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OC Mission and Purpose: Oklahoma Christian University is a diverse community of scholars and learners all committed in service to a common mission to “transform lives for Christian faith, scholarship, and service.” OC is committed to hiring employees who are actively engaged in a life of Christian discipleship as we strive to create an employment culture that encourages faculty and staff to lean into the University’s Christian mission with an emphasis on authenticity and unity, not uniformity. Though dependent on God and each other’s grace, we aspire to professional and personal standards reflective of Christ’s example and adherent to principles drawn from Holy Scripture. To assist our individual and collective accountability to these standards, university employees enter a Covenant of prescriptive conduct and assent to a Statement of Commitment that identifies defining core beliefs. We encourage you to explore what we believe to determine if our mission is your calling.
As a Christ-centered university, Oklahoma Christian values diversity as an essential dimension of God’s design for human communities. In seeking to become more inclusive and fully representative of God’s broad array of human creation, we especially encourage applications from women and candidates from racial and ethnic backgrounds that are underrepresented on our faculty and staff.
Position: Position: Reporting to the Athletics Director, the Head Women’s Basketball Coach is responsible for all aspects of guiding an intercollegiate Volleyball program that achieves excellence in the development of student-athletes spiritually, socially, academically, and athletically.
Primary Qualifications:
- Commitment to a coaching philosophy/style consistent with Christian principles and high personal integrity and sportsmanship standards.
- Bachelor’s degree and demonstrated record of support for academic priorities in higher education and intercollegiate sports. Master’s degree preferred.
- Strong organizational and leadership skills.
- Willing and able to work nights, weekends, holidays, and early mornings.
- Willing and able to travel November extensively through March and as recruiting is needed.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with some knowledge of marketing and public relations
- Fundraising experience preferred.
- Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with all university constituencies, including students, faculty, staff, administration, fans, alumni, trustees, members of the media, and program and institutional donors.
- Ability to promote and present a program that adds value to the campus-life experience of all students and is attractive to the broader university community.
- Understanding of NCAA rules and demonstrated commitment to compliance with all the applicable national, conference, and institutional regulations governing intercollegiate athletics.
- Ability to understand and willingness to comply with all university policies.
- Ability to accurately assess and recruit students with the capacity to meet the academic rigors of Oklahoma Christian University and to compete athletically at the highest levels of the NCAA-Division II.
- Highly cooperative and collaborative with all university programs, including intramurals, campus wellness, student life, and academic endeavors.
- Commitment to the University’s mission to transform lives for the Christian faith, scholarship and service, and willingness to serve with a second-mile spirit.
- For all students, especially those participating in intercollegiate Women’s Basketball, a commitment to the education of the whole person.
- Ability to articulate a persuasive case for the educational value of intercollegiate sport and the Women’s Basketball program.
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity and ability to communicate and positively engage students and colleagues across racial and cultural barriers.
- Personal history and reputation that demonstrate high standards of professional integrity and social responsibility consistent with the calling of a disciple of Christ.
- A successful candidate must be an active member of a local church.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead the University’s Women’s Basketball program in a distinctively Christian manner.
- Recruit and develop student-athletes to a standard of success that aspires to each individual’s full potential—spiritually, socially, academically, and athletically.
- Effectively manage the operational budget set forth by the University.
- Fundraising and marketing duties for the Women’s Basketball program as directed by the Athletic Director.
- Organize and direct community service projects for the Women’s Basketball Program.
- Ensure personal and program compliance with NCAA and conference rules and university policies, including successful performance annually on the NCAA recruiting exam.
- Monitor academic progress of all Women’s Basketball student-athletes, including oversight of study hall sessions.
- Oversee all Women’s Basketball program activities to ensure their safety and positive contribution to the welfare of participating students.
- Coordinate with the athletics department and other departments (including summer academies, sports/wellness degrees, or similar academic programs) to develop outreach programs such as youth camps and coaching clinics that promote and support the Women’s Basketball program, the athletics department, and other university programs and initiatives.
- Oversee scheduling and travel arrangements.
- Maintain and manage Women’s Basketball equipment and facilities including, but not limited to courts, laundry, bleachers, dressing rooms, offices.
- Effectively collaborate with other university departments and serve on University and departmental committees as assigned.
- Other appropriate duties as assigned.
- Occasional heavy lifting is required.
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