Head Football Coach​/Physical Education Instructor Tenure-Track

Posting Details

Announcement Information Posting Number AA Title Head Football Coach / Physical Education Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College Campus Location Fresno City College Start Date 08 / 05 / 2026

Essential Functions of Position At Fresno City College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Fresno City College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship, and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Fresno City College.

The ideal candidate will share Fresno City College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the  academic year, we enrolled over 45,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian / Pacific Islander, 4% as Black / African American, 14% as White, 1% as American Indian / Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Fresno City College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community.

The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to the use of a curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Under the general direction of the Associate Dean, Athletics and Dean of Instruction, the Vice President of Student Services and in conformance with all State, League and District policies and regulations, the Head Football Coach / Health & Physical Education Instructor at Fresno City College will be working in a variety of settings and times, including evening and / or weekends, on-line or off-campus and large group instruction classes as needed.

The head coach / instructor will be responsible for :

• Providing direction for all facets of a successful college women’s softball program, including the selection and direct oversight of assistant coaches and the general supervision of other support staff (trainer, equipment manager, etc.);
• Leading and developing the student-athlete recruiting process for the football program in compliance with 3C2A regulations to attract prospects, including recruiting assignments of all assistant coaches as appropriate;
• Assisting in building strong relations between the community and the athletic department, particularly with the high schools of the district;
• Ensuring program compliance within the subject sports program with 3C2A regulations; establish and monitor effective procedures to ensure staff and student-athletes comply with such requirements; communicate the disciplinary or corrective consequences of violations as set forth in the provisions of enforcement procedures; report violations of regulations to the Athletic Director and / or appropriate administrator;
• Creating a positive atmosphere for the student-athletes; support academic progress, retention, and matriculation of student-athletes through mentoring activities; refer student-athletes to support services, programs, resources, and other professionals as appropriate; maintain confidential student-athlete information;
• Providing instruction, mentoring, and coaching to student athletes in the skills, techniques, and competitive strategies necessary for individual and team achievement of athletic standards of performance;
• Evaluating individual and team performance and refine individual and team strategies throughout the season;
• Assisting in planning and scheduling competitions, tournaments, and events in collaboration with coaches within and outside of the conference and in concert with academic schedules, District policy, and California Community College Athletic Association 3C2A / conference regulations;
• Providing referrals to prospective student-athletes to academic and student services as appropriate;
• Working with athletic…