TBR | The College System of Tennessee

Job Title: Assistant Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach

Flat Salary: $5,000.00

Campus Location: Walters State Community College - Morristown Campus (Employees are assigned to a “home” location but may occasionally or regularly be required to work at other WSCC locations.)

Job Purpose: The purpose of this position is to assist and help oversee a successful cross-country program for WSCC.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assists in developing schedules, team stats, team travel, and the budget manager for the fall program.
• Recruits athletes via email, phone calls, and traveling to various races to select talented athletes. 
• Fundraise for the cross-country program. 
• Assists in developing daily practice plan for athletes, including strength and conditioning training (fall & spring. 
• May perform other duties as assigned. 

Required Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree
  
• Working knowledge gained from experience running a successful cross-country program.
  
• Strong communication skills and ability to persuade prospective athletes to attend WSCC.
  
• Experience either coaching or participating in collegiate level cross country program.
  
• Up-to-date knowledge of the collegiate rules.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

Behavioral Core Competencies:

• Empowers and motivates team to maximize effectiveness.
  
• Listens effectively, encourages and is receptive to new ideas; invites response/dissent; verifies he/she has a clear understanding of what others are saying.
  
• Breaks down barriers and develops influential relationships across teams/functions/layers; challenges others to identify new ways to view existing situations.
  
• Empowers employees to adjust procedures to improve service quality and find creative solutions to problems. Recognizes and rewards achievement.
  
• Spends time with employees to learn about their capabilities, needs, and priorities. Manages team conflict appropriately, providing feedback and coaching to develop team members.
  
• Inspires improvement to advance the College’s mission while preserving institutional principles and character; recognizes and rewards people whose actions support organizational change efforts.
  
• Considers the impact and efficiency of decisions prior to deciding on a specific course of action in deference to WSCC’s benefactors and supporters.
  

Leadership & Supervisory: Helps manage the cross-country program, providing daily supervision of races and practice strategy, recruiting, and athlete instruction.

Environment & Working Conditions: Requires working outside in varying weather conditions; frequent exposure to extreme temperatures, rain, snow, and humidity.

Physical Demands  (including requirements for travel or working nights/weekends/holidays):

• Requires working some nights and weekends.
• May be required to drive team van on some trips.
• Requires extensive travel for recruiting and tournaments.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of this job.

REQ#504380

Posting Closes: Friday, June 26, 2026