.
