Head Coach - Women’s Softball

JOB TITLE: Head Coach - Women’s Softball

CLASSIFICATION: Full-time, Salaried, Exempt

REPORTS TO: Athletic Director

DEPT: Athletics

LOCATION: Grand Rapids, Michigan - Bernice Hansen Center

SUMMARY: The Head Coach at Cornerstone carries out their program to accomplish the objectives of the sport within the athletic department, WHAC, and NAIA rules and regulations, and the mission of Cornerstone as an evangelical Christian university. Primary responsibilities include ensuring that each student-athlete is provided with the knowledge and skills for the sport through routine practices, instruction, strength-building, and similar activities. The core of Cornerstone University is defined and driven by its Christ-centered mission and Biblical confession.

Salary: $43,000 - $46,000/year

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Carries out all aspects of the softball program.

• Models commitment to Christian character and the Community Covenant standards in behavior and interactions with athletes

• Helps to set up team devotions and Bible Study opportunities.

• Arranges for participation in community service and supports mission trip opportunities.

• Supports academic growth and success of student-athletes in the program.

• Prepares and conducts practices, coaching for knowledge and skill-building.

• Leads, monitors and coordinates training and practice sessions, ensuring that all safety guidelines and standards are maintained.

• Plans and administers the off-season training program.

• Provides special training for individual softball team members as required.

• Recruits and retains highly skilled student-athletes for the softball team.

• Scouts high school games and tournaments

• Develops recruiting list

• Corresponds with recruits (e-mail, letters, phone calls, etc…)

• Hosts and coordinates recruit visits

• Develops the annual softball schedule, including various tournaments.

• Develops, monitors and balances the annual budget for the softball program.

• Determines fiscal requirements and prepares budgetary recommendations

• Monitors, verifies, and reconciles all expenditures of budgeted funds

• Orients and enforces student-athletes’ adherence to the policies and regulations of the university and athletic department

• Selects and supervises assistant coaches and support personnel

• Coordinates and oversees recruiting efforts of assistant coaches

• Coordinates and secures all travel arrangements

• All Cornerstone University employees will regularly interact with students in a variety of projects, activities, and settings. As such all employees are expected to serve as Christian leaders and mentors by effectively living a gospel-centered lifestyle, ministering and discipling through a biblical worldview.?

• Other duties may be assigned.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred

• Successful experience in coaching softball

• Success in a collegiate program as either an assistant or head coach (preferred)

• Good organizational, communication, and coordination skill are essential

• Ability to work well under deadlines and high-pressure situations

• Ability to recruit student-athletes with potential for academic and athletic success

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• A personal relationship with Jesus Christ and an active Christian commitment.

• A theology that supports the values and mission of Cornerstone University’s core commitments, evidenced by an ability to affirm and sign the university’s doctrinal statement, “The Cornerstone Confession.”

• Four other foundational pillars, along with the university’s mission and confession, form Cornerstone’s Core Commitments.

  • The Cornerstone Christian World View

  • The Cornerstone Academic Vision

  • The Cornerstone Beautiful Christian Community

  • The Marriage and Human Sexuality Position Statement

These core commitments convey who we are, what we believe and how we live and work together in community. Employees are expected to faithfully attend an evangelical and biblical church whose core beliefs and practices are consistent with Cornerstone’s confession and core commitments.