Director / Women's Basketball Operations

academic services, and campus partners to deliver a well-organized, compliant, and student-athlete centered program experience.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• One year of experience in collegiate basketball operations, including experience gained as a graduate assistant, student manager, or intern.
• Working knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations.
• Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills with attention to detail.
• Effective written and verbal communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage budgets and follow financial and travel procedures.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays and to travel with the team.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree.
• Experience in collegiate women's basketball operations.
• Experience supervising student employees.
• Experience with camp operations and university business systems.
• Familiarity with travel, scheduling, and team management platforms such as Teamworks.

Duties & Responsibilities

Team Travel and Logistics:

• Plans and coordinates all team travel, including transportation, lodging, meals, itineraries, and travel party rosters, in accordance with university travel policy and department procedures.
• Serves as the primary point of contact with host institutions, hotels, charter and bus companies, and restaurants for road competitions.
• Coordinates logistics for home competitions, including visiting team needs and game day timelines, in partnership with event management.
• Coordinates logistics for postseason play, exempt events, and any foreign tour, as applicable.

Team Meals and Nutrition Coordination:

• Coordinates team meals, pregame meals, and travel meals in alignment with department nutrition guidance and NCAA and institutional rules.

Scheduling and Program Administration:

• Maintains the program calendar, including practices, competitions, travel, meetings, community events, and team activities.
• Coordinates facility requests and practice scheduling with facilities and event management staff.
• Coordinates staff meetings, team meetings, and program events as directed by the head coach.

Budget and Business Operations:

• Assists the head coach and business office with the development and monitoring of the program operating budget.
• Processes purchase requests, travel authorizations, reconciliations, per diem, and expense documentation in compliance with university policy.
• Tracks expenditures and provide regular budget updates to the head coach.

Student Manager Program:

• Recruits, hires, trains, schedules, and supervises student employees.
• Oversees student employee duties related to practice and game operations, equipment, laundry, video, and statistics, and approve student manager timekeeping.

Program Support and Community Engagement:

• Coordinates team community service and outreach initiatives, including the program's signature Hoops for Hunger food drive.
• Supports official and unofficial visit logistics on campus in coordination with the coaching staff and compliance.
• Coordinates with equipment staff on team apparel and equipment orders and inventory.
• Assists with alumni, donor, and special event coordination as requested by the head coach and external relations staff.
• Maintains program records, historical information, and operations files.

Collaboration and Compliance:

• Works collaboratively with athletics administration, compliance, business operations, facilities, sports medicine, strength and conditioning, academic services, student-athlete development, and communications staff.
• Ensures all activities comply with NCAA, Mid-American Conference, and university rules and policies, including restrictions that apply to noncoaching staff.
• Refrains from on-court instruction and off-campus recruiting activities consistent with the noncoaching staff designation.
• Perform other duties as assigned consistent with the scope of the position.

Supervision Exercised

None.

Position Details

• Employee Group: Professional & Administrative -Salary
• Pay Range: $40,000 - $50,000
• Division: President
• Department: Athletics
• Position Status: Provisional
• Employment Status: Full-Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Position Type: 12 month
• Weekly Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. / weekends and evenings as needed
• Location: Mount Pleasant, MI
• Posting Ends: 10/28/2026
• Open Until Filled: No

About CMU

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master's, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men's and women's Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It's part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state's largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city's central location in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.

CMU Leadership Standards

Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.

We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.

Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.

Message to Applicants

Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering an environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We are especially interested in highly qualified candidates who will advance and promote CMU's mission, vision, and leadership standards.

You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.

Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.

This job is a one‑year appointment starting on the hire date. The department may choose to extend the appointment at their discretion.

To apply, visit https://www.jobs.cmich.edu/postings/45593

CMU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and institution. CMU does not discriminate against persons based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, height, marital status, national origin, political persuasion, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religion, sex, sex-based stereotypes, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status, or weight.

CMU does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, including admission and employment, and is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 not to discriminate in such a matter.