DeWitt Tennis Center - Head Varsity Coach & Staff Professional

Coaching responsibilities include conducting the women's and men's tennis program in compliance with all NCAA, MIAA, and institutional rules and regulations, including but not limited to:

• Managing successful day-to-day operations: budgeting, scheduling, travel arrangements, game day organization, and recommend and oversee the purchase of new tennis equipment, supplies and uniforms as needed
• Development of the competition schedule
• Recruitment and retention of quality student-athletes in accordance with NCAA, MIAA and institutional rules, regulations and guidelines
• Organizing, preparing and executing effective practice and game strategies
• Monitoring and nurturing student-athletes' academic and personal development
• Provide a transformational experience for student-athletes
• Supervising a part-time assistant coach
• Representing the program and Hope College with sportsmanship, integrity and professionalism

Tennis professional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Teach tennis classes of all levels and ages as a part of the DeWitt Tennis Center programs
• Recruit and maintain a private lesson clientele
• Willingness to learn and apply new tennis teaching systems
• Ability to work evening and weekend shifts throughout the year
• Participate in the hiring process for all tennis staff
• Attend at least one continuing education (convention) per year
•  Assist in ball weeding as assigned by general manager
• Assist in promoting the Hope College Summer Tennis Academy
• Keep accurate attendance records of all classes you lead
• Fill out a "vision sheet" for each weekly private lesson – give to parents
• Learn and use the Club Automation website at the Tennis Center
• Develop positive relationships with faculty, staff, students, media and alumni, while interacting successfully with department personnel and the college community.

• Bachelor's degree
• Coaching experience required, preferably at the collegiate level
• Tennis professional teaching experience preferred
• PTR and USPTA certification or willingness to attain such with 6 months of employment
• Demonstrated organizational and management ability
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Proficient with technology applicable to the position
• Knowledge of NCAA and MIAA rules and regulations
• Appreciation for and understanding of NCAA D-III athletic philosophy
• Strong ethical character
• Understanding of and commitment to the Christian faith
• An appreciation and understanding of diversity that includes a demonstrated track-record of working within multicultural communities

As part of the online application, candidates will upload a cover letter and resume. In addition, please enter the contact information for three references on the application (including current email addresses). Those references will be contacted by Human Resources upon application to submit a reference form.    Hope College is a four-year liberal arts college where academic excellence and vibrant Christian faith join together in a supportive and welcoming community. Hope offers an academically rigorous, co-educational and residential education to more than 3,050 students from 37 states and territories and 30 countries. Affiliated with the Reformed Church in America since its founding in 1866, Hope College is known for its invitational ecumenical Christian atmosphere, friendly campus community, and well-balanced academic and co-curricular offerings.
 
Hope's beautiful campus is located just steps from award-winning downtown Holland, Michigan, and fewer than seven miles from Lake Michigan. At Hope College, accomplished faculty and staff mentor students to recognize the interconnectedness of the world and cultivate the skills, perspectives and habits that help them flourish inside and outside the classroom. Recognized as a national leader in undergraduate research and scholarship, Hope provides exceptional professional preparation and life-changing educational experiences that equip students for success after graduation. The college has consistently ranked among the nation's top liberal arts colleges and is featured in the book Colleges That Change Lives.
 
Hope College is financially sound, with an endowment of over $200 million and no deferred maintenance, and over $140 million invested in the construction of new facilities during the past 12 years. Since 2015, the college has completed four new buildings – the Kruizenga Art Museum (2015), the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts (2015), the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center (2017), and the van Andel Huys der Hope home for the college's Campus Ministries programs (2019). In 2015, Hope College launched its 10-year strategic plan, Hope for the World: 2025, which consists of six goals, focused on: academics; Christian formation; global engagement; community; reputation and influence; and value. Developed by the campus community, the strategic plan supports the college's mission, "to educate students for lives of leadership and service in a global society through academic and co-curricular programs of recognized excellence in the liberal arts and in the context of the historic Christian faith."
 
Hope College is a community that aspires to be faithful, welcoming and transformational. Accordingly, the college is committed to being a place where all experience a sense of belonging. Students of all faiths -- and no faith -- are welcome at Hope, as are students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds. During the 2019-20 academic year, 18 percent of the student body identified as a race other than white. On Hope's campus, there is broad understanding that, in order to best prepare students for lives of leadership and service in a global society, the college must have diversity among its faculty and staff. Twenty-four percent of Hope's tenure-track faculty are from underrepresented groups, coming from both the U.S. and abroad.
 
 ABOUT HOLLAND
 
Holland, Michigan is located in the heart of West Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa. The city is known for being a friendly college town, a beautiful vacation destination, and annual host of both the Tulip Time Festival and Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Festival. With a city population of 33,000, Holland resides within the greater Holland-Zeeland area populated by 100,000 -- 30 minutes from Grand Rapids, 2.5 hours from Ann Arbor and Chicago and 3 hours from Detroit. Holland features a picturesque downtown just steps from the Hope College campus -- home to restaurants, cafés, shops and a popular farmer's market -- as well as miles of sandy beaches, nationally ranked school districts and charming parks throughout the surrounding area. In recent years, Holland has earned recognition for being one of the "Best Beach Towns to Live In" (WalletHub, 2018), "Prettiest Towns" (Architectural Digest, 2018) and "Best Cities for Global Trade" (Global Trade Magazine, 2017) as well as the #1 "Best Small City to Start a Business" (WalletHub 2018). The City of Holland has also earned several top honors for the "America in Bloom" competition, including awards for "Environmental Efforts" and "Coolest Downtown." The Holland area is strengthened by its diversity, with people of color comprising 33% of the city's population. The Latino community is particularly vibrant, accounting for 24% of Holland residents. For more about neighborhoods, recreation, businesses and life in Holland, visit the city's "Live in Holland Michigan" website.
 
Hope College seeks to be a community that affirms the dignity of all persons as bearers of God's image. It is Hope College policy not to discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, family status, genetic information, height, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or weight, except in the event of a bona fide occupational qualification. Hope College is an equal opportunity employer.