Assistant Football Coach

Required qualifications:

• Bachelors degree (or international equivalent);
• 3-5 years of experience working in a highly competitive football environment as a high school collegiate or professional coach;
• Professional experience working effectively with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationships;
• Working knowledge of and ability to utilize basic office productivity software and online database systems (please specify);
• Excellent oral and written communication skills as demonstrated through public speaking engagements clinician experience and use of effective and creative training/coaching techniques;
• Demonstrated experience organizing and managing complex functions on behalf of an organization;
• Strong technical and tactical knowledge;
• Demonstrated knowledge of NCAA rules;
• A valid U.S. driving license and the ability to meet and maintain University of Iowa Driving Policy standards.
  
  Desired qualifications:
• Five to seven years of successful football coaching experience in one of the following areas: head coach offensive coordinator defensive coordinator or position coach (please specify);
• Three to five years of demonstrated success in recruiting;
• Demonstrates extensive proficiency and ability to:
  • utilize a video analysis system (please specify)
  • utilize an online recruiting database (please specify)

  • maintain productive long-term relationships with staff students prospects coaches and patrons.

• Genuine passion for and experience with supporting the holistic development of student-athletes recognizing the interconnectedness of mental health and overall well-being.

Application Process: Visit our website at and search for keywords Assistant Coach Only applications submitted at will be accepted.

• Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.
• Applicants must upload a resume and cover letter and mark them as a relevant file to the submission. Applications without both a cover letter and resume will be considered incomplete and ineligible for consideration.
• Successful candidates will be subject to a credential/education verification and criminal background check and be required to self-disclose any conviction history.
• Five professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
• As a part of the University of Iowas review of your application and consistent with its policies and practices the University may access and/or view information about you that is job-related and publicly available on the internet including but not limited to information on social media sites. The access viewing and/or use of such information is governed by the Universitys Policy on Human Rights as well as state and federal law.
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