The home campus for this position is Mansfield. Mansfield University Athletics is a member of NCAA DII Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PSAC), sponsoring 12 sports. The Mounties also sponsor a sprint football program which competes in the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL).

Athletics Mission The Mansfield Intercollegiate Athletics program offers a comprehensive student-athlete experience which includes individual attention, an emphasis on academic and athletic achievement, community service and opportunities for leadership. We are committed to developing student-athletes and use the Mansfield Creed of character, scholarship, cultural awareness, and service to others as our foundation.

We provide a supportive and inclusive environment to empower our student-athletes to reach the highest level of personal, athletic, and academic achievement. This prepares Mansfield student-athletes for success in the global workforce by providing an accessible and transformative educational experience.

To create this environment, we provide equitable resources to all teams. We are dedicated to ensuring our student-athletes have the resources, support, and opportunities they need to be successful. eporting to the Mansfield Campus Administrator, the Director of Athletics is responsible for providing visionary leadership, organization, budgeting, and evaluation of 12 intercollegiate athletic teams which compete at the Division II level, and a sprint football program which competes in the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL). In addition, the Director works in collaboration with the Mansfield University Mountaineer Foundation to raise external funding for intercollegiate athletics and serves as the principal liaison and representative for athletics with the campus community, conference, and national affiliations. The Director is a faculty position, represented by the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) and a member of an academic department. The Director will have a lead role in program assessment and in athletics facilities development and is expected to achieve high expectations with accountability for bottom line results.

The Director of Athletics is a faculty member in the Department of Athletics Faculty and as such shall be a fully functioning member of the department as defined in the APSCUF CBA.

The Director provides leadership and oversees all aspects of the intercollegiate athletics program including the supervision of all programs and personnel, budgeting, contest scheduling, transportation, scheduling of facilities, fundraising, the recruitment of academically and athletically talented student-athletes, and the recruitment and evaluation of coaches. In addition, the Director ensures the athletic program achieves campus, conference and NCAA rules compliance. The Director will delegate specific responsibilities to assure the efficient and productive operation of all academic, administrative, business and fiscal activities of the department.

• Maintains a physical on-campus presence, and be actively involved in the community
• Schedules and manages all contests and their arrangements
• Administers regulations of appropriate athletics governing bodies
• Participates in selection of coaching staff
• Represents Mansfield athletics in an official capacity at events and to appropriate state, regional, and national organizations
• Prepares budgets, monitor expenditures and ensures fiscal stewardship
• Initiates, designs and implements long-range plans for the athletic program
• Promotes Athletics within the mission of CU
• Works collaboratively with health care professionals to ensure proper medical/health care is provided for student athletes
• Directs efforts to equalize opportunities for men and women in sports
• Promotes an inclusive environment for student-athletes, coaches and staff
• Serves as a representative to campus and CU committees as appropriate
• Fulfills the duties required of the Director of Athletics by the Agreement between APSCUF and PASSHE for Non-Faculty Athletic Coaches
• Develops and implements a strategy for achieving fund-raising goals that progressively increases alumni and donor financial support for the athletic department
• Develops and implements a strategy for securing corporate sponsorships that progressively increases financial support for Mansfield Athletics
• Actively builds and maintains positive relationships that benefit the athletic department in local and regional community
• Serves as the primary representative of Mansfield Athletics to the Commonwealth University community and with external constituents and stakeholders
• Monitors and maintains NCAA compliance requirements, with extensive knowledge of intercollegiate sports and athletics rules and regulations
• Develops collaborative relationships with other campus offices to ensure compliance, quality of service, and institutional integrity

• Master’s degree
• Applicants must have a commitment to and responsibility for adhering to all rules and regulations of the PSAC and the NCAA
• Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible experience as an athletic administrator OR relevant professional experience
• Knowledge and/or experience with NCAA rules, budget practices, personnel supervision, and event management
• Proven highly effective interpersonal, leadership, consensus-building skills
• Demonstrated commitment to broad-based sports programming and to the principles of diversity and equity, and academic priorities are required
• External fundraising experience

• Prior connection to and knowledge of the Mansfield community and Mansfield Athletics
• Experience in a collective bargaining environment
• Prior experience as an administrator in an NCAA environment.