Head Athletics Trainer

Alabama-A; Normal (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Alabama-A seeks a seasoned athletic training leader to supervise assistants, graduate assistants, and student aides while coordinating schedules and delivering comprehensive care for 16 intercollegiate sports. The role focuses on program oversight, coverage for home and away events, and collaboration with physicians and coaches.

You will guide policy, budgeting, and staff development, ensuring safety and high-quality athletic training services across all teams, with strong emphasis on injury

Qualifications

• Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) by NATABOC and state licensure within 90 days of hire.
• BCLS and CPR/First Aid certifications required.
• Experience directing athletic training in a college setting.
• Ability to supervise staff, manage budgets, and implement policies.

Responsibilities

• Directs athletic training program including evaluation and treatment for student athletes.
• Collaborates with coaching staff on conditioning and nutrition programs.
• Provides medical coverage for home and away contests.
• Develops policies, budgets, and long-range plans as part of Athletics Leadership Team.
• Supervises personnel, allocates work, and mentors staff.
• Serves as liaison among physicians, administrators, coaches, parents, and athletes.
• Oversees daily training room operations, billing, medical records, and scheduling.
• Ensures safety factors and emergency readiness in athletic competition.

Skills

ATC certification

BCLS certification

First aid

CPR knowledge

Staff supervision

Program leadership

Emergency response

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor of Science degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Summary

Supervises all Assistant Athletic Trainers, Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers, and student aides and coordinates their schedules. Provides athletic training services, to include practice and games for all 16 intercollegiate sports. Coordinates the treatment and documentation for 16 intercollegiate sports.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Directs the athletic training program to include physical evaluation and treatment services to student athletes in high-impact, high-intensity and/or large sports prone to extensive and/or chronic injury; provides a comprehensive range of care, including operation of therapeutic devices and equipment, first aid application, customized fitness/nutrition/conditioning plans, and rehabilitation and medical referrals.
• Collaborates with coaching staff in developing conditioning, weight training and nutrition programs for athletes. Advises coaching staff as to daily medical status of injured players.
• Provides medical coverage for all home varsity athletic contests and practices, and arranges for athletic training coverage at all away contests.
• As part of the Athletics Leadership Team, develops and implements policies, objectives, short-and long-range planning, projects and programs to assist in accomplishment of established goals. Assists in the annual budget planning process and regularly monitors expenditures.
• Directs and oversees the supervision of personnel, which includes work allocation, training, promotion, and problem resolution; evaluates performance and makes recommendations for personnel actions; motivates employees to achieve peak productivity and performance.
• Serves as a liaison between physicians, administrators, coaches, parents, and student athletes regarding injury prevention, diagnosis, care, management, treatment, rehabilitation and claim submission.
• Oversees daily management of training room, athletic billing, maintaining medical files, inventorying supplies and equipment, and scheduling follow-up appointments with medical providers, diagnostic testing, and professional consultations.
• Oversees safety factors of athletic competition by ensuring elimination of undue hazards.

Minimum Position Requirements (including certifications, licenses, etc.)

• Bachelor of Sciencedegree/Master's degree preferred
• Minimum of five-years' experience as a certified athletic trainer required.
• Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) by the NATABOC and must have licensure by the state of Alabama within 90 days from hire date and BCLS certification required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge and understanding of the unique strategic, programmatic, and operational requirements of a Division I program.
• Knowledge and understanding of the current and emerging psychosocial issues facing college-level student athletes.
• Knowledge of NCAA academic and behavioral rules, regulations, guidelines, and standards for student-athletes.
• Knowledge of NCAA recruiting rules and student-athlete eligibility requirements.
• Strategic planning and advanced leadership skills.
• Ability to supervise and train employees including organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments; evaluating performance; and mentoring and coaching employees to achieve maximum productivity.
• Ability to evaluate therapeutic requirements for student-athletes, and to fit and modify therapeutic and/or protective equipment.
• Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
• Ability to design and implement fitness, nutrition and/or conditioning programs.
• Skill in the use of first aid procedures.
• Knowledge of CPR and emergency medical procedures.
• Ability to read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures.
• Ability to develop and formulate working processes, policies, and procedures in area of expertise.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with students, faculty, staff and parents, as well as a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Ability to collect, interpret, and analyze medical data, and to formulate, implement, and evaluate a plan of medical care.