Assistant Swim Coach

The Assistant Swim  Coach will be responsible for carrying out coaching assignments during daily workouts, practices, and scheduled events, enforcing team rules, maintaining statistics, monitoring each assigned athlete's performance, and employing specific coaching modalities to meet needs. Other responsibilities include recruiting student-athletes, assisting with departmental recruiting activities and carrying out scouting assignments. Other duties as assigned.

Assists the Head Coach with all aspects of a sports program. Recruits athletes, mentors athletes, fosters athletic, emotional, and academic group of student athletes. Oversees sports equipment, practice plans and schedules, skill development, designs coaching strategies. Oversees public and media relations. Coordinates team travel and schedule. Adheres to all rules and regulations.

Essential Functions 

Coaching- carries out coaching assignments during daily workouts, practices, and scheduled events. Enforces team rules. Maintains statistics. Monitors each assigned student athlete’s academic and athletic performance and employs specific coaching modalities to meet needs. 

Recruiting – recruits student-athletes; assists with departmental recruiting activities and carries out scouting assignments.

Physical conditioning- consults with trainers and team physicians in monitoring the well-being of student-athletes.

Other duties as assigned by the head coach. Including but not limited to adhering to policies established by the NCAA, ACC, and the University.  

Academic monitoring- assists in monitoring the academic progress of student-athletes.

Instructing and demonstrating physical skills while coaching; extensive travel via car, air, and bus. Must stand for long periods of time at meets and at practices. May have to lift or transport equipment. 

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