Job Description
Date: April 6, 2026
Position Available: Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Position Reports to: Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Department: Athletics
FLSA Status: Full-Time Exempt
Schedule: Full-Time - Variable hours; outside work; travel for recruitment of student-athletes and contest participation
Please apply online: https://franciscan.edu/head-womens-basketball-coach-2/
POSITION SUMMARY
The Head Women’s Basketball Coach is responsible for the administration, development, and advancement of a competitive NCAA Division III women’s basketball program in alignment with the mission of the Franciscan University Athletic Department: forming disciples, developing leaders, and pursuing excellence. This role requires a strong commitment to the recruitment and formation of student-athletes who demonstrate both athletic ability and a dedication to personal, academic, and spiritual growth.
The Head Coach provides comprehensive oversight of all aspects of the program, including but not limited to recruiting, player development, practice planning, game strategy, and day-to-day program administration. In addition, the Coach fosters the holistic development of student-athletes within a Christ-centered environment, supporting their formation as individuals of character, integrity, and faith.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Game day strategy / In game adjustments.
2. Plan and execute effective and challenging practice and training programs, including team and specific position/individual athlete instruction.
3. Promote the spiritual development of each student-athlete and a team culture in which the Catholic faith and Christian moral principles are integrated into daily activities and permeate the program.
4. Promote the academic development of each student-athlete and a team culture of academic excellence.
5. Comply with all relevant NCAA and PAC conference rules and regulations and communicate with prospective student-athletes in accordance with NCAA regulations.
6. Coordinate with Athletic Staff and other University departments on logistical issues such as contest scheduling, team travel, venue scheduling/maintenance, and gameday preparation.
This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Additional duties, expectations and responsibilities may be added or assigned by the Athletic Director and/or direct supervisor; or changed as needed to meet the University's needs.
REQUIREMENTS
Must understand, support and embrace the mission of Franciscan University of Steubenville and possess the following:
Technical Skills
· Demonstrate effective coaching skill, knowledge of coaching tactics in the development of the student-athlete and the ability to promote a positive culture.
· Implement effective daily practice plan and competition strategy.
Non-Technical Skills/Competencies
· Technical/Functional Skills: Actively seeks ways to practice and continually improve the required skills or knowledge to build a successful basketball program.
· Developing Self: Continually assesses one’s skills and identifies area that can be further improved.
· Decision Quality: Effectively blends analysis, experience, and intuition in the decision-making process.
· Verbal Communication: Excellent Communicator.
Education and Work Experience
· Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred.
· 3-5 years of coaching experience, collegiate or high school head coaching (college preferred); former collegiate basketball player.
· Knowledge of the D3 rules and regulations
· Recruiting experience of prospective student athletes
Certifications & Licenses
· CPR/First Aid
Workplace Factors
· Understanding of basic set up and tear down of relevant equipment.
· Tracking of equipment/inventory.
· Work with the Transportation Coordinator to coordinate travel and capability/willingness to drive a 12-passenger van.
· Ability to function within a defined chain of command.
Candidates must submit an online application, a resume and a cover letter that demonstrates their fit for the position based on their experience, accomplishments, and skills as well as their desire to advance the mission of Franciscan University.
Please apply online: https://franciscan.edu/head-womens-basketball-coach-2/
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Franciscan University of Steubenville is committed to principles of equal opportunity and is an equal opportunity employer.
Work Should Never Be Just Work!
It should be a calling, a vocation. Through pursuing a career with Franciscan University, you’ll have the opportunity to be a part of a visionary organization in service of the Catholic Church, society, and culture.
At Franciscan University you will work for and with the Church, alongside like-minded men and women who share your values and your desire to transform the culture. You’ll be challenged by the work and rewarded by the fruit it bears. You’ll be part of an institution that Francis Cardinal Stafford, former president of the Pontifical Council of the Laity, described as “central to the reform and the renewal of the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council.”
Founded in 1946 by the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular, Franciscan University is known around the world for its enduring fidelity, vibrant campus culture, and academic excellence.
In just under 70 years, Franciscan University of Steubenville has emerged as a leader in academically excellent and passionately Catholic education. By integrating faith and reason in the pursuit of truth and right living, the University has grown from a small facility serving local veterans of World War II to a beautiful hillside campus and an educational institution recognized nationally and internationally for its programs, faculty, and graduates.
Since 2001, the University has been ranked in the elite “first tier” of Midwestern universities by U.S. News and World Report’s guidebook, America’s Top Colleges. Included in every edition of the Cardinal Newman Society’s Guide to Choosing a Catholic College, Franciscan has also been ranked as a top 100 “best value” in private higher education by Kiplinger Personal Finance Magazine since 2011.
Numbered among Franciscan’s graduates are bishops and priests, congressmen and pro-life activists, missionaries, catechists, doctors, lawyers, and teachers. They’re leaders in the Church and culture, serving in the vanguard of the New Evangelization, and they’re doing that, in large part, because of the education in faith and reason they received at Franciscan University.