Head Women’s Tennis Coach
College in Gambier, Ohio is looking for a Head Women’s Tennis Coach.

Position Overview:
Essential Functions
• Teach and instruct student-athletes in the rules and fundamentals of tennis.
• Develop and implement in-season training and workouts, practice and game-day coaching.
• Compile training results for all events and assist with statistics verification for official records and sports information.
• Provide home match management for women’s tennis, including set-up and tear down of equipment.
• Recruit academically and athletically strong applicants for admission in the selective, highly competitive application pool at Kenyon College utilizing ARMS software, including preparing promotional materials.
• Maintain excellent record keeping for all purchases and expenses for the program, to stay within the budget.
• Work in conjunction with athletic trainers to maintain student-athlete welfare.
• Stay up-to-date with sport and coaching best practices in order to provide opportunities for all involved in the program to become students of the game by sharing knowledge of the sport.
• Participate in the NCAC governance for women’s tennis at coaches meetings.
• All coaches are assigned additional duties in the areas of facility and event /game management and teaching. These responsibilities are determined annually by Coordinator of Lifetime Fitness, Game / EventManager, Facility Manager(s) and Director of Athletics, Fitness and Recreation.

Other Expectations
• Serve as a member of the Athletics, Fitness and Recreation team, responsible for providing leadership, goals, and program implementation at a fully residential campus housing 1800 undergraduate students
• Develop and maintain mutually supportive and collaborative working relationships with student affairs colleagues, faculty, and other campus partners to accomplish shared objectives and tasks.
• Lead and assist with designated departmental, divisional, and/or College committees, initiatives and processes.
• Develop meaningful connections with students, staff and faculty by being available and visible on campus.
• Assist with special projects and duties, as needed.
• Demonstrate a commitment to and compliance with the College’s and Department of Athletics, Fitness and Recreation policies and procedures as well as the North Coast Athletic Conference and NCAA constitutions, bylaws, legislation and regulations.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the Department of Athletics’ student-athlete handbook, and the department’s, Student Affairs’ and College’s mission statements.

Success Factors
• Collaborative mindset.
• Extensive knowledge of teaching technical skills in tennis.
• Demonstrated support for students from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Fundraising experience.
• Community Relations experience.
• Tennis Game Management experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to a Strength and Conditioning program as part of comprehensive Women’s Tennis program.
• Demonstrated commitment to personal growth and learning.
• Demonstrated commitment to athletes as students.

Supervisory Responsibilities
• Directly supervise part-time assistant coach.

How to apply:
Please apply via URL provided.

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