The Head Cheerleading Coach provides leadership in all coaching, recruiting, and administrative duties for Howard University’s cheer program. The individual reports to the Department of Student Affairs and Athletics.
Essential Job Functions:
• Organize, prepare, and conduct practices and trainings
• Lead, monitor, and coordinate training and practice sessions, ensuring all appropriate safety guidelines are followed
• Represent the program and Howard University to students, parents, community, alumni, and the public
• Manage the daily operations and administrative facets of the cheer program
• Establish team standards, expectations, values, and culture that align with the University
• Attend continuing education to stay up to date on safety, skills, and technique
• Ensure team members receive proper training before attempting gymnastics or partnered stunts
• Work in conjunction with members of Student Affairs and Athletic Administration regarding staffing needs, strategic budgeting, fundraising, alumni development, and program promotion
• Initiate and coordinate an increased level of community outreach endeavors
• Serve as support for the dance team
• Actively participate in department-wide initiatives
• Demonstrate an appreciation for and sensitivity to a diverse academic community, fostering an inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff from a variety of social, economic, cultural, ideological, racial, and ethnic backgrounds
• Other duties as assigned by Student Affairs and Athletics
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree with previous cheer experience as a coach or participant is required.
CPR, AED, and First-Aid certifications will be required prior to first practice date.
Relevant certifications for cheer.
High integrity and ethical standards are required, along with enthusiasm for the mission of Howard University
Established in 1867, Howard University is a federally chartered, private, doctoral Historically Black University,
with an R2 Carnegie classification. With an enrollment of more than 11,000 students, its undergraduate, graduate,
professional and joint degree programs span more than 120 areas of study within 13 schools and colleges. The main
campus sits on 256 acres, while professional schools of law and divinity are housed on Howard’s West campus.
The Beltsville Center for Climate System Observation (BCCSO), located in Beltsville, Maryland, consists of a
multidisciplinary group of Howard faculty in partnership with NASA/GSFC Earth Sciences Division, other academic
institutions and government. The BCCSO engages students in hands-on or experiential learning.
The University owns Howard University Hospital (HUH), a Level 1 Trauma Center that
partners with Howard University’s medical and allied health programs to provide optimum
care in Washington, D.C. HUH is the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a
Historically Black University. It offers medical and health science students a superior learning
environment and opportunities to observe or pa...rticipate in ground-breaking clinical and research
work with professionals who are changing the face of health care. The University has four health
science units, including Colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.
Howard University is dedicated to improving affordability and access to higher education by creating
initiatives to help more students to graduate in less than four years, thus cutting their costs and debt.
Currently, 48 percent of Howard University’s students are Pell recipients. In its first web exclusive
social mobility ranking, U.S. News and World Report recognized Howard University as the top private
institution for “how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants (those typically
coming from households whose family incomes are less than $50,000 annually).”
The University owns and operates a public television station (WHUT) and nonprofit commercial radio
station (WHUR) – which is one of the top 5 radio stations in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia market.
