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A Bachelor’s degree and previous participation and/or coaching experience is required. This position includes housing and a stipend.

The successful candidate is responsible for effectively managing the daily football operations and assisting the Equipment and Facilities Coordinator with duties assigned to support the athletic program. Responsibilities include utilization of various technology; active role in student-athlete recruitment; field set up and breakdown for practice and games; weekend travel with football; equipment maintenance and repairs; team laundry; pregame uniform prep; manage equipment orders; equipment inventory and site supervision.

Wilkes University is an independent, comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2,200 students at the undergraduate level and over 1,200 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels.

Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and one-half hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.

To apply, send an email to Head Football Coach Jon Drach at jonathan.drach@wilkes.edu. Please be sure to include a cover letter, resume and three references. Review of applications begins immediately.

Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.