Head Golf Coach
School in Springfield, Illinois is looking for a Head Golf Coach.

Position Overview:
Teaches, develops, manages, implements, and advances competitive intercollegiate men’s and women’s golf programs within the philosophy, objectives, policies, and guidelines of NCAA Division II, the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC), and Department of Athletics. The position reports to the Director of Athletics.

Duties & Responsibilities:
• Teach and instruct advanced-level skills, techniques, and game strategies inherent in the highest level of competitive play; developing UIS golf student-athletes to successful competitive achievements.
• Mentor men’s and women’s golf student-athletes on and off the course and monitor academic performance of men’s and women’s golf student-athletes, teaching student-athletes skills for academic success and life-long learning.
• Accountable for compliance with all NCAA Division II and Great Lakes Valley Conference rules; including submission of all compliance forms, adherence to all compliance policies and procedures, and attendance of mandatory NCAA rules education sessions. Instruct UIS golf assistant coaching staff and men’s and women’s golf student-athletes on applicable NCAA compliance education.
• Responsible for a strategic vision for success and administration of UIS men’s and women’s golf programs including budgeting, strategic planning, organizing, and reconciling golf accounts to ensure expenditures compliant with budget.
• Recruit highly successful golf student-athletes who are both physically and academically talented, who represent UIS and Department of Athletics with good character, and who strive to graduate from UIS.
• Responsible for scheduling, organizing, and conducting practices/competitions including team travel.
• Identify, manage, mentor, and oversee ethical and talented UIS golf assistant coach.
• Collaborate with athletic training staff, academic support personnel, strength and conditioning, compliance staff, and other campus personnel to enhance and support UIS golf student-athlete experience.
• Responsible for fundraising, marketing, promotion, and alumni and community engagement of UIS golf and Department of Athletics at UIS.
• Coordinate golf tournaments and camps/clinics in an effort to increase local and regional exposure of UIS and UIS golf.
• Attend GLVC, UIS, and Department of Athletics meetings as scheduled; hold office hours in the office in the Recreation and Athletic Center; complete required NCAA and UIS training.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to support the department’s strategic goals and on-going initiatives.

Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree required.
Proven golf coaching experience for a minimum of three years.
An understanding of NCAA Division II regulations.
Demonstrated success in teaching and developing student-athletes.
Preferences will be given to candidates with advanced degrees, a tenure of successful collegiate coaching experience with a proven record of recruiting talented and academically qualified student-athletes.

Preferred Qualifications:
Desired qualifications include demonstrated ability in skill instruction, practice and game plan development, academic monitoring and development of student-athletes, fundraising and public relations, general administrative skills including budgeting and scheduling, strong leadership skills, knowledge and commitment to NCAA DII rules compliance, and strong ethical integrity.
The successful candidate must be committed to working and teaching within an environment that embraces the development of student-athletes around their academic achievement, diversity, equity, inclusion, health and welfare.

How to apply:
Please apply via the URL provided.

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