Head Men’s Water Polo Coach/Physical Education & Wellness Instructor

The Head Men’s Water Polo Coach/Physical Education & Wellness Instructor responsibilities will include the management and oversight of all facets of the MIT Men’s Water Polo program. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to: administration, budget management, alumni stewardship, recruiting, scheduling of competitions, meet management, including hiring officials, team travel, weekly practice sessions, advising of students, and compliance with NCAA and conference rules and regulations. In addition, this position will include teaching responsibilities and instruction in the required physical education and wellness activities program. Additional responsibilities may include department wide duties as assigned. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

·       Leads a high-quality varsity program that is competitively challenging, well organized and administered, based on sound coaching techniques and instructional strategies and has a positive retention rate. 

• Oversight of all administrative aspects of the operation of a collegiate men’s water polo athletic program.  This includes but is not limited to developing budgets, defining expenses, on-going budget management, prompt reconciliation of team-related expense reports, appropriate organizational duties affiliated with facility usage, staff appointment, supervision and performance evaluation, practice planning and equipment management procedures.

• In conjunction with Assistant or Associate Director of Athletics, define budget needs including equipment, team travel, uniforms and personnel. 

• In collaboration with Director of Athletics-Department Head and/or Assistant or Associate Director of Athletics, as well as other members of the athletic department, assist with fundraising responsibilities including building and maintaining relationships with Alumni through newsletters, phone-a-thons, and departmental Alumni activities. 

• Recruit academically qualified student-athletes to a highly selective science and engineering-oriented institution and maintain an appropriate number of student-athletes on the team. 

·       Scheduling home and away contests including working with other host institutions and MIT personnel in event management. 

·       Recruit, supervise, mentor and evaluate assistant coaches. 

·       Ensure proper safety precautions regarding student-athletes’ training and health are followed at all times including DAPER Risk Management procedures. 

·       Demonstrates adherence to DAPER Risk Management procedures, as well as timely and effective communication with Sports Medicine to ensure the health and safety of the student-athletes.  

·      Provide oversight of facilities in order to ensure healthy and safety of users (i.e. condition of the pool, electronic equipment).

·       Teaches instructional activity courses in the required Physical Education and Wellness program. These duties include syllabus development, attendance, grading as well as attending meetings specific to physical education and wellness and curriculum development. 

·       Awards up to four points per season in accordance with guidelines towards the general institute requirement of eight points through the Physical Education and Wellness Office for student participation in varsity athletics.

·       Participate in collaborative activities across the Division for Student Life (DSL) and within the Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER) through service on committees and mentoring colleagues. 

·       Provide team statistics and other relevant materials to Director of DAPER Athletics Communications.

·       Adherence to regulations and completion of forms associated with MIT, conference and national governance regulations at the NCAA Division III membership level.  

·       Member in good standing in sport’s National Coaches Association or governing body. 

·       Competent fulfillment of other administration duties as assigned.