Director of Athletics
Listed on 2025-12-05
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Sports/Fitness/Wellness
Athletic Trainer / Fitness Instructor, Sports Industry
The Director of Athletics provides administrative direction and oversight for intercollegiate athletics staff, programs, facilities, and activities. The Director of Athletics is responsible for overseeing the University athletic program including planning, implementing, and directing all administrative activities, budgeting, hiring and development of all coaches and athletics staff; strategic planning; and monitoring the university’s intercollegiate athletic programs; administering departmental funds and accounts in a fiscally responsible manner;
and sustaining a culture of sportsmanship, professionalism, and respect at all levels. The Director of Athletics of Lourdes University is responsible for overseeing the operations of 21 athletics teams, ensuring the competitive and academic success and safety of over 350 student‑athletes, and meeting the requirements of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Wolverine‑Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC), and Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC)(men’s wrestling) regulations.
The Director of Athletics oversees program recruiting; focuses on retention by providing an outstanding student‑athlete experience and counseling students appropriately on academic and other issues; enhances the physical, mental, religious, and social development of the student‑athletes through rigorous practices, appropriate competition and off‑field activities including community service; and provides a connection point for the campus, alumni, and Northwest Ohio community to the university.
- Must be results‑oriented and demonstrate a commitment to the university and department missions.
- Coordinate, update and implement strategic planning process for athletics.
- Be committed to the development of the whole student: mind, body, and spirit.
- Ensure the program rewards academic success, retention, and graduation, along with success on the field.
- Work to enhance the student‑athlete experience, including developing strategies for student‑athlete input into the experience.
- Regularly attend athletic contests.
- Recommend team squad sizes and manage overall athletic recruitment process.
- Oversee the recruitment of student athletes in coordination with the Admissions Office.
- Enhance the recruiting process for coaching staff.
- Conduct student‑athlete surveys to assess the student‑athlete experience.
- Implement a monitoring and reporting program for assessing student‑athlete course performance.
- Coordinate use with on‑campus and off‑campus groups.
- Coordinate use of facilities and other off‑campus facility use.
- Advance the master plan for the development of athletics facilities.
- Coordinate team travel for athletics teams, including leasing and/or renting vehicles.
- Approve schedules and contracts for all contests.
- Approve all purchase orders, check requests, expense reports, and travel arrangements.
- Oversee the department’s office procedures and work.
- Oversee the Head Athletic Trainer and athletic administrative staff, including game management, marketing, attendance promotion, and half‑time games/entertainment.
- Oversee the Sports Information Director’s role and duties as assigned.
- Coordinate or delegate the search process for open positions in the athletics department.
- Create consistent policies and procedures for the hiring and retention of Graduate Assistants.
- Evaluate, approve and submit, in cooperation with the Faculty Athletic Representative, eligibility forms of all student athletes to the eligibility chair.
- Correspond with the NAIA on any special eligibility cases, such as hardships and other pertinent concerns.
- Support the…
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