Northland College, an NCAA Division III institution located in Ashland, Wisconsin, is seeking a hard-working, motivated, and driven individual for its Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach position.

This position reports to the Head Men’s Basketball Coach and the Director of Athletics.

Duties include:

• Practice and game preparation & execution.

• Breakdown and editing film of team practices, games and future opponents’ games.

• Creation of opponent scouting reports, and game plan for success.

• Identification and recruitment of high-quality student-athletes, including travel to see recruits play/practice, communicate with recruits, parents, high school & AAU coaches, etc.

• Maintain recruiting database.

• Create recruiting material, including hard copies and digital material.

• Maintain team social media accounts.

• Communications with alumni and program sponsors/donors.

• Plan and execute annual Alumni Game & Alumni Day.

• Monitor and track academic progress of student-athletes.

• Help create and monitor strength & conditioning program of student-athletes.

• Promote, plan and execute both summer youth camps and high school summer league.

• Create and maintain effective working relationship with multiple departments across campus, including admissions, faculty, advancement, athletics, maintenance, etc.

• Explore, plan and engage in community service and fundraising projects for both the program and the athletic department as a whole.

• Plan, schedule and coordinate team travel including transportation, lodging and meals.

• Other duties within both the men’s basketball program and the athletic department as assigned by the Head Coach and/or Director of Athletics.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Experience coaching at the high school, college and/or professional level.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to teach the game of basketball at a high level, both offensively and defensively, within the systems as set up by the Head Coach, while also providing valuable insight and input on ways to improve teaching and strategy.

• Dedication to the physical, social, emotional, and academic development of student-athletes, as well as the overall well-being of the individual student-athlete, the men’s basketball program, the athletic department and the institution as a whole.

• Working knowledge of NCAA rules and demonstrated dedication to the ethical following of those rules.

• Current CPR and First Aid certificate or willingness to acquire certification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous collegiate coaching experience.

• Previous success in recruitment and retention of high-quality student-athletes.

• Past experience with creating both digital recruiting and social media content, and hard copy recruiting materials.

• Experience with team and opponent video breakdown, specifically with Synergy Sport Tech (other systems acceptable).

• Certified Strength & Conditioning certificate or willingness to acquire certification.

• Previous experience with running youth summer camps.

• Knowledge of NCAA Division III and Upper Midwest Athletic Conference rules and regulations.

Questions/Inquiries/Recommendations can be sent to: [email protected]