Swimming and Diving Head Coach

Title: Swimming and Diving Head Coach

State Role Title: Professional – Lecturer

Hiring Range: Based on {qualifications} & expertise

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Virginia Military Institute

Location: Virginia Military Institute

Agency Website: www.vmi.edu

Recruitment Type: General Public – G

Job Duties

The Swimming and Diving Head Coach is chargeable for the management, integrity, and aggressive success of VMI’s Division I Swim and Diving program. The coach shall be a visual chief and function mannequin. They should foster a tradition of integrity, self-discipline, and repair mirroring the varsity’s tradition. The improvement of cadet-athletes who excel on the monitor & discipline, within the classroom, and as leaders within the Corps of Cadets is paramount. The crew at all times competes to win and does so with honor. The coach should be adept at navigating the evolving panorama of school athletics, together with Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), NCAA House Settlement compliance, and the Transfer Portal.

Virginia Military Institute is in search of a dynamic, team-oriented compassionate chief to function the Swimming & Diving Head Coach. The Swimming and Diving Head Coach should be multifaceted and growth-minded, fostering a optimistic cohesive surroundings constructed by way of belief, respect and empowerment. As the Swimming and Diving program begins its new chapter, Virginia Military Institute is in search of somebody pushed to construct a championship-caliber program that competes on the highest stage within the Northeast Conference (NEC).

Key Responsibilities:

Program Leadership & Culture

• Build and maintain a successful swimming and diving program that’s unwaveringly ruled by VMI’s Citizen-Soldier ethos and the Honor Code—a non-negotiable customary: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, nor tolerate those who do.”
• Instill VMI values in all elements of this system whereas rising nice leaders who exemplify self-discipline, grit, and resilience on and off the taking part in floor.
• Serve as a visual chief and mentor throughout the Corps of Cadets and the broader VMI group. The coach is predicted to be absolutely engaged within the cadet expertise and uphold Institute requirements.

Recruitment & Development

• Recruit and develop cadet-athletes who’re dedicated to the trials of VMI’s three-legged stool: Athletics, Academics, and Military.
• Emphasize holistic improvement—athletic, educational, and management development—making ready cadet-athletes for achievement as Citizen-Soldiers.
• Build a roster by way of regional & nation-wide highschool recruiting, balancing that roster towards the distinctive calls for of the Institute. In observe, this implies recruiting athletes in a position to thrive in VMI’s rigorous system.
• Organize and talk coaching plans that successfully instill confidence in cadet-athletes for competitors. Provide purposeful steerage and event-specific teaching that builds buy-in and enhances efficiency of the cadet-athlete.

Modern Compliance & Operations

• Oversee all elements of program compliance with NCAA, NEC, and Institute insurance policies. Demonstrate the data and skill to navigate switch portal and NIL processes as required by NCAA House
Settlement.
• Strategically handle roster and scholarships, leveraging each highschool and switch portal recruiting.

Academic & Military Integration

• Foster an surroundings the place educational achievement and army self-discipline are integral to the swimming and diving expertise.
• Collaborate with educational and army management to make sure cadet-athletes achieve all aspects of VMI life.
• Assist within the enchancment of the crew educational progress charge (APR) rating in collaboration with Institute educational workers and the Cadet-Athlete Development Office (CADO).

Staff & Operations Management

• Recruit, mentor, and consider assistant coaches and assist workers.
• Oversee program budgeting, scheduling, and operations, making certain
environment friendly use of assets and compliance with institutional requirements.
• Management and group of high quality meets within the Aquatic Center that entice excessive stage school competitors.

Community & Alumni Engagement

• Represent VMI swimming and diving with integrity to alumni, supporters, and the general public.
• Engage in fundraising, group outreach, and occasions that assist this system and the Institute’s mission.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s diploma required
• Demonstrated success as a swimming and diving coach on the NCAA stage, ideally Division I.
• Experience in internet hosting, managing and executing collegiate swimming and diving meets.
• Deep understanding of NCAA guidelines, NIL frameworks, and roster administration below House Settlement pointers.
• Commitment to VMI’s mission, values, and the Citizen-Soldier mannequin.
• Strong management, communication, and organizational abilities.
• Experience recruiting and growing student-athletes who worth self-discipline, service, and holistic improvement.
• Experience in a army school or service academy surroundings is very fascinating.

Additional Considerations

a Master’s diploma is most well-liked.

Special Instructions

You shall be offered a affirmation of receipt when your utility and/or résumé is submitted efficiently. Please confer with “Your Application” in your account to test the standing of your utility for this place.

Please embrace along with your utility, cowl letter, resume, official transcripts and the names and speak to data for 3 skilled references.

Contact Information

Name: Lenny Brown

Phone: 540-464-7035

Email: [email protected]

In assist of the Commonwealth’s dedication to inclusion, we’re encouraging people with disabilities to use by way of the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be thought-about for this chance, candidates might want to present their AHP Letter (previously COD) offered by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are inspired to reply Veteran standing questions and submit their incapacity documentation, if relevant, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter will be discovered at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who obtained a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can nonetheless use that COD as relevant documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.