Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Program Leadership and Coaching - 30%

Support the UMD department of athletics mission of excellence in the Classroom, Community and Competition while furthering UMD’s strategic plan. Plan, organize, and conduct practices, competition preparation, video review, individual development plans, and training in collaboration with appropriate athletics health and performance staff. Develop student-athletes athletically, academically, personally, and as leaders; foster accountability, sportsmanship, and a positive team culture. Serve as an integral part of achieving community service goals. Manage an allocated operating budget.

Recruiting and Roster Management - 30%

Develop and execute a comprehensive recruiting and roster-management strategy for prospects and as applicable transfer candidates, consistent with NCAA, admissions, financial aid and institutional requirements. Oversee official and unofficial visits and build and maintain relationships with club, high school and other softball stakeholders. In collaboration with compliance and athletics administration, maintain accurate and timely recruiting documentation and educate prospective and current student-athletes on applicable institutional and NCAA processes related to the evolving Division II environment, including NIL, transfer processes, roster management, and other permissible student-athlete benefits. Staff Leadership and Program Administration - 15%

Hire, supervise, develop and evaluate assistant coaches and other assigned program staff. Manage program budget, equipment/apparel, scheduling, travel, and daily operations in alignment with department policies. Identify, evaluate, recruit, enroll, retain, and re-recruit student-athletes who can succeed academically and athletically and represent the university positively. Collaborate with various areas, including, but not limited to compliance, advising, admissions, financial aid, communications, development, finance, facilities and operations. Academic Success and Student-Athlete Support - 10%

Promote academic achievement, retention, graduation, and personal development of student-athletes. Work with academic support staff to monitor progress toward degree, class attendance, and eligibility. Support student-athlete health, safety, and well-being and reinforce guidance from appropriate university and athletics professionals. External Relations and Development - 10%

Support fundraising, alumni relations, community engagement, camps/clinics, marketing, promotional appearances, and other external initiatives that advance the program and department mission. Participate in conference, NCAA, and institutional meetings and events as requested. Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics. Represent the university and program in a positive manner with alumni, donors, fans, media, campus partners, the softball community and the general public.

Compliance and Governance - 5%

Ensure full compliance with NCAA, and university rules, policies and procedures. Promote a culture of compliance and ethical conduct among student-athletes, coaches, staff, and program constituents. Complete required education, reports, and documentation on time, including those related to recruiting, eligibility, camps/clinics, NIL-related institutional processes, transfer matters, business expenses, and other applicable areas. Physical and Travel Requirements

Ability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and travel extensively for competition, recruiting and program responsibilities. Ability to demonstrate and instruct softball skills in practice and training environments. Qualifications Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree. Minimum of three years combined progressive experience as a head or assistant coach at the collegiate and/or professional level. Demonstrated experience in recruiting student-athletes. Knowledge of NCAA and NSIC Division II rules and regulations. Leadership, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, families, alumni, donors, campus partners, and external constituents. Demonstrated commitment to academic success, student-athlete well-being, and building an inclusive team culture. Demonstrated understanding of the evolving Division II athletics landscape, including NIL, transfer processes, roster/scholarship management, and related student-athlete benefit rules and institutional processes, with the ability to communicate those processes accurately and compliantly. Preferred Qualifications:

About the Department The UMD department of athletics offers balanced and highly competitive programs. The Bulldogs compete in nine women's and seven men’s varsity sports as members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). Nationally, UMD belongs to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and competes at the Division II level except for Division I women's and men's hockey.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of three years combined progressive experience as a head or assistant coach at the collegiate and/or professional level. 
• Demonstrated experience in recruiting student-athletes. 
• Knowledge of NCAA and NSIC Division II rules and regulations. 
• Leadership, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, families, alumni, donors, campus partners, and external constituents. 
• Demonstrated commitment to academic success, student-athlete well-being, and building an inclusive team culture. 
• Demonstrated understanding of the evolving Division II athletics landscape, including NIL, transfer processes, roster/scholarship management, and related student-athlete benefit rules and institutional processes, with the ability to communicate those processes accurately and compliantly. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• MA/MS degree.

About University of Minnesota Duluth

Now in its 90th year of operation, the University of Minnesota Duluth Department of Intercollegiate Athletics continues to maintain one of the most competitive and well-balanced sports programs of its size in the country. Fourteen of the Bulldogs' 16 teams — baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, women’s soccer, softball, women’s tennis, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball — are members of the 16-school NCAA Division II Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The NCAA Division I men’s and women’s hockey programs, meanwhile, are aligned with the eight-team National Collegiate Hockey Conference (which debuted in 2013-14) and the eight-school Western Collegiate Hockey Association, respectively.

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