The Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach will provide instruction, training and motivation to prepare student-athletes for practices, game or competitive events as well as demonstrate/instruct student athletes on sport performance principles, game strategies and safety rules. This individual will provide sport program management support to the head coach, evaluate student-athletes’ strengths and weaknesses as possible recruit or to improve the current student athletes’ technique to prepare them for competition and serve as mentor to student-athletes with academic and personal issues.

Responsibilities:

• Observing athletes in practice and training, analyze performance data/statistics and instruct athletes on technique
• Collecting and analyzing tactical/statistical data and game film of opposing teams with student-athletes and recommend game-day strategies for student athletes
• Planning, scheduling, organizing and conducting practice sessions
• Recruiting potential student-athletes via telephone calls, letters, emails or home visits
• Making recommendations regarding whether or not to extend official campus visits and/or athletic grant-in-aid support to head coach
• Detailing student-athlete assessments through written recruiting reports/notes and provide recommendations on student-athlete recruitment
• Recommending locations and student-athletes to be targeted for future recruitment efforts
• Partnering with strength and conditioning staff and athletic trainers on student-athletes overall physical preparation and health status
• Assisting in planning and developing strength and conditioning programs including scheduling, coordinating workouts, providing motivational support and reinforcement to enable student-athletes to achieve maximum performance
• Reviewing and maintaining progress records/stats and recommend changes to achieve desired goals, as necessary
• Discussing class registration deadlines and follow-up to ensure required paperwork is completed, reports of missed classes or study table hours
• On road trips, conducting study sessions, if needed.
• Partnering with Athletics Student Services to identify and monitor academically “at risk” student-athletes
• Recommending disciplinary action to resolve athletic, academic or behavior problems as they arise
• Representing Head Coach and /or Intercollegiate Athletics Department at fund-raisers, outings and alumni events

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2 years coaching or playing experience at the collegiate level or above
• Knowledge of sport-specific fundamentals, techniques and safety rules & regulations
• Ability to analyze, interpret, communicate, and adhere to University, Big Ten Conference and NCAA policies, procedures, rules and regulations
• Excellent communication (oral & written), planning, organizational, interpersonal, interviewing, strength training and counseling skills
• Ability to recruit on a national level, instructs and motivates student-athletes on sport fundamentals, techniques and safety rules and regulations, and provides academic and personal mentoring
• Ability to influence and build positive relationships among diverse individuals including student-athletes, parents, coaches, media, faculty, staff, students and general public
• Ability to foster a participative management style to successfully guide the work of others
• Must possess a learning orientation to changing technology impacting sport
• Personal computer and related software skills, e.g., work processing, spread sheets, data query, internet, etc.,
• Travel