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University of Saint Mary

GAC Swimming

Leavenworth, KS · On-site

Serve as assistant swim coach during Fall, Winter and Spring seasons, while participating in the Graduate Assistantship program at USM. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: * Oversee the conduct, discipline and ...

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To thrive as a Graduate Assistant Swimming Coach, you need a solid understanding of swimming techniques, coaching principles, and typically a bachelor's degree with collegiate swimming experience. Familiarity with video analysis software, training management platforms, and relevant coaching certifications such as CPR/AED are common requirements. Strong leadership, communication, and motivational skills help foster athlete development and maintain a positive team environment. These skills and qualifications are crucial to effectively support head coaches, enhance athlete performance, and ensure the program's overall success.

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Graduate Assistant Swimming Coaches often juggle coaching responsibilities with academic commitments, making time management a key challenge. Balancing practice planning, athlete development, and administrative tasks while pursuing graduate studies requires strong organizational skills and clear communication with the head coach. Building rapport with athletes, especially when close in age, can also be challenging but is essential for fostering a positive team environment. Proactively seeking mentorship from experienced coaches and utilizing university support resources can help manage these demands effectively.

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Graduate Assistant Swimming Coaches are individuals pursuing a graduate degree while assisting a collegiate or university swim team’s coaching staff. They typically help plan and conduct practices, mentor student-athletes, analyze performance, and handle administrative tasks. In exchange, they often receive tuition assistance or a stipend. This role provides hands-on coaching experience and is a common pathway for those seeking a career in coaching or sports administration.
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Assistant Swimming Coach

Assistant Swimming Coach

Covenant Christian High School

Indianapolis, IN

Other

Posted 28 days ago

Job description

Covenant Christian High School (Indianapolis) is dedicated to providing an excellent Christ-centered education, equipping students for lives of scholarship, leadership, and service.

Covenant Christian is seeking a strong Christian to be an Assistant Swim Coach. All Covenant coaches should exemplify personal and professional characteristics that we strive to teach our student athletes, pushing them both academically and to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. The position will include but not be limited to spiritual mentorship, growth and development of the program, administration of the program, oversight of coaching staff, and practice and game instruction.

Covenant desires that student athletes possess Christ-like characteristics and are able to express them openly through the medium of sports. Our goal is to build eternal values in the students, while at the same time be a testimony of the power of Jesus Christ to all of those that we come in contact with during athletic events. Winning is important, but it is secondary to the Godly principles that the program is striving to instill into the student athlete.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

  • Maintain high expectations for student athletes and managers both academically and athletically.
  • Utilize, organize and work with other assistant coach(es) and team parent(s).

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Educates individuals, groups, or teams on the rules, strategies, and techniques for the sport.
  • Assists in organization and implementation of practice sessions.
  • Trains, encourages, and motivates athletes to prepare them for games.
  • Teaches safety rules and regulations and ensures they are enforced.
  • Develops physical conditioning programs that equip athletes to meet their potential.
  • Evaluates team members to determine fitness levels and potential; assigns positions or roles to athletes based on strengths and weaknesses.
  • Ensures athletes are using equipment properly and safely.
  • Identifies the strengths and weaknesses of players and modifies coaching strategies accordingly.
  • Remains current on changes in rules, coaching philosophies and techniques, and technology relevant to particular sport or sports.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

  • Excellent leadership and motivational skills.
  • Extensive knowledge of the assigned sport.
  • Ability to work with student athletes.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • One to two or more years of experience as a high school level coach preferred.

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