Essential Job Duties
Coach the softball team with other duties which include recruiting,
practice and game coaching, fundraising, athlete conditioning, maintaining the
field and equipment, awarding and maintaining softball scholarships, providing
softball budget assistance, and arranging team travel and meals.
- Teach all
aspects of the game of softball through fundamentals of offense and
defense in daily practice sessions.
- Recruit
and maintain an active softball team roster in order to develop a
competitive team.
- Develop
and evaluate player performance.
- Conduct
and supervise all practices.
- Supervise
the assistant softball coach.
- Schedule
and attend all contests (games and scrimmages).
- Conduct
year-round field maintenance and perform pre-game and post-game field
preparation.
- Ensure
students comply with all athletics policies and procedures (curfews, room
checks, health protocols, etc.).
- Coordinate
team travel arrangements, lodging, and travel itineraries.
- Arrange
special meals with campus food service when games interfere with the
regular dining schedule.
- Report
game scores and information to all media outlets, as needed.
- Assist
with maintenance and updates to the athletics/softball portion of the
website.
- Coordinate
maintenance of softball program equipment.
- Coordinate
with residence life on housing assignments.
- Coordinate
and supervise fundraisers and appropriately manage the fundraising budget.
- Appropriately
manage, in cooperation with the Athletic Director, the softball
budget.
- Appropriately
manage the softball scholarship budget.
- Award
scholarships and maintain proper documentation.
- Support
student athletes who wish to transfer to four-year institutions/teams.
- Supervise
and assist student-athletes in community projects.
- Maintain
office hours and correspondence files.
- Perform
other related tasks as assigned by the Athletic Director.
