Head Baseball Coach

University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, Illinois
Full Time

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Head Baseball Coach

Posting Category: E

About UIS: Located in the state capital, the University of Illinois Springfield is one of three members of the University of Illinois system. The University serves more than 4,000 students in 44 graduate and 56 undergraduate programs. You are encouraged to visit the university web page at .

Application deadline: 5/20/2025

Minimum Starting Salary: $61,000.00

Summary:
Head Baseball Coach develops, manages, implements, and advances competitive intercollegiate and baseball program within the philosophy, objectives, policies, and guidelines of NCAA Division II, the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC), and Department of Athletics at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS). The Head Baseball Coach reports to the Director of Athletics.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Teach and instruct advanced level skills, techniques, and game strategies inherent in the highest level of competitive play; developing UIS baseball student-athletes to successful competitive achievements.

Recruit highly successful baseball student-athletes who are both physically and academically talented, who represent UIS and Department of Athletics with good character, and who strive to graduate from UIS.

Responsible for scheduling, organizing, and conducting practices/competitions including team travel.

Responsible for administration and strategic vision for success of UIS baseball programs including budgeting, strategic planning, organizing, and reconciling baseball accounts to ensure expenditures compliant with budget.

Responsible for fundraising, marketing, promotion, and alumni and community engagement of UIS baseball and Department of Athletics at UIS.

Identify, manage, mentor, and oversee ethical and talented UIS baseball assistant coaching staff.

Collaborate with athletic training staff, academic support personnel, strength and conditioning, compliance staff, and other campus personnel to enhance and support UIS baseball student-athlete experience.

Accountable for compliance with all NCAA Division II and Great Lakes Valley Conference rules; including submission of all compliance forms, adherence to all compliance policies and procedures, and attendance of mandatory NCAA rules education sessions.

Monitor academic performance and progress of baseball student-athletes.

Coordinate baseball camps/clinics in an effort to increase local and regional exposure of UIS and UIS baseball.

Attend GLVC, UIS, and Department of Athletics meetings as scheduled; hold office hours in the office in the Recreation and Athletic Center; complete required NCAA and UIS training.

Perform other related duties as assigned to support the departments strategic goals and on-going initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors degree required.
Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years coaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
Preferences will be given to candidates with advanced degrees, a tenure of successful collegiate coaching experience with a proven record of recruiting talented and academically qualified student-athletes. Desired qualifications include practice and game plan development, academic monitoring and development of student-athletes, fundraising and public relations, and strong ethical integrity. The successful candidate must be committed to working and teaching within an environment that embraces the development of student-athletes around their academic achievement, diversity, equity, inclusion, health and welfare.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Demonstrated ability in skill instruction
General administrative skills including budgeting and scheduling
Strong leadership skills
Knowledge and commitment to NCAA DII rules compliance

Working Conditions:

Extreme cold : Occasionally

Extreme heat : Occasionally

Humid : Occasionally

Wet : Occasionally

Temperature Change : Occasionally

Travel Requirements:
30% Travel to Games

Employment Policies and other information:

UIS is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to recruitment and retention of a diverse and inclusive campus community. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

As a qualifying federal contractor, the University of Illinois System uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility .

The University of Illinois may conduct background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment. Background checks will be performed in compliance with state and federal law.

The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current or former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, visit Policy on Consideration of Sexual Misconduct in Prior Employment .

Benefits eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package which offers: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability & AD&D insurance; a defined benefit pension plan; paid leaves such as Vacation, Holiday and Sick; tuition waivers for employees and dependents. Click for a complete list of Employee Benefits .

UIS employment in this role is not covered by Social Security, and instead, is covered by the State University Retirement System.

You will not pay Social Security taxes and your earning will not be on your Social Security Record. (Your record will, however, show your Medicare wages.
Your pension from the State Universities Retirement System may affect the amount of your:

Social Security benefit and
Social Security benefit as a spouse

Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply and may request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (2008) to complete the application and/or interview process. Requests may be submitted by contacting UIS HR at ... or call ....

***Please Note: All postings close at 5:00pm CST on the posting close date.***

Job ID: 477444528

Originally Posted on: 5/16/2025

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