Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach

Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach

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About UIS: Located in the state capital, the University of Illinois Springfield is one of three members of the University of Illinois system. The University serves more than 4,000 students in 44 graduate and 56 undergraduate programs. You are encouraged to visit the university web page at http://www.uis.edu.

Application deadline: 4/10/2025

Minimum Starting Salary: $45,000 annually

Summary:
University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) is seeking an experienced individual to lead and expand our Men's and Women's Tennis program as the head coach. The successful head coach must be able to articulate a vision to develop the program to compete for conference championships while maintaining its strong academic achievement.

The coach develops, manages, implements, and advances the men's and women's tennis program within the philosophy, objectives, policies, and guidelines of NCAA Division II, the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC), and the Department of Athletics. The Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach reports to the Director of Athletics.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Recruit highly successful tennis 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.

• Teach and instruct advanced level skills, techniques, and game strategies inherent in the highest level of competitive play; developing UIS tennis student-athletes to successful competitive achievements.

• Responsible for fundraising, marketing, promotion, and alumni and community engagement of UIS tennis and the Department of Athletics at UIS, including building a base of support for UIS tennis.

• Responsible for scheduling, organizing, and conducting practices and competitions, including team travel.

• Responsible for a strategic vision for success and administration of UIS men’s and women’s tennis programs including budgeting, strategic planning, organizing, and reconciling tennis accounts to ensure expenditures compliant with budget.

• Identify, manage, mentor, and oversee ethical and talented UIS tennis assistant coaching staff.

• Collaborate with athletic training staff, academic support personnel, strength and conditioning, compliance staff, and other campus personnel to enhance and support the UIS tennis student-athlete experience.

• 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.

• Monitor academic performance and progress of men’s and women’s tennis student-athletes.

• Coordinate tennis tournaments and camps/clinics in an effort to increase local and regional exposure of UIS and UIS tennis.

• Attend GLVC, UIS, and Department of Athletics meetings as scheduled; hold office hours on campus in The Recreation and Athletic Center, and complete required NCAA and UIS training.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree required. Proven tennis coaching experience for a minimum of three years. An understanding of NCAA Division II regulations. Demonstrated success in developing student-athletes.

Preferred Qualifications:
Preferences will be given to candidates with advanced degrees, a tenure of
successful collegiate coaching experience, and those with a proven record of recruiting talented and academically qualified student-athletes.

Employment Policies and other information:

UIS is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to recruitment and retention of a diverse and inclusive campus community. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

As a qualifying federal contractor, the University of Illinois System uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility.

The University of Illinois may conduct background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment. Background checks will be performed in compliance with state and federal law.

The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current or former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, visit Policy on Consideration of Sexual Misconduct in Prior Employment.

Benefits eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package which offers: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability & AD&D insurance; a defined benefit pension plan; paid leaves such as Vacation, Holiday and Sick; tuition waivers for employees and dependents. Click for a complete list of Employee Benefits.

UIS employment in this role is not covered by Social Security, and instead, is covered by the State University Retirement System.

• You will not pay Social Security taxes and your earning will not be on your Social Security Record. (Your record will, however, show your Medicare wages.
• Your pension from the State Universities Retirement System may affect the amount of your:

Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply and may request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (2008) to complete the application and/or interview process. Requests may be submitted by contacting UIS HR at hremployment@uis.edu or call 217-206-6652.