Assistant Coach / Director of Video and Player Development

Position Title:

Assistant Coach / Director of Video and Player Development

Time Type:

Full time

Position Summary and Qualifications:

Direct and oversee all video and technology duties and responsibilities associated with the women’s basketball program in a manner designed to optimize the basketball development of student-athletes, the efficiency of the entire program, and the ability to recruit high-level prospective student-athletes. Additionally, manage the recruiting and evaluation of prospective student-athletes, including transfers. Under the direction of the Head Coach, the Assistant Coach will also be responsible for designing, implementing, and coaching on-court skill development programs for student-athletes.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Create and Manage Program Documents

• These may include (not are not limited to): on-court strategy documents, recruiting planning documents, and program messaging documents

• Assist on-court performance through editing and coding practices and competitions in a manner designed to efficiently optimize student-athlete basketball development; analyze team performance in offensive and defensive sets, and individual student-athlete performance; provide video, analytics and other information related thereto to the coaching staff

• Produce videos for recruiting prospective student-athletes, including home visit presentations

• Create and utilize a system for managing digital assets related to the program, including photos and videos

• Ensure all technology in the locker rooms, practice facility, and arena is properly set up, fully functional, and equipped to support team practices and individual student-athlete workouts and drills

Transfer Portal Recruiting and Evaluation

• Gather background information on transfer portal prospects, which includes but is not limited to the following information: Collegiate playing background; Character background check, including social media; Prospect’s personal expectations regarding recruitment, including:

• Research prospect’s personal expectations regarding recruitment, including: Desired role; in-game usage; Fit within program’s culture and importance thereof

• Create recruiting presentations based on research

• Conduct video analysis to evaluate high school and transfer portal prospects

• Create streamlined video edits to share with coaching staff that serve as a summation of the prospect’s on-court skill and playing background

• Manage recruiting materials from each basketball event

• Use event booklets containing each prospect and coach contact information to create a Prospect Database

Graduate Assistant Development

• Train graduate assistant coaches to conduct video analysis through various platforms and software, including but not limited to Hudl Sports Code and/or Synergy

• Train graduate assistant coaches on the following skills: Various graphic design efforts for recruiting and internal program messaging

Technology Updates, Procurement and Budgeting

• Supervise the procurement and management of all technology-related expenses, including software, hardware, and peripherals

• Collaborate with IT personnel and vendors to optimize cost-effectiveness

• Provide regular strategic analysis and updates to technology; identify opportunities for improvement

• Collaborate with the WBB Chief of Staff on all technology-related expenses to ensure technology stays within budget constraints

Coaching and Recruiting

• Assist with official and unofficial visit itineraries and execution

• Recruiting, per NCAA rules, conduct off-campus evaluations and recruit high school prospective student-athletes

• On-court instruction and player development, with specialization and general knowledge of all positions and basketball systems

• Analytical processes via the CBB Analytics platform

  In-house analytics development for SJU women’s basketball

Secondary Duties & Responsibilities:

• The person who holds this position has been classified as a Campus Security Authority under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (*candidates without a bachelor’s degree can submit a statement explaining how relevant experience substitutes for the degree)

• 1-4 years of experience in an Intercollegiate Athletic Department as a student (including a student-athlete), graduate assistant, or employee is preferred