Assistant Coach-Soccer-Women

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Req Id:  37717

Job Title:  Assistant Coach-Soccer-Women

City:  West Lafayette

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Job Summary

The Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach will play an integral role in the continued growth and success of our NCAA Division I women’s soccer program. This position requires a driven, knowledgeable, and player-focused coach who will contribute to all aspects of the program, with specific responsibilities in recruiting, goalkeeper coaching, and set piece coordination. The ideal candidate will bring a high level of energy, strong organizational skills, and a passion for developing student-athletes both on and off the field.

Job Description

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Req Id:  37717

Job Title:  Assistant Coach-Soccer-Women

City:  West Lafayette

Job Description: 

Job Summary

The Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach will play an integral role in the continued growth and success of our NCAA Division I women’s soccer program. This position requires a driven, knowledgeable, and player-focused coach who will contribute to all aspects of the program, with specific responsibilities in recruiting, goalkeeper coaching, and set piece coordination. The ideal candidate will bring a high level of energy, strong organizational skills, and a passion for developing student-athletes both on and off the field.

Provide instruction, training and motivation to prepare student-athletes for practices, game or competitive events.  Demonstrate/instruct student athletes on Soccer performance principles, game strategies and safety rules.  Provide Soccer program management support to the head Soccer coach.  Evaluate student-athletes’ strengths and weaknesses as possible recruit or to improve the current student athletes’ technique to prepare them for competition.  Serve as mentor to student-athletes with academic and personal issues. 

What You'll Be Doing:

COACHING/INSTRUCTING

Provide instruction, training, and motivation to prepare student-athletes for practice, games or competitive events.  Instruct student-athletes in Soccer performance principles, game strategies and safety rules.  Observe athletes in practice and training, analyze performance data/statistics and instruct athletes on technique.  Collect and analyze tactical/statistical data and game film of opposing teams with student-athletes and recommend game-day strategies for student athletes.  Plan, schedule, organize and conduct practice sessions.

RECRUITING

Recruit potential student-athletes via telephone calls, letters, emails or home visits.  Make recommendations regarding whether or not to extend official campus visits and/or athletic grant-in-aid support to head Soccer coach.  Detail student-athlete assessments through written recruiting reports/notes and provide recommendations on student-athlete recruitment.  Recommend locations and student-athletes to be targeted for future recruitment efforts.

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING/WELLNESS

Partner with strength and conditioning staff and athletic trainers on student-athletes overall physical preparation and health status.  Assist in planning and developing strength and conditioning programs including scheduling, coordinating workouts, providing motivational support and reinforcement to enable student-athletes to achieve maximum performance.  Review and maintain progress records/stats and recommend changes to achieve desired goals, as necessary. 

ACADEMICS/STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT

Mentor student-athletes on academic and personal issues.  Discuss class registration deadlines and follow-up to ensure required paperwork is completed, reports of missed classes or study table hours.  On road trips, conduct study sessions, if needed.  Partner with Athletics Student Services to identify and monitor academically “at risk” student-athletes.  Recommend disciplinary action to resolve athletic, academic or behavior problems as they arise.

OTHER

Represent Head Soccer Coach and /or Intercollegiate Athletics Department at fund-raisers, outings and alumni events. 

What We're Looking For:

Education and Experience
Qualified candidates will need:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Two (2) years coaching or playing experience at the collegiate level or above

Skills needed:

• Knowledge of Soccer-specific fundamentals, techniques and safety rules & regulations
• Ability to analyze, interpret, communicate, and adhere to University, Big Ten Conference and NCAA policies, procedures, rules and regulations
• Excellent communication (oral & written), planning, organizational, interpersonal, interviewing, strength training and counseling skills
• Ability to recruit on a national level, instructs and motivates student-athletes on Soccer fundamentals, techniques and safety rules and regulations, and provides academic and personal mentoring
• Ability to influence and build positive relationships among diverse individuals including student-athletes, parents, coaches, media, faculty, staff, students and general public
• Must be able to foster a participative management style to successfully guide the work of others
• Must possess a learning orientation to changing technology impacting Soccer
• Personal computer and related software skills, e.g., work processing, spread sheets, data query, internet, etc.
• This position does require candidate to have a drivers' license

Who We Are:

Purdue is a community built on collaboration, with global perspectives, Boilermaker pride and endless opportunity to live, learn and grow. Join us and contribute to our culture.

Additional Information:

• Purdue’s benefits summary https://www.purdue.edu/hr/Benefits/
• Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position  
• A background check will be required for employment in this position
• FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
• Retirement Eligibility:  Defined Contribution Waiting Period
• Purdue University is an EO/EA University

FLSA Status

Exempt

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Posting Start Date:  6/19/25

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