What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head Women's Soccer Coach/Game Management Coord. position at Life Pacific University?
DEPARTMENT : Athletics / STATUS : Full-time 11-month / CLASSIFICATION : exempt / DATE LAST UPDATED : January 1, 2025
PURPOSE
Reporting to the Director of Athletics, the Head Coach of Women's Soccer is responsible for the overall successful development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of Women's Soccer at LPU. Specifically, the Head Coach will develop and conduct in-season training and instruction, recruit student-athletes, assist with the academic success of the student-athletes, manage the program's fiscal budget, and supervise the assistant coaches. The selected candidate will operate and maintain a Christ-Like directed program.
Primary duties are instructional; however, head coaches are expected to perform recruitment and meet roster goals, in addition to some administrative duties, such as : ensuring compliance with regulations, and overall departmental policies; help with game operations and staffing assignment; communicate with student-athletes; help oversee assistants and promote academic achievement within the Women's Soccer program; monitor study hall and community service work for student athletes. All other assigned work by the Director of Athletics.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Duties / essential functions may include, but not be limited to, the following :
- Instructing and developing student-athletes in proper skills and strategy.
- Coordinating weekly practices and other instructional times.
- Assisting with the academic success of student-athletes.
- Model caring relationships with students through personal interaction and as an effective role model of a Christian life.
- Recruiting student athletes for the Women's Soccer program, meeting the minimum of 18 student-athletes
- Representing the institution at internal and external recruiting events.
- Managing the program's fiscal budget.
- Providing supervision to assistant coaching staff.
- Ensure compliance with all athletic department requirements.
- Fundraising a minimum of $10,000 to go back to Athletics Department
Other duties for Game Management Coordinator include, but are not limited to :
NOTE : Though not required, this position is optionally eligible for appointment as a Foursquare minister under certain conditions. If appointed as a minister, the employee will be available to provide pastoral care and prayer. In addition, s / he may be called upon to perform sacerdotal duties upon request of the University.
Requirements
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
This job description does not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee and is subject to revision when necessary.
Candidates must be Christian believers holding a Pentecostal / charismatic perspective and will be required to adhere to the University's statement of faith and mission.
No person shall be denied employment at Life Pacific University on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification, except as may be permitted by law.
