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Strength and Conditioning Coach

New Mexico Highlands University
Full-time
On-site
Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States
Strength and Conditioning
Description

SUMMARY:

Oversee the strength and conditioning program for student-athletes at NMHU by providing leadership and programing in the athletic weight room.

 

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Provide leadership in the athletic weight room
  • Meet with sport coaches to assess needs and priorities, and then implement a diversified strength and conditioning program for NMHU athletic teams that include cardiovascular demands, flexibility/stretching programs, etc. based on determined needs, time, and facility limitations.
  • Create individual instruction on proper exercise techniques and safe a proper use of equipment for student-athletes
  • Coordinate and monitor all team conditioning activities for the Athletic Department.
  • Provide instruction on weight room equipment
  • Ensure all weight room equipment is working properly and maintained properly
  • Ensure the weight room is cleaned and kept up as a safe environment
  • Coordinate the training schedule between coaches and facility availability
  • Instruct athletes on injury prevention, rehabilitation, and performance enhancement
  • Facilitate a collaborative relationship with sports medicine and coordinate student athlete preventative care and rehab
  • Assists with rehabilitation of injured athletes
  • Occasional travel with teams as needed
  • Educate student-athletes regarding nutrition and supplementation
  • Administer testing protocols and evaluations of student-athletes on a routine bases
  • Assist with on campus recruiting of prospective student-athletes
  • Ensure adherence with established institutional compliance, rules, policies and procedural manuals as well as ethical standards of behavior
  • Ensure strict adherence to all NCAA by-laws and conference regulations
  • Perform miscellaneous job related duties as assigned
  • Maintain regular attendance


Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in any field

Certification through a nationally recognized organization

Experience:

One (1) year experience working as a Strength and Conditioning Coach

 

Preferred Qualifications:


Experience:

  • Collegiate or professional strength training experience

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:  


  • Knowledge of applicable team or individual sports playing rules
  • Knowledge of NCAA practice, conditioning, and weight training regulations
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community
  • Knowledge of NCAA and RMAC game environment rules and regulations
  • Ability to foster a cooperative work environment
  • Ability to read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures
  • Organizing and coordinating skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
  • Ability to coordinate with all coaching staffs, sports medicine and administration timely and effective athletic schedules and game management procedures

 

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 

  • Standing…………………………………Frequently
  • Walking…………………………………..Frequently
  • Bending…………………………………..Frequently
  • Squatting…………………………………Frequently
  • Climbing …………………………………Frequently
  • Kneeling ………………………………….Frequently
  • Lifting up to 50 pounds……………Frequently

               

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

Work is normally performed in an indoor setting.