Head Coach- Esports

The Head Coach of Esports is primarily responsible for the development and administration of the Esports club team. This position recruits, selects, develops, and mentors students on the Esports team. The primary focus is on the students’ academic success, teaching the various esports games that are chosen by the team and development as good citizens and representatives of the College. Develops preliminary budget, schedule, training, travel and equipment needs.

In conjunction with the Director of Campus Life, works to establish fundraising goals and promotional visibility of the College. This position is paid $8,000 in equal bi-weekly payments.

• High School Diploma
• Competitive esports experience
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues – desktop support administration
• Understanding of recruiting techniques

• Associate’s degree
• Competitive esports experience, knowledge of competition rules and recruiting protocols.

• Recruits and maintains a roster of eligible student esport members, Coordinates with Admissions for prospective members.
• Works with student esport assistants to maintain and facilitate esports arena hours of operation.
• Works with student esport assistants to create practice schedules for each team.
• Collaborates with NJCAAE officials to schedule and ensure competitions take place.
• Works with Student Activity Center Coordinator to ensure players are eligible to compete.
• Provides recommendations of equipment upgrades to the arena.
• Holds organizational meetings for team prospects and encourages potential athletes to participate in the sport, and/or attends regional combines and other events for recruiting purposes.
• Serves as a liaison between SMC Esports and the National Junior College Athletic Association for Esports (NJCAAE).
• Assists in the general operations of the SMC / MEC Fiber Cup.
• The duties listed in this job description are not all-inclusive, but a list of the major responsibilities. Additional duties not noted in the job description may be assigned by a supervisor.

• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.
• Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

• Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

• None. The employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• Resume
• Cover Letter

• Academic Transcripts