Head Mens Tennis Coach; Head Womens Tennis Coach

The head coach serves as the program leader for their assigned sport(s). As head coach, this individual is responsible for operating a program for student-athletes, with differing abilities and skills, that pursues our complementary goals in Athletics of striving for athletic excellence and developing Christian character.

Responsibilities Primary Duties:

1. Analyze performance and instruct athletes in skills, techniques and strategies in preparation for competition and during contests. 2. Coordinate general administrative duties (including budgeting, game scheduling, travel plans, meeting requests for information, hiring of officials, and business procedures). 3. Communicate with the athletic trainer, sports information director, facilities assignor, and department administrators as needed. 4. Ability to establish appropriate and effective mentoring relationships with student-athletes, including a team grade point average of 3.00 and a retention rate of 82%. 5. Plan, organize, implement, and evaluate recruiting and scouting activities (annual submission of a recruiting plan). Achieve goal of assigned roster size. (24) 6. Supervise assistant coach(es) who are part of the program. 7. Maintain consistent and reliable attendance.

Secondary Duties:

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications Education Required:

BS/BA in related field

Education Preferred:

Master's Degree Experience Required:

Minimum of 3 years assistant coach experience, or 2 years head coach experience at the college or high school level; playing experience

Experience Preferred:

Head coach experience Skills and Characteristics Required for this

Position:

Ability to administer NCAA Division III intercollegiate program(s), including recruiting, scheduling, budgeting, travel, and practice plans Ability to coach, teach, and train student-athletes in skills and strategies specific to their sport to make them as competitive as possible Ability to establish appropriate and effective mentoring relationships with studentathletes Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the stages of student development and the importance of holistic education Ability to be a team player within the department and the college Good judgment and problem solving skills Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing Demonstrated commitment to continued learning/professional development such as presentations, publications, serving on regional or national committees

Special Working Conditions:

Required to work weekends and evenings as needed About Us Messiah University's commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence draws inspiration from its mission "to educate men and women toward maturity of intellect, character and Christian faith in preparation for lives of service, leadership and reconciliation in church and society." The university has pursued this vision through a strategic planning process that encourages diversity through employee and student composition, campus climate, and an educational program that seeks to equip and enable educators and students to embrace diversity. Candidates should clearly articulate why diversity and inclusive excellence matter to them as persons of faith as well as in their profession. Candidates will speak to how as a potential employee, they will contribute to the advancement of this vision through their teaching-learning, research, institutional service, and public engagement.