The Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach will be responsible for supporting the efforts of the Women’s Soccer program and working to assist the head coach in performing all duties in compliance with all NCAA Division I, Northeast Conference, and Howard University rules and regulations.
Responsibilities
• Meet annual recruitment goals established by the head coach.
• Build relationships with prospective student-athletes.
• Assist the head coach in planning and executing prospective student-athlete visits to campus and with off-campus contacts with prospective student-athletes.
• Assist head coach in generating and responding to prospective student-athlete contacts generated throughout the year. These include coaches’ mailings, attendance at tournaments and showcases, observing team camps, recruiting services, and admissions contacts.
• Attend practices and/or games of recruits on a regular basis.
• Assist head coach with daily practice plans.
• Assist with practice and game day set up.
• Help distribute, collect, and inventory player gear and equipment.
• Assist with all program fundraisers and alumni outreach.
• Assist with appropriate program marketing, including social media accounts.
• Be an active member of the athletic department staff by attending staff meetings and other department scheduled activities.
• Be responsive and timely with all requests from departmental support staff (administrative leadership; athletic trainer(s); etc.).
Salary Range: $40,000-$50,000
Qualifications
• Goalie coaching experience required. • Bachelor’s Degree required. • Previous collegiate playing and/or coaching experience and/or success as a coach at the high school level.
Established in 1867, Howard University is a federally chartered, private, doctoral Historically Black University,
with an R2 Carnegie classification. With an enrollment of more than 11,000 students, its undergraduate, graduate,
professional and joint degree programs span more than 120 areas of study within 13 schools and colleges. The main
campus sits on 256 acres, while professional schools of law and divinity are housed on Howard’s West campus.
The Beltsville Center for Climate System Observation (BCCSO), located in Beltsville, Maryland, consists of a
multidisciplinary group of Howard faculty in partnership with NASA/GSFC Earth Sciences Division, other academic
institutions and government. The BCCSO engages students in hands-on or experiential learning.
The University owns Howard University Hospital (HUH), a Level 1 Trauma Center that
partners with Howard University’s medical and allied health programs to provide optimum
care in Washington, D.C. HUH is the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a
Historically Black University. It offers medical and health science students a superior learning
environment and opportunities to observe or pa...rticipate in ground-breaking clinical and research
work with professionals who are changing the face of health care. The University has four health
science units, including Colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.
Howard University is dedicated to improving affordability and access to higher education by creating
initiatives to help more students to graduate in less than four years, thus cutting their costs and debt.
Currently, 48 percent of Howard University’s students are Pell recipients. In its first web exclusive
social mobility ranking, U.S. News and World Report recognized Howard University as the top private
institution for “how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants (those typically
coming from households whose family incomes are less than $50,000 annually).”
The University owns and operates a public television station (WHUT) and nonprofit commercial radio
station (WHUR) – which is one of the top 5 radio stations in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia market.