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Area of Responsibility
Facilities and Event Management
Type
Full-Time
Location
West Point, New York

Director, Football Recruiting

Army West PointFull-TimeWest Point, NY

What to Expect
The Director, Football Recruiting directs on-campus visits and recruiting communications for football prospective cadet-athletes, their families, and other guests of the football program, to effectively promote Army West Point Football, while upholding standards of excellence established by the Head Football Coach. All the duties of the position must be conducted in adherence with the policies, rules, and regulations of the United States Military Academy (“USMA”), Army West Point Athletic Association Inc. (“AWPAA”), the American Athletic Conference (“Conference”), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”).

What You'll Do
45% Campus Visits 

  • Assist the Executive Director of Player Personnel to establish recruiting calendar to include dates for Official and Unofficial visits, prospect camps, junior days, and other recruiting events.

  • Directly ensure visit program meets detail and excellence standards established by the Head Football Coach. 

  • Oversee the overall planning and execution of official and unofficial visits that occur throughout the year. 

  • Design and manage itineraries. Secure all hosts and direct all entertainment on Official Visits. Arrange all on-campus recruiting functions: facilities, meals, transportation, tours, meetings, classroom experiences, game tickets, photo shoots, etc. Secure all on-campus personnel to support recruiting (e.g., Superintendent, Dean, Commandant, Director of Athletics, TACs, Professors/Officer Representatives, Admissions, Center for Enhanced Performance, etc.). 

  • Communicate with all support staff to meet visit needs (e.g., Recruiting Operations, Strength, Equipment, Video, Operations Training Room staff). Act as the liaison to DCA, Thayer Hotel, and all on and off campus restaurants and hotels used for recruiting. 

  • Work with Recruiting Operations Assistant to ensure that flights and hotels are arranged for prospects and parents and that ground transportation is arranged for official visits. 

  • Set seating chart for all recruiting dinners to have appropriate USMA personnel seated with prospects and parents. 

  • Send “Background Survey” to official visit prospects ensuring necessary details are on hand and oversee any pre and post visit communication and advertising/marketing of visit opportunities. Coordinate with Chief of Staff to operationally support the visit plan within funding parameters and explore opportunities to realize recruiting budget savings when appropriate. 

  • Coordinate proactively with compliance office to ensure all campus visit activities are within NCAA guidelines and report any suspected NCAA or USMA violations to the Head Football Coach immediately. 

  • Work with Recruiting Operations assistant to support visit logistics and ensure Kimsey Center is always “visit ready”. 

  • Report any issues to the Executive Director or Recruiting and/or Chief of Staff.

40% Recruiting Communications 

  • Direct, coordinate and implement all external recruiting communications programs to include electronic, hard copy mail, telephonic and social media platforms. 

  • Direct the creation and execution of a weekly recruiting content and social media campaign. 

  • Provide oversight and leadership to the Twitter and Instagram accounts for the Army West Point Football program in conjunction with the department creative team and the AWPAA Athletics Communication staff. 

  • At all times ensure that content is consistent with the USMA and the AWPAA goals and mission. 

  • Conduct regular SWOT analysis with what other football programs are doing to optimize communication impact.

10% Special Events 

  • Act as Coordinator for any recruiting camps, NFL/Pro-Day combines, walk-on try outs or other events as assigned. 

  • Handle all logistics, communication, and marketing for these events to ensure a first-class experience for those involved. 

  • Liaise with other campus entities (e.g., Security/Campus Access and Parking, Marketing, Finance, Gift Shop, Compliance, HR, etc.) required to execute the special event. 

5% Other Duties

What We Can Offer
$60,000 - $61,000 

This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries that AWPAA believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted position. AWPAA expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would AWPAA consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.

Who We Are 
USMA is renowned as the world’s preeminent leadership development institution. Located on the banks of the Hudson River in West Point, NY, it is approximately one hour from New York City. The mission of USMA is "to build, educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets to be commissioned leaders of character committed to the Army Values and ready for a lifetime of service to the Army and Nation." This position will be housed within the AWPAA, which is a non-profit corporation organized to manage and support the 30 intercollegiate athletic programs at the Academy. The AWPAA mission is to recruit, educate, train and inspire leaders of character who are committed to the Army Values through an extraordinary NCAA Division I athletic experience.