The Assistant Coach of Football supports the Head Coach in all aspects of the intercollegiate team including coaching, recruiting, scheduling, program administration, and budgeting. Additional responsibilities may include performing administrative duties as assigned at the discretion of the Director of Athletics.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrate strong teaching ability and technical knowledge of the sport including planning, organizing, and conducting practices; assist in developing, teaching, and implementing specific game plans.
• Assist Head Coach in setting appropriate individual and team strategies and performance objectives.
• Possess effective written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, working respectfully and constructively with student-athletes, prospective students, faculty, staff, the Director of Athletics, and other coaches.
• Support and encourage student-athletes’ engagement and success in the College’s academic program, fostering social behavior that reflects community values and standards.
• Collaborate with the Head Coach to assess team needs, set recruiting objectives, and strategies, including identification, contact with, and pursuit of academically qualified student-athletes while abiding by NESCAC and NCAA regulations. Travel as necessary to attend/videotape secondary school competitions.
• Perform administrative tasks as requested by the Head Coach (e.g., budget, facilities, travel requests) in an organized, timely fashion. Maintain a willingness to work with the news media and/or other departments (e.g., Alumni Relations) as requested, or participate in departmental or College committees.
• Maintain knowledge of coaching best practices and NESCAC and NCAA rules and regulations; attend conferences, workshops, meetings, and participate in coaches’ groups and professional organizations as appropriate.
• Represent the College in a mature, positive, professional manner.

Benefits and Pay

• Targeted Hiring Range: $53,000 – $58,000
• A variety of health insurance plans
• Life insurance, disability insurance, and a generous retirement plan
• Paid time off – Vacation, Personal, and Holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Access to many of the College’s facilities including the gym and pool
• More Information on Benefits

Education/Skills Requirements

Required:

• Knowledge of football skills and strategy and the ability to effectively teach them.
• Ability to motivate and effectively communicate with student-athletes.
• Willingness and ability to actively recruit qualified candidates to Bowdoin.
• Commitment to being a positive member of the Athletics Department and the College community, influencing their athletes to do the same.
• Working knowledge of NCAA and NESCAC rules and an understanding of the philosophy behind them.
• Administrative skills such as prioritization, organization, and budgeting.
• Must be self-directed and motivated, able to work independently and under pressure.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to meet the standards of the College’s current Motor Vehicle Policy are required. Current CPR, AED, and First Aid certification must be maintained.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in physical education or related field OR a minimum of 5 years of coaching experience at the post-secondary level and/or professional competitive experience.

Experience Requirements and/or Equivalents

• Minimum of 5 years of coaching experience at the post-secondary level and/or professional competitive experience OR bachelor’s degree in physical education or related field.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in coaching football is required.

Preferred:

• Experience successfully recruiting at a highly selective institution.

Standard Work Days and Hours

• Variable depending on the season.
• Expected to recruit during the summer months requiring possible additional travel.
• Frequent overnight travel with student-athletes is required during the football season.
• Ability to work weekends and evenings.
• Coaches are expected to be on campus during the academic year (late August – Reunion Weekend in June) and keep hours that make them readily available to students.
• For full-time coaches, this may involve greater than 40 hours per week in-season of the primary sport and varied weekly hours out of season.

About Bowdoin

Bowdoin embraces diversity in all forms, and the College is home to talented students, faculty, and staff—with a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; religious beliefs; and gender identities, among other factors.

We encourage applications from candidates committed to supporting an inclusive campus community and those who will enrich and contribute to the College’s multifaceted diversity. We value a community in which individuals of all backgrounds are warmly welcomed and encouraged to succeed.

Founded in 1794, Bowdoin has maintained its commitment to the liberal arts for well over 200 years. Bowdoin’s reputation as a preeminent liberal arts college rests on the excellence of its faculty, students, and staff; intimate size; strong sense of community; and connections to the people, history, and natural beauty of Maine.

Bowdoin’s campus is situated in a beautiful natural setting. Located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of approximately 20,000, the College is a short drive from the Maine coast, twenty-five miles from Portland and 120 miles from Boston.