Assistant Women's Basketball Coach

Stonehill College; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Stonehill College is seeking an Assistant Coach to support the recruitment of student-athletes and assist in game-day and practice preparations. This role involves collaboration with the head coach and other athletic department staff to ensure the success of the program while adhering to NCAA rules and fostering an inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in basketball coaching required.
• Ability to manage recruitment and game-day operations.

Responsibilities

• Assist head coach in recruitment of student-athletes.
• Prepare for game days and oversee practice sessions.
• Manage program budget and develop fundraising strategies.

Skills

Coaching

Recruitment

Budget Management

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

If Academic Position: Number of Weeks/Months

Position Type

Position Type Staff - Exempt

Preferred Start Date

Preferred Start Date 06/01/2025

Position Summary Information

About Stonehill

Founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1948, Stonehill is a private Catholic college located just 22 miles from downtown Boston on a beautiful 384-acre campus in Easton, Massachusetts. With a student to faculty ratio of 13:1, the College engages its 2,500+ students in 80+ rigorous academic programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and pre-professional fields.

Faithful to the Holy Cross tradition in education, Stonehill College is committed to developing the moral, spiritual, intellectual, physical, and social competencies of its students and seeks to build and sustain a campus community that embraces diversity and inclusion in its teaching, learning, living, and working. Stonehill values a diversity of persons, opinions, and cultural and religious perspectives. In fulfillment of its motto, Lux et Spes (“Light and Hope”), the College cultivates in its students the competence to think, act, and lead with courage towards creating a more just and compassionate world.

Position Summary

Assists the head coach in the recruitment of perspective student-athletes as well as game-day and practice preparation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The assistant coach is charged with working with his/her respective head coaching in many facets of the program, including the recruitment of prospective student-athletes, game-day coaching and practice preparation, the maintenance of the program’s budget and the development and implementation of a strategic plan for fund raising activities to supplement the operating budget of both the program and the Department of Athletics. The assistant coach will also work with the head coach to monitor all facets, both athletically and academically related, that any participating student-athletes are involved in while also developing a working relationship with all other facets of the Department of Athletics, including the training staff, compliance officer, media relations staff, home events coordinator and all other individuals responsible for the day-to-day operation of the department. The assistant coach must strictly adhere to all rules and regulations set forth by the College and the Northeast Conference, an NCAA Division I Conference. The assistant coach may also be charged with other duties as assigned by either their respective head coach or by the Director of Athletics.

Education and/or Experience

Successful candidate must have a bachelor’s degree and previous basketball coaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Previous collegiate basketball coaching experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Licenses/Certifications

Driver’s License Required

Competencies Intellectual-Analytical, Intellectual-Design, Intellectual-Problem Solving, Intellectual-Project Management, Intellectual-Technical Skills, Interpersonal-Customer Service, Interpersonal-Interpersonal Skills, Interpersonal-Oral Communication, Interpersonal-Written Communication, Interpersonal-Teamwork, Organization-Cost Consciousness, Organization-Diversity, Organization-Ethics, Organization-Organizational Support, Organization-Strategic Thinking, Self Management-Judgement, Self Management-Motivation, Self Management-Planning/Organizing, Self Management-Professionalism, Self Management-Quality, Self Management-Quantity, Self Management-Adaptability, Self Management-Attendance/Punctuality, Self Management-Innovation

Special Instructions to Applicants

Posting Specific Questions

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• How did you learn about this employment opportunity at Stonehill College?
  • Stonehill.edu site
  • Career Connections
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
  • HigherEdJobs.com
  • HERC (Higher Education Recruitment Consortium)
  • Professional Association site
  • ScholarlyHires.com
  • Stonehill Employee
  • Walk-in
  • Other
• If Professional Association, Employee or Other, please specify.

  (Open Ended Question)

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter
Optional Documents

Stonehill College, 320 Washington Street, Easton,
Massachusetts 02357 | PH: 508-565-1000