The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is proud to offer the graduate assistant coaching positions for the 2025-26 academic year. These graduate assistants will gain valuable experience in Wisconsin’s NCAA Division II athletics department.
The successful candidates will work a 10-month appointment for the 2025-26 academic year, with the opportunity for renewal of a second-year 12-month appointment. Each graduate assistant will receive a full tuition waiver and a total annual stipend of $9,000, distributed in equal monthly payments. These positions will remain open until filled. Anticipated start date for the positions will be August 1, with the potential for a mutually-agreed upon earlier start date and summer employment.
The coaching graduate assistants will also serve as an instructor for an activity class for the Health, Kinesiology, and Sport Management department (HKSM). To be eligible, students must be admitted to the in-person Master of Sport Management Program (MSSM) at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Appointments are contingent upon maintenance of minimum credit requirements and good standing in the MSSM program.
Position Title: Graduate Assistant - Coach
Postions Include:
Women's Basketball
Baseball
Softball
Men's Soccer
Essential Job Functions
Primary Responsibilites will include but are not limited to:
Planning and execution of practice.
Player development
Opponent scouting & Film breakdown
Recruitment of student-athletes
Travel and operational logistics
Organizing camps and clinics
Monitoring the academic progress of student-athletes
Consistently demonstrate a positive team player attitude, building and maintaining professional working relationships with all departmental staff, including but not limited to the athletics administration, the sports medicine department, support staff, and other department coaches.
Represent the athletics department through collaboration with a variety of campus groups.
Represent the athletics department appropriately and intentionally through community involvement, speaking engagements, media responsibilities, etc.
Represent UW-Parkside as appropriate with the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), Northern Sun Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (NSIC) and the NCAA.
Consistent with NCAA Bylaw 11 and institutional procedures. Coach understands and agrees that if Coach is found in violation of any NCAA or Conference Legislation or fails to report a violation, he/she shall be subject to disciplinary or corrective action as set forth in the provisions of the NCAA enforcement procedures, including suspension without pay or termination of employment for significant or repetitive violations.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor’s degree.
Experience as a student-athlete, manager, and/or coach in college athletics, high school, professional sports or relevant equivalent experience.
Preferred:
Relevant experience in the area of recruiting, scouting, and player development.
Experience handling administrative tasks of a sports program in college athletics.
Demonstrate the ability to be strategically organized and think innovatively.
University of Wisconsin Parkside is Wisconsin's only NCAA Division II member institution and is a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC).