Coach Wanted

Uppsala RFC Men's rugby head coach

Job description

• Develop a game plan and a fitting training plan for Uppsala's Men's team.
• Plan and perform URFC's first Men's team training sessions
• Attend and coach all games of Uppsala's Men's team.
• Continuously communicate the needs of improvement and development to each individual player.
• Communicate and collaborate with P18 team and help developing prospect players.
• Actively take part in developing and supporting the club's agenda.

Uppsala RFC

Uppsala RFC is one of Sweden's oldest rugby clubs, founded as early as 1965 and thus is about to turn 60 years old! Today, Uppsala RFC is a club with almost a 200 members, fielding one women's team, one men's team and a growing youth section with teams in all age groups, from U6 to U16, including a newly started team for girls ages 15-18.

The club's women's team played in the Swedish Championship final in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011, where they earned four silver medals. The club's men's team plays in the Swedish second league, but has historically won the Swedish championship three times. Both the women's and men's teams have recently produced national team players.

In-season the club's teams train and play their games at Fyrisfjädern, a good facility, in the city center of Uppsala with modern equipment and during the off-season the different teams train on Astroturf pitches and indoor sports halls.

URFC also have a nice clubhouse where different types of socials are hosted and where club members meet and socialize to foster an inclusive, nice and warm club atmosphere.

URFC Men's team

The men's team of the club has for the last couple of decades mostly been a social team, made up by a mix of experienced, beginners, young and old players, coached by players or local former players. The numbers fluctuates during the year, but also during the season. The current squad consists of 30+ players, but the attendance at practices varies at lot.

In the Swedish second league, the annual number of games is usually around 8-10 and in addition there is also a 7's competition spread over three weekends. Most away games are played quite close to Uppsala, with the occasional game including overnight travel.

The goals for the future is to have our men's team play in the first (top) league in Sweden, but also to have a second team to develop young talent, help injured players back and provide game time to older players without aspirations of playing in the first team. To reach these goals we aim to recruit a skilled and motivated coach, who can start developing the men's team and its players and activities.

The candidate

• The coach shall have at least 10 years of combined playing/coaching experience and at least 2 years of rugby coaching experience at any level.
• A coaching course certificate would be beneficial.
• The candidate has to be committed to the team and club and the club requires the coach to attend at least 80 % of the trainings and 90% of the games, unless discussed and approved otherwise with the board.
• The coach will have to commit to, follow and promote the club's code of conduct.
• The club/board has the right to terminate the contract with 1 month notice. If a breach of the clubs code of conduct is noticed, the club/board has the right to terminate the contract immediately.

What do we offer

• We offer reimbursement of travel costs to and from trainings, games and other official club events associated with the Men's team.
• We offer a monthly stipend, which will depend on the candidate's experience as a rugby coach and player.
• We offer a per-diem for games and trainings associated with the Men's team attended by the coach.
• We will provide help to find a job on the side of coaching if coming from abroad
• We will provide help with enrolment at Uppsala University for further education.
• We will provide help to find accommodation
• We provide a trainer starter kit (training jacket and pants, shorts, shirt, shorts, cap, beanie and whistle).
• The coach will be supported by the Men’s board representative and a team manager

If you are interested pleased send a CV with relevant experience (max. One page) to styrelsen@uppsalarugby.se