Location: Erie,PA, USA
The Assistant Coach Rowing assists the head rowing coach in leading our nationally competitive NCAA DI Women's rowing and Men's IRA rowing programs. Responsibilities include administering all phases of an intercollegiate rowing program. This includes managing team travel, including accommodation, meals, and where necessary help with the transportation of equipment to regattas; instructing on-the-water skills and facilitating practices per the head coaches' instructions; running land practice, which may include running, erging, weightlifting, or skill instruction as designated by the head coach; training and preparing crews for racing at regattas; basic rigging and maintaining of the rowing shells, boathouse, and land facilities as directed by the head coach; planning, promoting, and conducting camps, clinics, and/or lessons; communicating with Strength and Conditioning on scheduling and programming; assisting with fundraising activities; assisting the head coach with general program administration, including athlete compliance and compiling of workout data; promoting academic excellence, integrity, and graduation; monitoring academic progress, academic meetings, class scheduling, and attendance; developing meaningful relationships with prospective, current, and former student-athletes; representing Mercyhurst University and the rowing program in a professional manner; and performing other related duties incidental to the work described herein. Learn more about this opportunity via the Assistant Coach Rowing position summary.
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