The Graduate Assistant Track & Field/Cross Country Coach will provide support and assistance to the Head Coach and Assistant Coaches for the Bellarmine University Track & Field and Cross Country programs. The Graduate Assistant receives graduate tuition covering up to 6 hours per semester (excluding summer) and a stipend.

Specific duties include:

• Assist with the planning and implementation of practices, training sessions, meet preparation, travel, recruiting, equipment management, and other duties as assigned.
• Coach student-athletes in an assigned event area based on experience and program needs, including distance/cross country, sprints/hurdles, jumps, throws, and/or multi-events.
• Support the development of student-athletes through technical instruction, event-specific training, and performance analysis.
• Recruit qualified prospective student-athletes while adhering to NCAA Division I, conference, and University standards.
• Assist with monitoring the academic progress and overall well-being of student-athletes.
• Assist with meet management, team operations, and organization of camps and clinics as needed.
• Ability to effectively interact with a wide variety of people in a manner that positively represents the University, its athletics programs, and personnel.
• Assist in the organization of social media, recruiting materials, and sports information content.
• Abide by and comply with NCAA, conference, and University rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Contribute to the overall success of the University's intercollegiate athletics program by performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Work is performed in both outdoor and indoor environments and may require travel.
• Ability to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended hours during competition seasons.

Visa sponsorship is not provided for this position.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
• Admittance into a Bellarmine Graduate Degree program
• Ability to work a flexible schedule
• Ability to lift and carry heavy objects
• Ability to work in an indoor and outdoor environment

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About Bellarmine University

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of nearly 4,000 students, and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 382 Colleges, is one of the top 15 Southern regional universities in U.S. News and World Report's 2018 college rankings, and is a top university in Forbes' list of America's best colleges. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world. Bellarmine is located on a scenic 175-acre campus in the Highlands neighborhood of Louisville, KY, which Glassdoor recently recognized one of the nation's top 10 cities where pay goes the furthest, and National Geographic calls it a top 10 food city. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 1...0 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population. Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply. Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

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