Graduate Assistant - Swimming & Diving

The Graduate Assistant for Swimming & Diving will assist the coaching staff in all aspects of the Northern State University Swimming & Diving program. This position provides valuable hands-on experience in collegiate athletics, including coaching, operations, recruiting, student-athlete development, event management, and NCAA compliance. The Graduate Assistant will play an active role in supporting the daily operations and long-term success of the program while gaining a comprehensive understanding of collegiate athletics administration and coaching. Compensation includes a stipend and a partial tuition waiver for a master’s program at Northern State University.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning and implementing swim workouts, dry-land conditioning programs, and strength and conditioning activities.
• Assist with coaching during all practices, including in-season and out-of-season training sessions.
• Organize and facilitate dry-land conditioning programs.
• Assist with stroke analysis, swimming technique instruction, and injury prevention initiatives.
• Coach at competitions by assisting with race preparation, timing splits, video analysis, and other meet-related coaching duties.
• Implement and oversee study table procedures and monitor student-athlete academic progress.
• Assist with swim meet operations
• Assist with pool scheduling and coordination with other athletic programs and facility users.
• Support daily program operations and administrative functions.
• Assist with all aspects of recruiting, including communication, campus visits, and prospect management.
• Assist with planning and coordinating team travel, including hotel accommodations, meals, transportation, and meet logistics.
• Participate in program fundraising initiatives
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Head Swimming & Diving Coach

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required and acceptance into a Northern State University Graduate Program
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Competitive swimming and/or diving background.
• Swimming and/or diving coaching experience.
• Knowledge of dry-land strength and conditioning programs.
• Understanding of injury prevention principles.
• Knowledge of stroke analysis and swimming technique instruction.

Application Instructions: Candidate review begins immediately and continues until filled. Send letter of application, resume, and references to Tim Teeter, Head Swimming and Dive Coach to tim.teeter@northern.edu.

About Northern State University About Northern State University: Northern is one of 16-member institutions of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). Through generous donor support, Northern has transformed its athletic facilities in recent years. As of July 2021, more than $60 million has been raised for the Educational Impact Campaign, a transformational project that has resulted in a $40 million on-campus regional sports complex, including the new Dacotah Bank Stadium for football and Koehler Hall of Fame softball field, opening in August 2021. It has also resulted in a state-of-the-art football practice and soccer competition facility, the $6.5 million Athletic and Recreation Fields, which was completed in October 2018. Numerous facility improvements have also been made to the Barnett Center, including a $525,000 renovation to Wachs Arena and Don Meyer Court in 2019, which involved removing the entire concrete floor of the arena and replacing with a new maple, Robbins MVP parquet style floor that is level with the track surface. Also, $800,000 in technology upgrades were finished in 2019, including a new center-hung Daktronics 4-sided videoboard display, the largest collegiate center-hung in the state of South Dakota.