What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Player Personnel for Men's Basketball position at University of Louisiana Lafayette?
Position Title: Director of Player Personnel for Men's Basketball
Department: 8921|Men's Basketball
Responsibilities:
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics Department is seeking a qualified Director of Player Personnel for Men’s Basketball. This position reports directly to the Head Men’s Basketball Coach. This position will support the holistic growth and success of the student-athletes. This role is responsible for mentoring players, enhancing skill development, fostering academic and personal growth, and ensuring student-athletes maximize their potential on and off the court.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide individual and group mentoring to student-athletes to support their personal, academic, and athletic growth.
- Develop customized player development plans, analyze player strengths and weaknesses, design and deliver targeted training drills to improve technical skills, athleticism, and game strategy.
- Player performance tracking, monitor progress through data analysis and film review.
- Foster relationships with student-athletes to ensure they are prepared for success beyond college basketball, whether in professional sports or other career paths.
- Monitor pre-season conditioning and training of team members.
- Academic Liaison, track academic progress of student-athletes.
- Serve as a mentor to student-athletes in athletic, academic, personal, and disciplinary affairs.
- Liaison with Strength and Conditioning.
- Collaborate with coaching staff to integrate player development strategies into team practices and game plans.
- Serve as an ambassador of the University and its Athletics Department at all Public entities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree from regionally accredited institution.
- Four (4) years coaching/administrative experience, or combination of work experience and college education, may substitute for the required degree.
- Experience with Junior college or Division I Basketball program.
- Exhibit excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, public relations, interpersonal, customer service, and supervisory skills when working with student-athletes, faculty, staff, coaches, and administration.
- Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others; commitment to working with multi-cultural populations.
- Have strong work ethic and be a person of high integrity and character who shares a commitment for knowing and complying with NCAA, Conference, and Institutional rules as they apply to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics program.
- Ability to work extended daily hours, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.
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