Link to job posting: https://wilkesuniversitycareers.applicantpro.com/jobs/3699931
$8,500 Stipend
Housing is available
Wilkes University invites applicants for Assistant Coach / Intern for Men’s Wrestling in the Intercollegiate Athletics Department for the 2025-2026 academic year.
A Bachelor’s degree and previous participation and/or coaching experience is required. This position includes a stipend and housing is available.
The successful candidate is responsible to assist the head coach in all facets of the program; exhibit the ability to utilize various technologies; have active involvement in student-athlete recruitment; assist with practice and game preparation with a focus on player development; fulfill administrative tasks as assigned and participate in team community service and fundraising events.
Wilkes University is an independent, comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2,000 students at the undergraduate level and over 1,500 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels.
Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and one-half hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.
To apply, send an email to Director of Wrestling Jon Laudenslager at jon.laudenslager@wilkes.edu. Please be sure to include a cover letter, resume and three references. Review of applications begins immediately.
Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.
Employment at Wilkes is contingent upon the results of a thorough background screening. PA Act 153 requires that persons working in positions with regular and unsupervised contact with minors complete additional clearances, including FBI fingerprinting and PA criminal and child abuse clearances.