Assistant Coach, Swim & Dive

University of the Pacific; Stockton (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, is seeking an Assistant Coach of Swim & Dive to teach student-athletes fundamentals, skills, team concepts, and safety practices within the program.

You will support academics, monitor eligibility, assist with travel, meets, recruitment, practices, and communications with staff, while modeling integrity and promoting diversity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or two years of full-time related experience counts as equivalent.
• One year of coaching experience in diving or gymnastics.
• CPR, First Aid and AED Certification.

Responsibilities

• Develops a fundamental knowledge and maintains compliance with NCAA rules and department policies.
• Supports academics and ensures student-athletes meet academic requirements.
• Oversees monitoring of student-athletes' academics and study hours on the road.
• Assists with travel, meals, housing, and meet operations for home and away events.
• Contributes to recruitment efforts, tours, evaluations, and official/unofficial visits.
• Roles include organizing practices, dry land sessions, and team leadership.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Coaching experience in diving or gymnastics

Job description

Primary Purpose

The Assistant Coach of Swim & Dive teaches and instructs student-athletes how to perform in their sport, including sport-related fundamentals, skills, team concepts, and safety practices.

Essential Functions

• Develops a fundamental knowledge and maintains compliance of rules and regulations governing intercollegiate athletics while working within the department's rules, regulations, and policies.
• Supports an environment that emphasizes academics as a priority, making every effort to ensure that all student-athletes meet academic requirements, while working to integrate sports into the academic life of the University.
• Oversees and assists in monitoring student-athletes academics, study hall requirements, communication with athletic-student advisers, and facilitates study hours on the road.
• Supports discipline in the program, promotes fairness, understanding and protectiveness of student-athletes while motivating them.
• Helps to create an environment of cooperation and continuous improvement, maintaining positive communications supporting the athletic program, the University and University staff.
• Educates student-athletes by emphasizing fundamental skills, conditioning tactics, meet preparation strategies, and building confidence.
• Focuses on developing student-athlete's character in and out of the pool by exposing them to various methods of growth, physically, mentally, and emotionally.
• Models and builds desired traits in building the character and culture of the team by establishing and maintaining team principles, holding team accountable, conducting yourself with integrity, identifying and correcting a bad habit.
• Assists with home swim meet operations. Including communicating the needs of set up and breakdown of swim meet. Facilitating with meet set up and breakdown. Running of the meet. Ordering, paying, and distributing of team meals.
• Assists with arrangements of travel meets; submitting travel roster, requesting per diem, ordering and paying for all travel meals, arranging pick up of food, setting up and cleaning of team meals, researching best quote for hotel arrangement, booking hotel rooms once approved, assign rooming list, completing team bed checks, and all other travel needs.
• Participates in marketing and promotional activities with media, alumni and civic group consistent with the objectives of the athletic program on Instagram, Facebook, and twitter. Participates and assists with recruiting effectively by making phone calls, creating and maintaining email conversations, evaluating and recruiting at swim meets, conversing with parents, giving campus tours, completing and managing all recruiting evaluations, assisting with unofficial and official visits by creating itineraries, booking travel arrangements, assigning hosts, assigning class sit in options, scheduling and any travel-related activities of prospective student‑athletes.
• Assists in leading and facilitating practices for all divers, groups and dry land sessions.
• Assists with all compliance forms related to student athletes and perspective student athletes.
• Assists with administrative work, planning of fundraising events and volunteer events assigned by Head Coach. Assists with the completion of CARA practice logs, ordering of team gear and managing assistance with team parent group.
• Has strong organization skills, and working knowledge of computer systems and various software systems.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

This position serves as Campus Security Authority (CSA) as outlined by the Clery Act. CSAs have federally mandated responsibilities to report crimes that are reported them.

University of the Pacific recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion is foundational to the success of our valued students and employees. We prioritize policy and decision‑making that demonstrates awareness of, and responsiveness to, the ways socio‑cultural forces related to race, gender, ability, sexuality, socio‑economic status, etc. impede or propel students, faculty, and staff.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or two (2) years of full‑time experience in the same or similar position is equal to one (1) year of completed post high school education coursework.
• One (1) year of coaching experience in diving or gymnastics.
• CPR, First Aid and AED Certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of NCAA and Conference Rules and Regulations as they pertain to student-athletes.
• Knowledge of effective coaching practices.
• Recruiting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Positive attitude, proven ability to work successfully with diverse populations and demonstrated commitment to promote and enhance diversity and inclusion.
• Experience and sensitivity in working with people of diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Demonstrated experience in advancing social justice, equity, and inclusion in a university setting.
• Ability to engage and integrate culturally responsive practices and knowledge in their work.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative but not definitive of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requires extended periods of sitting, standing and walking. Occasional climbing stairs, bending, stooping and reaching. Requires lengthy durations of time spent outdoors. Occasional lifting up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment/Work Week/Travel

Work is performed in a standard office environment and athletic venues during standard business hours, as well as during non‑regular office hours to fulfill business needs. Occasional travel required for competition and recruiting.

Valid driver's license required. Incumbent must also be able to meet the University's fleet rules and be eligible to drive for University business. The University and its insurance carrier reserves the right to exclude applicants based on their driving record.

Hiring Range

Hiring Range: $54,080 per year. We consider factors such as, but not limited to, scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's qualifications, internal equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.

Background Check Statement

All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment are required to execute a release and authorization for a background screening.

AB 810

Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: University of the Pacific complies with California Assembly Bill 810, requiring candidates accepting conditional job offers to disclose any final administrative or judicial findings, ongoing proceedings, allegations, resignations under investigation, or appeals related to sexual harassment or misconduct within the past seven years.