Head Wrestling Coach
Posting Number: F-0840
College/Unit: Athletics
Home Department: Athletics - Wrestling
Employee Group: Athletic Coach (Faculty)
Employment Status: Full-Time
Position Type: 12 month
Position Classification: Athletic Coach
Position Begin Date:
Position End Date:
Position Summary:
Central Michigan University, an FBS member of the Mid-American Conference, is seeking applicants for a Head Wrestling Coach. Position is a full-time, 12-month appointment with full benefit package. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities include the direction of a successful program; planning and administering all aspects of the wrestling program: coaching, recruiting, compliance, fiscal management, and public relations; directing the CMU sports camp program; and being directly involved with fundraising and university development initiatives. The Head Coach is responsible for working within a prescribed budget, identifying and recruiting athletically and academically talented student-athletes, meeting fundraising expectations, community service engagement, and maintaining compliance with NCAA, MAC and CMU rules & regulations.
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree
• Three years college wrestling coaching and recruiting experience
• Budget management experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills, ability to motivate student-athletes to be successful academically and athletically
• Knowledge of and commitment to following NCAA rules and regulations
• Proven integrity, leadership skills and ability to motivate student- athletes to be successful academically and athletically
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable acommodations
Preferred Qualifications:
• Division I wrestling coaching and recruiting experience
• Five or more years’ experience coaching
Message to Applicants:
Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering a broadly diverse and inclusive campus that respects all social identities, experiences, and perspectives. In an effort to further this initiative, we are especially interested in candidates who will advance and promote an inclusive and supportive environment for every member of our university community.
Applicants for this position are subject to the following NCAA Bylaws: https://www.ncaapublications.com/p-4673-2023-2024-ncaa-division-i-manual.aspx to view the NCAA Bylaws. You may be asked about these Bylaws in an interview, and you may be asked to sign a future affirmation confirming the same prior to or upon your employment by CMU, if you are selected for employment.
You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.
Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.
About the Department:
Central Michigan University Athletics is an FBS Member of the Mid-American Conference. For more information, visit the https://cmuchippewas.com/.
Posting Begins: 03/12/2024
Posting Ends:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Type of Recruitment: External
About CMU:
Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.
We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.
CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.
Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.
CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.
Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.
To apply, visit https://apptrkr.com/5183626
CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity within its community. CMU does not discriminate against persons based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, height, marital status, national origin, political persuasion, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religion, sex, sex-based stereotypes, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status, or weight (see https://www.cmich.edu/offices-departments/OCRIE).
If you wish to see “EEO is the Law” posters, please https://www.cmich.edu/docs/default-source/president's-division/ocrie/eeo-is-the-law-poster.pdf?sfvrsn=8ae1a123_10.
CMU does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, including admission and employment, and is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 not to discriminate in such a matter.
Inquiries about the application of Title IX can be made to CMU’s Title IX Coordinator, the US Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary, or both.
CMU’s Title IX Coordinator can be reached at:
Phone: 989-774-3253
Office: 103 E. Preston St.
Bovee University Center, suite 306
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
Email: titleix@cmich.edu
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