Assistant Baseball Coach​/Athletics Field Specialist

Overview

Founded in 1986, St. Charles Community College (SCC) has a reputation as one of the best two-year colleges in the state of Missouri. SCC's service area includes a six-county region with a population exceeding 540,000. SCC's main campus, located in Cottleville, has won architectural awards for its innovative, contemporary design. The college's Dardenne Creek Campus features the Center for Healthy Living and the Field to Table Institute.

Opening Fall 2025, the Innovation West Campus located in Wentzville features the Regional Workforce Innovation Center. With a focus on innovation, St. Charles Community College is a leader in delivering high quality education in a state-of-the-art learning environment. The success of SCC is rooted in the mission of serving the community by "focusing on academic excellence, student success, workforce advancement, and life-long learning within a global society."

St. Charles Community College is seeking a full-time
Assistant Baseball Coach/Athletics Field Specialist who will assist the Head Coach in the organization, management, and administration of Division I men s baseball program, oversee the management of the playing field(s), exterior landscape/hardscape, batting cages, bull pens, equipment, and common areas at the facility to ensure a safe and competitive playing environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Assists the Head Coach in the organization, management, and administration of a NJCAA Division 1 Baseball program.
• Assists with practice and game coaching, recruitment of prospective student athletes, scouting, strength and conditioning, travel arrangements, off-season program, fundraising, baseball camps, equipment distribution, inventory and other duties assigned by the head baseball coach and athletic director.
• Plans, develops, coordinates and implements grounds keeping operational procedures.
• Recruits prospective student athletes.
• Conducts practices and coaches games.
• Handles the scouting, strength and conditioning training, travel arrangements, off-season program, fund-raising activities, softball camps, equipment distribution, and inventory.
• Demonstrates effective organizational, promotion, recruitment, and fundraising strategies.
• Demonstrates high ethical standards and exhibits a strict adherence to NJCAA, College, departmental rules and regulations and a commitment to student achievement in academics.
• Responsible for exterior landscaping and hardscaping.
• Oversees the purchasing, maintenance and repair of equipment used.
• Provides professional advice, opinions, assistance and services to the Athletics Director, as needed.
• Responsible for managing and maintaining the playing surfaces and facilities for playability and athlete and staff safety, which may include athletic fields (natural grass and synthetic surfaces), infield skin, mound and home plate areas, bull pens, tunnels, batters  boxes, grass to skin transitions, soccer pitch, and soccer practice pitch.
• Responsible for weather monitoring, supervision of tarp handling, field maintenance equipment, irrigation systems, fencing, warning tracks, facility grounds, landscaping/ornamental, sod farm, nursery, and other properties as specified by the Athletics Director.
• Manages construction, renovation and/or reconstruction of the playing surfaces, whether performed in-house or by outside contractors.
• Keeps accurate and complete records of inventory, weather data, maintenance procedures, chemical applications, etc.
• Plans maintenance and project work, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Develops and implements plans to reduce impacts on the environment including recycling, storm water management, waste management and erosion control, and improve the overall sustainability of the facilities.
• Specifies, purchases (or leases) equipment and necessary supplies/materials to maintain the sports facilities and properties.
• Manages inventory and oversees the preventive equipment maintenance and replacement programs.
• Exercises cost control measures to keep operating and capital expenses in line with the approved budgets.
• Communicates with users of the field and with the Athletics Director, Grounds Supervisor and coaches to discuss activities, goals, plans and user input.

When not in an athletic season or caring for the athletic fields, job duties will include: Ensures proper appearance of campus grounds, including picking up trash, emptying parking lot trash containers, and cleaning parking lots and plaza areas.

Performs maintenance to grounds vehicles and equipment; performs routine maintenance to equipment; communicates problems with equipment to grounds supervisor.

Performs snow removal, including shoveling, plowing parking areas and access roads, and application of snow removal chemicals.

Assists with maintenance needs as needed.

Assist housekeeping department with maintaining appearance of campus.