Head Coach

For nearly a century Providence has been a Christian academic community in the evangelical tradition that teaches people to grow in knowledge and character for leadership and service. Our vision is to become a leading Canadian Christ-centred university that transforms students into leaders of knowledge, character, and faith to serve Christ in a changing world.

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

Reporting to the Director of Athletics, the Head Coach for Women’s Volleyball is responsible for following the vision set by the Providence Athletics Department, recruiting a full roster, and developing an environment that fosters academic success, Christ-centered personal growth, and athletic excellence.

The Head Coach will be tasked with leading and developing the program to be competitive nationally within the CCAA, especially as it anticipates the MCAC’s hosting of the 2026 CCAA Women’s Volleyball National Championships.

This position requires an individual who possesses an exceptional ability to plan strategically and execute the plan tactically. The individual must be able to develop contract and volunteer staffing, maintain and develop a strong model for sustainability and growth for their team, and work with athletes and assistant coaching staff to develop Christ-centered personal growth, character, servant leadership, interpersonal skills, academic success, and athletic excellence. This will be done within a strong commitment to the Christian faith and in support of the strategic plan of the University.

The individual must possess knowledge of industry leading practices in the sport of volleyball and recruiting, experience in the use of marketing and branding awareness, fundraising, and the ability to clearly and enthusiastically articulate vision, to build a program that is highly missional and nationally competitive while supporting institutional strategic initiatives.

**SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- **Missional Goals**: Actively participate in achieving our mission of providing student-athletes with an environment that fosters academic success, Christ-centered personal growth, and athletic excellence.
- **Character, Faith & Leadership**:Continue, and build on, established strategies for intentionally investing in the character, faith, and leadership development of student-athletes. Demonstrate a desire and willingness to lead and mentor student-athletes in all these areas in both one-on-one and team settings.
- **Service & Volunteering**:Continue, and build on, established strategies for intentionally creating a culture and framework of service to others. In collaboration with the Athletic Ministry & Community Coordinator, schedule, organize, and keep players accountable to all Field Ed volunteering opportunities and requirements.
- **Recruiting**:Establish and maintain recruiting networks to recruit a minimum of a full roster (16 players), making strategic use of the athletic scholarship budget and institutional scholarships & bursaries, while using the Recruitment Pipeline and Athlete Rubric frameworks provided. Work collaboratively with the Enrollment department, following the established policies and procedures to ensure proper communication, follow up, and documentation of all potential recruits, campus visits, and newly signed players.
- **Training & Competition**: Create and execute annual season plans that encompass off-season and in-season strength & conditioning expectations, a pre-season training camp, team and individual training sessions, individual and/or team video sessions, and competition schedules including pre-season, regular season, post-season and national championships, all of which should maintain a healthy balance that upholds academic priorities, physical recovery, and engagement in the larger Providence community.
- **Player Development**: Actively provide a high degree of technical development of each player, specific to the position(s) they play, while teaching the theoretical framework of the game and how it can be applied practically in competition. This should include providing sport psychology-related strategies for individuals, and the team, to manage and overcome challenges in training and competition.
- **Team Strategy**: Actively teach, train, and implement various team strategies and decision-making frameworks that are appropriate and effective for university-level competition.
- **Team Commitments**: Provide leadership and intentional scheduling of team orientation and training sessions, Media Day, volunteering initiatives, team meetings, individual player meetings, study sessions, team Bible studies, Re-Fuel events, and the Athletic Awards Banquet.
- **Academics**:Maintain a positive and collaborative spirit with academic leadership and faculty. Continue to maintain and develop a high priority for academic success, expectations, and supports, ensuring athletic schedules and commitments allow for the opportunity of student-athlete success.
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