The Assistant Women’s Softball Coach position at Montana State University Billings is a 12-month, full-time position. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. MSUB is a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) and competes at the NCAA Division II level with 14 men’s and women’s varsity teams in basketball, cross country, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and golf, as well as women’s volleyball, women’s soccer, women’s softball, and men’s baseball plus co-educational cheerleading.

The Assistant Women’s Softball Coach reports to the Head Women’s Softball Coach and is responsible for assisting the Head Women’s Softball Coach in all aspects of the NCAA Division II intercollegiate women’s softball program.

DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Recruiting and retaining qualified student-athletes and then mentoring them in their academic performance to assure their academic success and timely progress toward degree completion and graduation.
• Coaching and supervising the softball team during scheduled practices, games, study hall and other events and developing strategies to ensure the appropriate personal and social conduct on-campus and off-campus of the student-athletes, including, but not limited to, exemplary sportsmanship.
• Working with MSUB’s strength and conditioning staff and Head Coach to develop and manage an effective in-season and off-season women’s softball strength and conditioning program.
• Working with Head Coach to develop in-season and off-season player skill development programs.
• Making schedule recommendations to the Head Coach and planning the team’s travel arrangements in consultation with the Head Coach.
• Maintaining responsibility for expense control compliance with all women’s softball program expenditures and staying within approved budget parameters.
• Assisting the women’s softball program within all NCAA and conference rules and regulations, as well as all state, university, and departmental policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Assisting in developing strategies to motivate maximum level of individual and team athletic performance required to build and maintain a competitive, high quality, NCAA Division II women’s softball program.
• Developing strategies to ensure the establishment of a safe environment for the women’s softball student-athletes, including but not limited to education on and methods for discussing and resolving harassment and discrimination.
• Promoting the athletic program both on-campus and off-campus and actively participating in and contributing professionally to the Athletic Department, the university, and the Billings community.
• Fund-raising within the community, coordinated with the Head Coach and Associate Athletic Director for Development and Marketing, and meeting established fund-raising goals for the women’s softball program.
• Planning and conducting softball camps, clinics, leagues, lessons, and tournaments, coordinated with the Head Coach.
• Assisting in establishing and maintaining an active Yellowjacket Women’s Softball Booster Club (under the umbrella of the Yellowjacket Athletic Association).
• Teaching university course(s) within an academic discipline (optional).
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Head Coach and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics.

QUALITIES:

• Ability to recruit and retain qualified student-athletes and to facilitate timely progress toward graduation.
• Ability to coach effectively at the NCAA Division II level.
• Ability to successfully mentor student-athletes. • Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Effective computer and technology skills.
• Sound human relations skills in dealing with student-athletes, university personnel, corporate sponsors, boosters, parents of student-athletes, and members of the off-campus community.
• Thorough knowledge of NCAA Division II rules and regulations (preferred).
• Successful completion of required annual NCAA Coaches Curriculum module.
• Successful completion of CPR and First Aid certification requirements.
• Successful completion of a defensive driving/van safety course.
• Ability to assist and operate an intercollegiate women’s softball program within budget parameters.
• Ability to raise funds within the community.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Willingness to work non-traditional hours, including evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Overnight travel required.
• Ability to demonstrate women’s softball specific skills and strength performance exercises.
• Ability to operate a vehicle according to federal and state laws/regulations.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues and manually fix equipment is a bonus.

Applicants will be reviewed and interviewed on an ongoing basis after the screening date. The screening date begins 10 calendar days after a position is posted on the employment website.

Montana State University Billings is committed to providing a working and learning environment free from discrimination. As such, the University does not discriminate in the admission, access to or conduct of its educational programs and activities nor in its employment policies and practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, creed, service in the uniformed services (as defined in state and federal law), veteran status, gender, age, political beliefs, marital or family status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation or preference. In support of the University’s mission to be inclusive and diverse, applications from qualified minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged.

Montana State University Billings makes accommodation for any known disability that may interfere with an applicant’s ability to compete in the hiring process or an employee’s ability to perform the duties of the job. In compliance with the Montana Veteran’s Employment Preference Act, MSU Billings provides preference in employment to veterans, disabled veterans, and certain eligible relatives of veterans. To claim veteran’s preference or request accommodation, contact the Human Resources Office, Montana State University Billings, 1500 University Drive, Billings, MT 59101-0298, 406-657-2278, employment@msubillings.edu.

MSU Billings Non-Discrimination Policy and Discrimination Grievance Procedures can be located on the MSU Billings Website: http://www.msubillings.edu/humres/eeos.htm

TO APPLY: https://employment.msubillings.edu/postings/7469

Education Required: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience Required: Up to 2 years of coaching softball. 

Experience Preferred: Experience coaching pitchers at the elite club and/or collegiate level. 

About Montana State University Billings

Montana State University Billings is a comprehensive public four-year higher education institution located in Montana's largest population center, whose faculty is actively engaged in teaching, research, creative endeavors and public service. MSU Billings is unique in that it is one of a select few higher education institutions that also boasts an embedded two-year community college. The University opened in 1927 and was initially called Eastern Montana State Normal School at Billings and was established to prepare teachers for elementary schools in eastern Montana. MSU Billings has grown, with the city of Billings and Yellowstone County, into the major urban comprehensive higher education center of south central and eastern Montana. The University campus consists of four colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Education and the College of Allied Health Professions. Seven miles west of the University campus sits City College at MSU Billings, which serves the comprehensive two-year mission of the university. MSU Billings Yellowjacket Athletics program is a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) and competes at... the NCAA Division II level with men’s and women’s varsity teams in basketball, soccer, cross country, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis and golf; plus women’s volleyball, women’s softball and men’s baseball (17 NCAA championship sports) and a co-educational cheer team.

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