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What are the typical responsibilities and challenges faced by a Volleyball Graduate Assistant during the season?

As a Volleyball Graduate Assistant, your primary responsibilities include supporting the coaching staff with practice planning, coordinating team logistics, assisting in player development, and often handling video analysis or scouting reports. A common challenge is balancing your academic workload with the time demands of practices, games, and travel. You'll also gain hands-on experience mentoring student-athletes and may be asked to step in for administrative tasks, making time management and adaptability crucial. This role provides valuable exposure to collegiate athletics operations and can be a strong stepping stone for a coaching or sports management career.

What are Volleyball Graduate Assistants?

Volleyball Graduate Assistants are graduate students who assist the coaching staff of a college or university volleyball program while pursuing their own graduate studies. Their responsibilities typically include helping with practices, coordinating team logistics, analyzing game footage, and supporting recruitment efforts. In exchange, they often receive tuition assistance, a stipend, or both. This role allows aspiring coaches or sports professionals to gain valuable experience and develop skills necessary for a future career in athletics.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Volleyball Graduate Assistant, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Volleyball Graduate Assistant, you need a solid understanding of volleyball fundamentals, prior playing or coaching experience, and enrollment in a relevant graduate program. Familiarity with video analysis software, statistical tracking tools, and compliance systems like NCAA rules is often required. Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills help you effectively support coaches and mentor student-athletes. These skills are crucial for fostering team performance, ensuring program compliance, and contributing to athlete development in a competitive collegiate environment.
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Graduate Assistant Volleyball Coach

Graduate Assistant Volleyball Coach

Ohio Dominican University

Columbus, OH • On-site

Part-time

Posted 28 days ago

Job description

Position Summary:

The Graduate Assistant Volleyball Coach reports to the Head Volleyball Coach and is responsible for assisting the Head Coach in carrying out all activities necessary to accomplish the objectives of the volleyball program within the guidelines of the NCAA, Great Midwest Athletic Conference, and the University. The graduate assistant coach will give support by coaching student-athletics, recruiting, monitoring student athlete academic progress, scheduling, managing travel and scholarships and overseeing the discipline, conduct and image of the student-athlete.


Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Assist in all aspect of the Volleyball program that would include: instruction, practice planning and preparation, recruitment of qualified student-athletes and scouting.
  • Monitoring progress for the Volleyball team's academic progress.
  • Responsible for all aspects of game day set-up for Volleyball games.
  • Assist in managerial decision of scheduling, travel arrangements and supervision of student-athlete's.
  • Other duties and responsibilities assigned by head coach.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree is required.
  • Candidate must be accepted into one of the following ODU Graduate Programs: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Education (Med), Master of English (MA), Master of Sport Management (MS), Master of Theology (MA), Master of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).
  • Qualified candidate must show demonstrated coaching success, leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience as a college student-athlete preferred or minimum of 2-years coaching experience.

Compensation:

  • Tuition grant covers the cost of 18 credit hours (usually 6 courses) per academic year.
  • $5,000 yearly stipend.

Educational Value:

  • Will develop written and oral communication skills through correspondences with coaches, players and faculty/staff members.
  • Will develop leadership and management skills needed to aid coaches and players on and off the field.
  • Will gain logistical experience while assisting in scheduling and travel arrangements.
  • Will identify and apply appropriate ethical practices in decision making in accordance with Ohio Dominican, G-MAC and NCAA rules and regulations.
  • Will gain hands on experience that will help prepare for post graduate life.

Additional Information:

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the position. It is, instead, a description of the essential elements of the position.


Ohio Dominican University is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, as we respect and seek to empower each individual and support the various cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

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