Head Men's College Soccer Coach

Lead a storied men's soccer program built on student-athlete development. Step into a highly visible role central to UIS history and Springfield's passionate soccer community.

Head Men's Soccer Coach develops, manages, implements, and advances competitive intercollegiate men's soccer 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). 

About UIS: 

University of Illinois Springfield, one of three universities in the prestigious U of I system, is renowned for its commitment to educating public servants and leaders. As an integral part of the U of I system, UIS offers a dynamic and supportive environment focused on excellence in education, innovation, and public service. Located in Springfield, IL, UIS provides a vibrant campus life with a strong emphasis on academic and extracurricular activities. 

Duties & Responsibilities:

Teach and instruct advanced level skills, techniques, and game strategies inherent in the highest level of competitive play; develop UIS men’s soccer student-athletes to successful competitive achievements. 

Recruit highly successful men’s soccer student-athletes who are both physically and academically talented, who represent UIS 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 men’s soccer program including budgeting, strategic planning, organizing, and reconciling soccer accounts to ensure expenditures compliant with budget. 

Responsible for alumni and community engagement, fundraising, marketing, promotion of the UIS men’s soccer and Department of Athletics at UIS.

Identify, manage, mentor, and oversee UIS men’s soccer assistant coaching staff. 

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree required. Candidates must have a minimum of three years coaching experience in men's soccer.

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. 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