Head Coach - Men’s Soccer

Reports To: Director of Athletics and Recreation

Job Summary

Hawkeye Community College’s Athletics program is looking for a Head Men’s Soccer Coach to join their team.

The Head Coach will be responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Soccer program. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: recruitment, development, and retention of student-athletes; budget management; scheduling; fundraising; academic monitoring; and supervision and evaluation of student-athletes and assistant coaches. The Head Coach will be responsible for cultivating highly competitive programs within the NJCAA, Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC), and Hawkeye Community College policies, procedures, and expectations.

Needs of the department vary, the percent of time devoted to each part of the job will be governed by seasonal and immediate needs of the department.

In 2015, Hawkeye Community College launched its first ever intercollegiate sport program and has since accumulated 17 athletic programs to include: sports shooting, men & women’s soccer, men and women’s cross country, men & women’s track and field, men & women’s golf, women's volleyball, esports, competitive dance, women’s softball, men & women’s bowling and men & women’s wrestling. The Hawkeye Red Tail Athletic Programs compete within the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) as Division II when applicable.

The 2025-26 season will be the first time the soccer programs have had separate coaching staffs since its inception in 2016. Competing at the NJCAA DII level, the men’s soccer program has produced consistent to 20 rankings with a height of #11 in the country. Within one of the toughest conferences in the NJCAA, the program claimed the regular season conference championship in 2021 and runner-up in 2020.

With great student-athlete and program success, the athletic department is looking for the next head men’s coach to take the program to even greater heights.

Hawkeye Community College is a comprehensive community college focused on meeting the needs of the community by providing quality, affordable learning experiences for a diverse student body through our Adult Learning Center, Business and Community Education Department as well as through more than 50 career and technical programs and liberal arts transfer programs. Hawkeye Community College’s mission is about empowering students, strengthening businesses and enriching communities with a vision to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve.

Essential Job Functions

• Responsibilities include the recruitment, development, academic monitoring and retention of student athletes.
• Budget management, fundraising.
• Arranges all scheduling and travel related tasks.
• Manages and directs practice schedules, team supervision during competition, as well as travel, tournaments and other program events.
• Assists the Athletic Administration in marketing and promotion of the soccer program.
• Promotes positive public relations for the soccer program.
• Monitors student-athletes’ academic progress toward graduation at the college and assist with placement at four-year institutions.
• Oversight of the maintenance and inventory of equipment and supplies.
• Participates in campus committees as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Unless otherwise approved under Hawkeye’s remote work policy, regular on campus and/or onsite attendance is considered an essential function of the position.

Working Conditions

Based on the seasonal demands of the sport, anticipated hours will be flexible including evenings, nights and weekends.

Requires skills for succeeding in an outdoor and office environment, using technology.

Requires good hand-eye coordination including visual acuity to use a keyboard and read technical information; arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp. Work is in a combination of indoor and outdoor environments. Outdoor environments may become susceptible to inclement weather conditions. During the course of the day, interact with students, faculty and staff in person, by telephone and computer.

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