1.The Assistant Coach must be committed to Christ, continually seeking personal growth through the regular practice of spiritual disciplines and creating spiritually rich environments for others to do the same. 2.The Assistant Coach will support the IWU Athletics mission of developing students’ Spiritual Growth, Academic Achievement, Leadership Development, and Athletic Excellence. 3.The Assistant Coach must embody and promote the Wildcat Way biblical values of Kindness, Humility, Belonging, Integrity, and Courage in their life, work, and interaction with others.

POSITION SUMMARY

4.The Assistant Cross Country/Track & Field Coach must be committed to Christ. This not only means having the correct intellectual belief, but it involves a radical transformation in every area of one’s lifestyle. The Coach must continually seek opportunities to grow and possess strong character traits through the regular practicing of the spiritual disciplines (e.g. prayer, meditation, Bible reading) and develop ministry values that express what God can do in impacting student athletes with whom they interact. 5.The Coach’s ministry strategy is to serve student athletes by creating a spiritually rich environment supporting community development, quality programs and exciting innovative initiatives. 6.The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate competence in integration of personal faith and the truths of Christianity with instruction in the sport of Cross Country/Track & Field.

Please email Resume & CV to brody.beiler@indwes.edu

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist the Head Coach to develop, manage, and successfully coach XC/TF, develop programing and training for student-athletes in their events, to include scheduling, recruiting, and equipment management.
• Ensure adherence with established institutional compliance rules, policies, and procedures as well as ethical standards of behavior.
• Ensure satisfactory academic performance of student-athletes.
• Ensure the spiritual, physical, emotional, and social welfare of student-athletes.
• Responsible for successful coaching of Cross Country/Track & Field, to include maximizing the team's potential/abilities, keeping athletes eligible, supporting the spiritual development of each player, and retaining athletes through graduation.
• Assist to propagate a comprehensive public relations program.
• Participate in long-range planning and assessment, read and comply with all departmental policy manuals.
• Assist in planning and implementing daily practice sessions.

Please email Resume & Cover Letter to brody.beiler@indwes.edu