HEAD MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH / ACADEMIC ADVISOR / ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

(Port Angeles campus, Full-Time Academic Employee)
Open Date: July 15, 2025
Close Date: July 27, 2025
Anticipated Start Date: September 16, 2025
Anticipated Salary Range: $74,313.00 - $102,661 (DOE)

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Successful collegiate coaching experience.
• Successful athletic recruiting experience.
• Successful fund-raising experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a competitive basketball program that emphasizes high academic standards and develops good citizens.
• Ability to successfully collaborate with faculty, staff, community members, and students as part of an effective student development team.
• Collegiate playing experience preferred.
• Teaching experience preferred.
• Master’s degree is required; Degrees in Physical Education, Education, or related fields preferred. Other disciplines will be considered.
• Evidence of working positively and effectively with a diverse population.
• Proficient in the use of computer applications software.
• Evidence of strong organizational, interpersonal, problem-solving skills; demonstrated ability to take initiative.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, are essential. This includes the ability to speak clearly and fully comprehend written and spoken English and to communicate clearly with native and non-native English speakers.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Work is typically performed in classrooms, office or athletic facility and requires the ability to sit, stand, and engage in physical activities for extended periods of time. This includes the ability to use computers, office equipment, and participate in basketball activities or demonstrate basketball skills as a coach/teacher.
• Must be able to travel according to coaching responsibilities which includes night and weekend hours.

ACADEMIC ADVISOR ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Apply advanced academic advising concepts to provide proactive academic and/or career advising for prospective, new, and continuing students from diverse backgrounds.
• Oversee the academic progress of students assigned to you and provide proactive programming and advising interventions.
• Assess students’ academic and personal support needs, following guidelines and professional standards (e.g., NACADA and CAS) to recommend appropriate campus and community resources.
• Work with the advising supervisor and others to develop and implement proactive programming with learning outcomes related to academic success and retention of students.
• Assess the level of student-athlete’s academic and career development and promote student growth by determining suitable developmental tasks; assist student in establishing realistic and attainable academic and career goals.
• Assist students in the development of effective problem-solving skills, self-advocacy, decision making, and personal responsibility.
• For the Men’s Basketball players, monitor financial aid and student needs on an ongoing basis.
• Serve as an advocate for your players in their relationship with instructors and administrators.
• Provide follow-up services for students referred by faculty members to identify and implement retention and completion strategies.
• Coordinate with instructional support services to meet academic needs of the students.
• Assist with additional retention and support services in coordination with other departments within student services and other departments across campus.
• Participate in advisory, college, and community meetings as requested as well as department and college activities, and committees as appropriate.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for men’s basketball players on all related academic success and completion initiatives and services.

HEAD COACH ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Prepare athletes for competition. Ensure athletes have fulfilled preliminary requirements prior to first practice; teach physical conditioning relative to basketball; teach and coach fundamentals of basketball; develop and enforce a code of ethics.
• Recruit quality student athletes. Seek to recruit top student/athletes; comply with all Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) recruiting guidelines.
• Coordinate Letters of Intent and scholarship awards. Work with athletic director to determine which athletes will receive letters of intent and the scholarship amount each is to receive within NWAC guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with eligibility regulations. Stay current on eligibility regulations; inform athletes of eligibility requirements.
• Coordinate scheduling and travel for athletic events. Assist in scheduling athletic events and coordinating travel arrangements; assume responsibility for reporting team scores to the NWAC office.
• Oversee the adult basketball league, coordinating promotion, scheduling, registration and games as a fund raiser for basketball.

ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Serve as Athletic Department lead in the coordination and evaluation of fund-raising efforts.
• Collaborate with the college’s Foundation to provide a comprehensive fund-raising effort that ranges from booster donations to corporate sponsorships, to fund-raising events.
• Secure gifts for capital, program and endowment needs from individuals, businesses, corporations, and other potential gifting sources.
• Track and account for contributions to athletic programs, in coordination with the Foundation.
• Operational responsibility, including accountability for the fiscal targets, as the campus lead on Pirate Casino Night, Pirate Golf Tournament and future events to be developed.
• Enhance and coordinate fundraising efforts of team-specific initiatives with the Foundation and Conferences and Institutes.
• Coordinate athletic public relations activities, in coordination with our Public Relations Director and Marketing Director.
• Coordinate donor recognition, in coordination with the Foundation.
• Coordinate athletic alumni participation in Peninsula College events through email and social media.
• Maintain athletic alumni data base.