Assistant Track & Field Coach

About Bellarmine University:

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.

SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.

Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Description:

The Assistant Track & Field Coach is responsible for assisting both programs in all aspects of administration and operation of a competitive Division I collegiate track and field and cross-country program

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Develop programs for and coordinate the recruitment and scholarship of student-athletes;
Plan and conduct practice/competition activities for an NCAA Division I program;
Manage student-athlete skill development and performance analysis;
Administer the operational budget;
Monitor academic advisement and progress of student-athletes;
Represent the university in any local, regional, or national meetings that pertain to men's and women's cross country and track and field.
Abide by and comply with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Conference rules, academic standards, requirements, and policies of the Department of Athletics and University.
Ability to effectively interact with various people in a manner that positively portrays the University, its programs, and its personnel.
Promote a culture of inclusion, working effectively within a culture of individuals with diverse backgrounds, styles, abilities, and motivations.
Assist in the organization of sports information materials.
Contribute to the overall success of the university's intercollegiate athletics program by performing all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Work is performed in an indoor/outdoor environment.
Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications for Consideration

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university is required.
• One to three years of related experience
• Successful coaching experience at the collegiate level.
• Demonstrated knowledge of NCAA Division I rules
• Demonstrated knowledge of USA Track and Field rules
• Personal athletic experience in either cross country and/or track and field preferred.

Additional Information:

Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Application Instructions:

For consideration, you must submit a cover letter, a resume and three professional references.

URL: bellarmine.edu