Posting Summary:

Job Title: Head Coach – Softball 8

Division: Office of the President

Department: Athletics Department

Work Status: Full Time

Position Category: Staff

Position Type: Administrative

FLSA: Exempt

Salary Range: $65,000-$75,000/year

Justification for Filling Vacancy:

This position is critical to leading the coaching efforts and for providing safety strategies to a roster of 25 student-athletes. The Head Softball coach will provide leadership with recruiting, game day management, organization management, budget management, academic management, and community engagement.

Job Summary:

The Head Softball Coach is a full-time, twelve-month position and supervises a full-time assistant coach at Morgan State University, an NCAA Division I institution. The position is responsible for overseeing all phases of the highly competitive Softball team. The softball team competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The head coach must be able to support and promote the University’s mission.

Job Duties:

• Provide positive guidance, specific skill instruction and concepts to the Softball student-athletes.
• Monitor the academic progress of the Softball student-athletes and ensure the necessary support is provided as needed.
• Lead planning meetings to strategize and coordinate practices and competition activities.
• Promote and monitor the physical, mental, emotional and social well-being of the Softball student-athletes.
• Manage all aspects of the Softball team budget to include coordinating team travel, meals after home competitions, apparel and footwear purchases, timely reconciliations, etc.
• Recruit quality student-athletes to maintain preferred squad size by means of personal contact and correspondence, evaluating ability in-person and/or by video, and on-campus visits within MSU, NCAA rules.
• Maintain a database of prospective-student-athletes including high school, junior college and transfers.
• Respond to all inquiries received within a reasonable timeframe, preferably 24 hours.
• Build and maintain recruiting schedules within NCAA rules.
• Manage official and unofficial visits of prospective student-athletes, including all associated documentation.
• Create and cultivate professional relationships within the community to build sponsorship and other fundraising opportunities.
• Build and foster relationships with local, regional and national high schools.
• Coordinate community service activities with MSU student-athlete development staff and MSU SAAC.
• Plan and coordinate campus-based summer camps and clinics within NCAA guidelines.
• Participate in professional development opportunities that will translate to growth of the Softball program.
• Ensure compliance and sound judgment with the University’s Title IX and other MSU policies and procedures.
• Manage Morgan State University and personal student-athlete information confidentially and ethically.
• Coordinate game day management as necessary.
• Must be able to travel on an as-needed basis.
• Attend regularly scheduled meetings (ex., rules education, academic success, head coaches, sport administrator, etc.) as requested.
• Perform other duties, including administrative, as assigned by the head coach, sport administrator, and/or the Vice President/Director of Athletics or designee.

Requested Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from an accredited college or university.
• At least three years of collegiate coaching experience in Softball.
• Must be certified in CPR/First Aid.
• Must hold a valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to receive Mental Health First Aid certification within one calendar year of hire date and maintain certification thereafter.

Other Preferences for Consideration:

• Master’s degree in any discipline from an accredited college or university.
• 5 years of collegiate Softball coaching experience; NCAA Division I experience head coaching Softball.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Candidates should be able to provide instruction/feedback to student-athletes while standing or squatting while working outside.
• Candidates must be able to bend, squat and perform other movements associated with coaching a highly competitive, softball program.

Candidates must be able to use a computer, laptop, telephone, softball equipment etc.