Graduate Assistant: Coaching Positions

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is proud to offer the graduate assistant coaching positions for the 2026-27 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 2026-27 academic year with the opportunity for renewal of a second year 12-month appointment. Each graduate assistant will receive a full tuition waiver and an annual stipend of $9,000, paid monthly. 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.

UW‑Parkside is a great place to start or enhance your career. The campus is nestled in 700 acres of woodland and prairie and two miles west of Lake Michigan in Kenosha, WI. At Parkside we offer competitive pay and benefits, as well as an engaging and supportive work environment. Parkside is a community that’s easy to call home. Find out why!

Available Position:

Women’s Basketball

Men’s Basketball

Track & Field/Cross Country (Throws)

Track & Field/Cross Country

• 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

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience as a student‑athlete, manager, and/or coach in college athletics, high school, professional sports or relevant equivalent experience

• 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