Men's Head Basketball Coach - Farmington, United States - University of Maine

University of Maine

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Farmington, United States

2 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Work Schedule:
Variable, including evenings and weekends

Position Title:
Men's Head Basketball Coach - Division III

Campus:
Farmington

Department:
Athletics - FATHL

Bargaining Unit:

UMPSA

Salary Band/Wage Band:
03

Location:

Farmington ME

Statement of Job:
This position is a full-time (40-hour work week) and is on a 10-month work calendar. A typical work year is August 15 through June 15. Additionally, this position requires frequent travel, as well as evenings, weekends, and possible holidays hours.

Essential Duties

Assures a positive and purposeful experience for the athletes, assures robust involvement, community engagement, and leadership development opportunities; assure these opportunities address diversity, equity, and engagement priorities.
Performs efficient, appropriate, and effective recruitment activities as well as appropriate use of resources and engagement for performance.
Conducts highquality teaching in a humane learning environment.
Monitors and promotes the academic and personal growth of studentathletes.
Coordinates the team strength & conditioning/offseason training programs to minimize injury and maximize safe competitive performance.
Develops and manages program budget and scheduling within parameters.
Operates program in a manner consistent with NCAA bylaws.
Develops and manages fundraising.
Develops and maintains alumni support for the program.
Works collaboratively with the assistant coach.
Recruits and supervises student workers (manager/other support).
Engages in ongoing professional development to stay current with best practices.
Provides additional support in the following areas, including, but not limited to:
strength and conditioning support

- admissions work
- athletic alumni relations/development
- out-of-season event management
- special events/projects/initiatives

Note:
UMF reserves the right to change or assign additional duties as necessary.

About the University of Maine at Farmington:

The University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) has earned a national reputation for excellence, gaining stature as one of the finest state-supported liberal arts colleges in the northeastern U.S.

Additionally, UMF is rated 5th in U.S.

News & World Report Top Regional Public College North for 2023 and has been rated one of America's Best Colleges by U.S.

News 25 times since 1998.

The campus is in historic downtown Farmington, just a short walk away from coffee shops, funky stores, restaurants, banks, bookstores, a multi-screen movie theater and a whole lot more.

Our perfect location combines the active outdoor lifestyle with the arts & smarts of a small college town.

With enrollment at around 1,600 full-time students, UMF is about the same size as many of New England's most selective private colleges and offers many of the same advantages, yet at a very affordable price — providing a tremendous college value in a spectacular natural setting.

Established in 1864 as Maine's first public institution of higher education, the University of Maine at Farmington is a founding member of The Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) an exclusive national group of public colleges and universities committed to providing superior liberal arts and sciences education.

Who is the University of Maine at Farmington?
A
Nationally Ranked public university, recognized for its academic excellence, educational value and inclusion.

An
Outdoorsy College located in the heart of world class skiing and snowboarding, hiking and mountain biking, kayaking and rafting.

An
Affordable, high-quality, residential, liberal arts college.

A school that offers challenging and innovative
Academic Programs in the arts and sciences, teacher preparation, and other pre-professional fields.

A small, friendly campus where
Students are the center of the universe.

A place where caring
Professors work side by side with students — in research,
creative endeavors, in the classroom and outside.

An institution that offers unparalleled research opportunities — often at the level and depth found at graduate school.

A campus of 1,600 bright, creative, independent-minded
students who thrive on challenges.

A college where students work hard but also enjoy kicking back and having
Fun — lots of fun.

A quirky yet warm-hearted, accepting community where
it's OK to be you.

We may not be for everyone, but we just might be the perfect place for you.

Qualifications:

Required Competencies
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Team-oriented:

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Communication

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and in writing).

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Relationships:

Ability to establish strong and effective personal and professional relationships; Demonstrated ability to work with community members (students, faculty, staff, guests, collaborators) from marginalized and oppressed groups and life experiences; Ability to interact with all levels of staff.

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