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TITLE: Apply Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach
Department of Athletics
LOCATION: Longview
DATE POSTED: 03-20-2024
REPORTS TO: VP of Athletics and Head Women's Basketball Coach
SCHEDULE: Office hours are primarily weekdays, but responsibilities require additional hours and flexibility that include evenings and weekends.
POSITION DESCRIPTION:

DUTIES:

Responsible for the leadership and development of student athletes including:

Discipleship

  • Striving to ensure the development of the spiritual, academic and athletic aspects of all student-athletes
  • Counseling team members in disciplinary, academic, or personal matters while consulting with LETU administration on matters requiring resolution of problems.

Recruiting

  • Achieving assigned roster numbers
  • Recruiting and retaining highly skilled student-athletes consistent with the LETU philosophy and standards

Excellence

  • Work to ensure we are the most effective and most successful athletic department in the American Southwest Conference in all facets
  • Preparing the student-athletes in the analyses of specific sport analyses and planning strategies accordingly
  • Preparing student-athletes physically by instructing proper strength and conditioning

Service

  • Regularly serve in the department in any area needed, including spiritual development, home events oversight, and fundraising activities
  • Providing academic support and tutoring to student athletes in the program
  • Providing and working with student-athletes in opportunities to serve the community

Administrative Effectiveness

  • Ensuring compliance with the University, ASC Conference and NCAA policies and regulations
  • Assist the head coach determining fiscal requirements and budgetary recommendations for the team, while monitoring, verifying, and reconciling expenditures of budgeted funds
  • Coordinating the scheduling, planning and management of home and away contests with the head coach
  • Monitoring academic progress and act as a liaison to the program
  • Performing other duties as requested by the head coach or Director of Athletics
QUALIFICATIONS:

LeTourneau University seeks a person with an enthusiastic and contagious Christian faith committed to a Christian higher education that integrates Christian faith with learning.
1. Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree preferred.
2. 1-2 years of related experience, preferably in the coaching of athletic programs at the collegiate level.
3. Ability to be a dynamic leader within the athletic department
4. Strong organizational ability
5. Ability to work cooperatively with other administrators, coaches, students, and faculty members.
6. Good written and oral communication skills.
7. A strong understanding of and commitment to NCAA Division III.
8. An acceptance of and commitment to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

SALARY: Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and other qualifications. LeTourneau University provides a significant benefit package, which includes medical and life insurance and contribution to a retirement program.
DATE POSITION IS AVAILABLE: Immediately
PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION OR NOMINATION:

Applications will be reviewed in the order received and will continue until the position is filled.

By applicable provisions of federal law, applicants for employment who agree with the educational mission of LeTourneau University and applicants for admission to educational programs or activities are considered without discrimination based on race, age, sex, handicapping condition, national origin, or genetic information.  Inquiries about this policy should be directed to the Director of Human Resources, (903) 233-4170.

Applications are required and are available from www.letu.edu/jobs or the Business Office, LeTourneau University, 2100 Mobberly Avenue, Longview, TX.  Send completed application and a current résumé to:

LeTourneau University
ATTN:  Human Resources
P.O. Box 7001
Longview, Texas 75607-7001
FAX (903) 233-4103
E-mail address:  HumanResources@letu.edu
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY:

LeTourneau University is the premier Christian polytechnic university in the nation where educators engage students to nurture Christian virtue, develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, integrate faith and work, and serve the local and global community.

LETU is a Christ-centered, interdenominational institute of higher learning offering more than 85 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in arts and sciences, aviation, business & technology, communication, computer science, criminal justice, education, engineering, nursing, psychology & counseling and theology & vocation. LETU's 2,700 students represent nearly all 50 states, more than 30 foreign countries, and around 50 different denominational groups.

LETU is consistently recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of "America's Best Colleges," and the engineering program is ranked nationally. LeTourneau University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, telephone 404-679-4500, at http://www.sacscoc.org) to award associate, baccalaureate and master's degrees. LeTourneau University's engineering and engineering technology programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission and the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 - telephone: 410-347-7700. The Carnegie Foundation classifies LeTourneau University as a Master's (Comprehensive) University II.

The 162 acre main campus is located in Longview, Texas, a progressive hub city with an MSA of over 190,000, nestled among the beautiful pine-forested hills and lakes of East Texas. It is approximately 120 miles east of Dallas, Texas and 60 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana.

See https://www.letu.edu for more information.