Director of Women's Golf Program

Provide leadership, supervision, and development for women’s golf to support student-athletes in the areas of athletic competition skills, conditioning, personal development, and professional growth.
Attend and serve as the coach at all scheduled team practices, competitions, and additional team functions/events.
Motivate students and staff to participate in an atmosphere of sportsmanship, professionalism, and respect among student-athletes, coaches, and other intercollegiate athletic teams.
Provide training necessary through skills and conditioning to enable students to compete safely and competitively.
Develop a comprehensive and systematic recruitment plan with a focus on recruiting and retaining highly qualified student-athletes.
Working in collaboration with Admission, identify and recruit highly motivated student-athletes in accordance with Bates College, NESCAC, and NCAA regulations in order to enhance team success both athletically and academically.
Have an awareness of the lifestyle of student-athletes in a highly competitive academic and athletic environment at a DIII institution.
Demonstrate interest in the academic progress, work, and achievement of student-athletes.
Nominate student-athletes for awards and recognition within sport membership organizations and the Department of Athletics, as deserving.
Serve as a caring, empathetic, and engaged advisor and mentor to student-athletes, having a knowledge of campus resources to refer student-athletes when necessary.
Hold student-athletes accountable for team expectations and ensure student-athlete adherence to the Student-Athlete Code of Conduct.
Manage team social media presence across platforms for the publicity, promotion, and recognition of the team.
Develop and maintain positive relationships with parents, alumni, and the community, adhering to professionalism.
Schedule and conduct regular practice sessions adhering to governing bodies such as Bates College, the NCAA, and NESCAC.
Maintain familiarity with all rules and regulations required by governing bodies for compliance including completing the NCAA rules test annually.
Manage and remain accountable for expense control, administration of the team budget, and projected fiscal year needs.
Collaborate with athletic training personnel regarding student-athlete health and safety including, medical clearances, injury prevention, and rehabilitation of student-athletes.
Respond to student academic concerns as identified in “Bates Reach” in Collaboration with faculty and student affairs, especially coursework due to team travel or competition.
Coordinate team fundraising efforts in partnership with Advancement in order to augment resources for value-added programming.
Attend all athletics department meetings.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications necessary to meet the requirements of the position: