Hybrid Assistant Track & Field/Cross Country Coach bei Loyola University - New Orleans, LA

About the Department

Within the framework of the Loyola University New Orleans mission of educating the whole person, the Assistant Track & Field/Cross Country Coach will support both the men’s and women’s cross country and track & field teams by fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of the position.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting the Head Track & Field/Cross Country Coach in providing coaching expertise and administrative duties for the intercollegiate program on a full-time basis. This is a 12-month position.

Position Duties

• Assistant in developing a successful track & field and cross country program.
• Assist in all areas as they relate to the operation of the track & field and cross country program.
  • Lead (primary) coach for Sprints, Hurdles, and Jumps event group.
  • Home meet management 
  • Recruiting and scouting
  • Practice planning and organizing
• Administrative duties assigned by the head coach including but not limited to assisting in team travel, monitoring the academic performance of student-athletes, home meet management, and recruiting tasks.
• Ability to relate and motivate student-athletes.
• Transport student-athletes in vans to practice and/or meets.
• Represent Loyola in a positive manner at any events on and/or off campus.

• Assume the duties of the university Campus Security Authority (CSA), including but not limited to, reporting crimes as defined through the Cleary Act and providing annual reporting statistics. 
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree.
• Successful high school and/or college coaching experience and intercollegiate experience preferred.
• Knowledge of the NAIA rules to include eligibility is preferred
• Must possess and maintain a current valid driver’s license as a condition of employment, and must also be able to successfully pass any driver background information investigation and any driver education courses required by Risk Management.  
• Beliefs basically supportive of and compatible with the principles of Catholic, Jesuit higher education and the specified goals of the University
• Ability to work effectively with college student-athletes, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the community.  
• A philosophy of intercollegiate athletics which places the highest emphasis on the pre-eminence of the academic mission of the institution and the role of athletics as a part of the student’s total educational experience for both the student-athlete and the student non-athlete.  

• Able to lift, move and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to perform job duties with or without reasonable accommodations.