Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football

Position Title:

Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football

Appointment Type:

Contract

Job Description:

Do you have a passion for football and experience enhancing the strength, power, speed, and agility of athlete performance while ensuring a holistic approach to health and safety?

The Iowa State University football program is accepting applications for an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. This position will assist in strength and conditioning of NCAA Division I football student-athletes and play a vital role in prevention of injuries, promotion of team culture, and increased athletic performance, competitiveness and program success.

Examples of what you’ll do:

• Help implement a comprehensive athletic development program that will help ISU student-athletes minimize injury risk, maximize athletic performance, and optimize team success

• Teach and demonstrate proper exercise technique, ensuring safety and adapting workouts based on each student-athlete’s needs and health status

• Educate and motivate student-athletes

• Support coaching staffs by managing testing and performance technology data, preparing performance reports, and translating these data

• Regularly and effectively communicate and collaborate with health, performance, and support staff (e.g. Sports Medicine, Sports Nutrition, Mental Health), along with coaches and administrators

• Build trusting relationships with the coaches and student-athletes to develop proactive solutions to their requests/needs

• Assist in management, safety, and sanitation of the weight room

• Contribute to and enhance a competitive athletic experience while maintaining an environment conducive to the welfare and academic success of the student-athletes

• Commitment to and responsibility for adhering to all rules and regulations of the University, Big 12 Conference, and NCAA.

The ideal candidates will have solid technical knowledge related in all areas of strength and conditioning; good organization, analytical, and decision-making skills; and strong teaching, motivational, and communication skills. Candidates are expected to be committed to multiculturalism and working with a diverse student body. Requires the ability to travel with the team to away competitions.

Candidates are required to have and maintain current certification through a nationally accredited strength and conditioning certification program in accordance with NCAA requirements.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an on-going basis without sponsorship. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree.

Experience coaching strength and conditioning for a collegiate, professional, or elite-level athletics program.

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA or Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) through the CSCCa.

CPR/AED and First Aid certified.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience strength coaching for a NCAA DI football program.

Master’s degree in exercise science, kinesiology, sports performance or a related field.

About the Athletics Department

As an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision athletics program and a founding member of the Big 12 Conference, Iowa State University sponsors 18 intercollegiate athletics teams and supports 450 student-athletes in their pursuit of academic and athletic excellence. ISU Athletics employs over 250 talented and dedicated full-time staff members, more than 500 temporary and student employees, and multiple auxiliary partners who collaboratively work within a culture to support and enhance the experiences of Cyclone student-athletes and their loyal fan base. Iowa State student-athletes have produced 10-consecutive years of record-setting Graduation Success Rate scores in the classroom, while athletically, the Cyclones have captured 19 national team championships, 140 national individual titles and 162 conference team championships in its rich history. www.cyclones.com 

Proposed Start Date:

December 15, 2025

Number of Months Employed Per Year:

12 Month Work Period

Time Type:

Full time

Pay Grade:

Application Instructions:

To apply for this position, please click on “Apply” and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following:

1) Resume


If you have questions regarding this application process, please email employment@iastate.edu or call 515-294-4800 or Toll Free: 1-877-477-7485.

Why Choose ISU?

Iowa State Employees enjoy comprehensive health and work-life benefits, including medical and dental; as well as:
• Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans
• Generous vacation, holiday and sick time and leave plans
• Onsite childcare (Ames, Iowa)
• Life insurance and long-term disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Various voluntary benefits and discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellbeing program.

Original Posting Date:

December 9, 2025

Posting Close Date:

Job Requisition Number:

R18274