Assistant Coach-Softball

Req Id: 43023

Job Title: Assistant Coach-Softball

City: West Lafayette

Job Description:

Job Summary

Provide instruction, training, and motivation to prepare student-athletes for practices and competitive events. Demonstrate/instruct student-athletes on Softball performance principles, game strategies, and safety rules. Provide Softball program management support to the head coach. Evaluate student-athletes' strengths and weaknesses as a possible recruit and/or to improve the technique of current student athletes, to prepare them for competition. Serve as a mentor to student-athletes with academics, athletics, and issues related to the college/student-athlete experience.

What Youll Be Doing:

COACHING/INSTRUCTING: Provide instruction, training, and motivation to prepare student-athletes for practice and competitive events. Instruct student-athletes in Softball performance principles, game strategies, and safety rules. Observe student-athletes in practice and training, analyze performance data/statistics and instruct student-athletes on technique. Collect and analyze tactical/statistical data and game film of opposing teams with student-athletes and recommend game-day strategies for student-athletes. Plan, schedule, organize, and conduct practice/training/life skills sessions.

RECRUITING: Recruit perspective student-athletes via telephone calls, text messages, social media, letters, emails, competition, and school or home visits. Make recommendations to the head Softball coach regarding whether to extend unofficial/official campus visits and/or athletic grant-in-aid. Detail perspective student-athlete assessments through written recruiting reports/notes and provide recommendations on recruitment strategy. Recommend locations and perspective student-athletes to be targeted for future recruitment efforts.

SPORTS PERFORMANCE AND WELLNESS: Partner with strength and conditioning, sports psychology, sports nutrition, and sports medicine staffs on the overall physical and mental preparation and health status of student-athletes. Work in tandem with the Sports Performance and Wellness staffs in developing and implementing best practices and performance/wellness programs including scheduling, providing motivational support and reinforcement to enable student-athletes to achieve maximum performance. Review and maintain progress records/stats and collaborate to evaluate efficiencies and implement changes to achieve desired goals, as necessary.

ACADEMICS/STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT: Mentor student-athletes on academic and personal issues. Discuss class registration deadlines and follow-up to ensure required paperwork is completed. Follow-up and work in tandem with the Athletics Student Services relative to reports of missed classes or study table hours. On road trips, conduct study sessions, if needed. Partner with Athletics Student Services to identify and monitor academically "at risk" student-athletes. Recommend accountability incentives to resolve athletic, academic, and/or behavior problems as they arise.

OTHER: Represent Head Softball Coach and /or Intercollegiate Athletics at department and institutional events (e.g., fundraiser, alumni events).

About Us:

Purdue Athletics is built on unrivaled pride, unlimited potential, and a sense of shared purpose that unites staff, student-athletes, and the broader community. As part of Purdue's 150-year legacy, Athletics exemplifies a culture of collaboration, continuous growth, and excellence, where every member is encouraged to strive for success while fostering a positive and supportive environment. Joining Purdue Athletics means joining a team committed to building a better world together-where professional aspirations thrive, innovation is celebrated, and a lasting impact is made on campus and beyond. Read more: Purdue Boilermakers Athletics

What Were Looking For:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree
• Two (2) years coaching or playing experience at the collegiate level or above

Skills needed:

• Knowledge of sport-specific fundamentals, techniques, and safety rules & regulations.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, communicate, and adhere to University, Big Ten Conference, and NCAA policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Excellent communication (oral & written), planning, organizational, interpersonal, and interviewing skills.
• Familiarity in working with sports performance and wellness units.
• Ability to recruit on a national level, instructs and motivates student-athletes on sport fundamentals, techniques, and safety rules and regulations, and provides academic and personal mentoring.
• Ability to influence and build positive relationships among diverse individuals including student-athletes, parents, coaches, media, faculty, staff, students, and general public.
• Must be able to foster a participative management style to successfully guide the work of others.
• Must possess a learning orientation to changing technology impacting sport.
• Must have a valid driver's license and be in good standing with the University vehicle policy - Use of Vehicles for University Business (IV.A.1).
• Personal computer and related software skills, e.g., work processing, spread sheets, data query, internet, etc., necessary.

Who We Are:

Purdue is a community built on collaboration, with global perspectives, Boilermaker pride and endless opportunity to live, learn and grow. Join us and contribute to our culture.

Additional Information:

• Purdue's benefits summary https://www.purdue.edu/hr/Benefits/
• Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
• A background check will be required for employment in this position
• FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
• Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period

Career Stream

Compensation Information:

Professional 2

Pay Band O001

Job Code#20002476

Link to Purdue Universitys Compensation Guidelines: https://www.purdue.edu/hr/mngcareer/compguidelines/index.php

EOE

Purdue University is an EO/EA University

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Posting Start Date: 7/9/26