The Director of Football Team Services will perform administrative and managerial responsibilities for the nationally recognized Division I FBS football program. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: facility management; personnel and financial management, including creating and monitoring the football team services staff and budget as directed by the head coach; coordination of team support equipment (i.e., sports medicine supplies), coach communication equipment, and football equipment transportation for away competitions; arranging all team practice and game facility and equipment needs, and other game-related aspects for home and away contests with various internal and external constituencies; responsible for game day management of sideline vendors as well as coordinating team sideline and team-use facility preparations at away venues.

Essential Functions

• Provides functional supervision and management of day-to-day equipment personnel and student managers.
• Serves as football staff liaison to campus and athletics department custodial and facility/physical plant staffs pertaining to equipment and facility management.
• Supports management of Martin Jacobson Football Performance Center (FPC) facility by developing proposals to management and staff relating to products, vendors, budgetary purchases, etc.
• Supervises direct reports for football equipment service needs. Schedules and assigns personnel.
• Serves as a liaison to athletics facilities office to manage facility projects, work orders, custodial schedules, etc.
• Hires, trains, and supervises football student managers on proper use of athletic equipment, field and office responsibilities, team policies/procedures, and NCAA compliance requirements.
• Collaborates with football head coach, athletics business office, and director of football operations to develop and manage the $1.0M+ football team services budget.
• Maintains direct contact with all apparel partners, including adidas, to ensure equipment meets departmental and team’s quality and safety standards.
• Orders and maintains inventory for coach and team support staff sideline apparel, team-issued practice and game apparel, and all protective football equipment.
• Provides direct supervision of a Storekeeper II - Football Equipment Assistant. Responsible for the hiring, mentoring, educating, and facilitating communication with coaches and other staff.
• Manages regular maintenance of team protective equipment, including preparation and organization, to ensure the health and safety of student-athletes.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining student staff work schedules to manage equipment for team workouts and practices.
• Oversees the logistics of laundry services including appropriate staffing and operations to ensure services are completed for practices and games.
• Coordinates football gameday equipment staff and equipment transportation for away games, including flight cargo manifests, drop shipments, and ground travel for the contracted equipment truck.
• Manages the operation of the coaches’ communication system (headsets) for practices and competitions, including frequency coordination with all opponents.
• Coordinates logistics for locker room access at away venues and setting up equipment in advance for away games.
• Oversees set up of the FPC during recruiting visits including management of recruiting photo shoots.
• Works closely with visiting team and game operations staff to manage visiting team game day facility and sideline logistics.
• Understands responsibilities with respect to Title IX, Clery Act, and other compliance requirements.
• Understands responsibilities with respect to conflicts of interest and behaves in ways consistent both with law and with University policy.
• Contributes toward creating a positive and respectful workplace defined by equity, personal and professional competence, integrity, and collaboration.
• Understands and contributes to implementation of departmental and institutional goals for achieving non-discrimination and creating a respectful, inclusive environment.
• Uses access to sensitive and/or not yet public university-related information only in the performance of the responsibilities of the position and exercises care to prevent unnecessary disclosure to others.
• Required to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Responsible for strict adherence to all Department, University, NCAA, Conference, state and federal rules and regulations.
• Attends conventions, conferences, clinics, etc., consistent with Department policy.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of one (1) year of football team service and equipment management experience required.
• Demonstrated financial and personnel management ability.
• AEMA Certified or the ability to obtain certification within one year of start date.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Working knowledge of rules and regulations governing intercollegiate athletics.
• Ability to foster and maintain working relationships with various constituents.
• Ability to improve working knowledge of sport assigned.
• Meets physical, health, and emotional stability standards consistent with the demands of the position.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends as needed.
• Moderate to high movement and activity required; responsibilities include extended periods of standing.
• Knowledge of supervisory practices and techniques.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

• Meets physical, health, and emotional stability standards of the position.
• Extended periods of standing.
• Nights, weekends, and holidays required.
• Attendance at all sport-assigned practices and games required.
• Flexible and variable hours depending on the demands of the position.
• Carrying, lifting, pulling, pushing, repetitive movements, bending, travel to other campuses, reaching, sitting, twisting, and lifting.