MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN GAME DAY RESPONSIBILITIES ATHLETICS EVENT COORDINATOR AND STAFF 1. Complete facility walk-through prior to the event and ensure the facility is Game Ready prior to teams, fans and visitors arriving. This includes bathrooms, bench areas, playing surface, press box/ scoring table, parking, and surrounding areas to the facility. 2. The Game Day Administrator, staff of the in-season sport and teams for teams staff designee are to set up sound (unless pre-installed), scoreboard, signage and all pre-game equipment (nets, screens, goals) prior to pre-game activities. The team for teams sport operating the game will assist the events staff with breaking down the facility. 3. Floor cleaning, raking, dragging, and all other playing surface prep work is to be done by the head coach/ team of the sport participating. The game staff does not perform these duties. However, sweeping the court for basketball/ volleyball between sets/ halves/ games will be done by the support staff (teams for teams). 4. The Game Day Administrator is in charge of assigning game day duties to his/her staff (graduate assistants). Each sport will have specific requirements for the event staff (i.e. scoreboard, book, music, setup/breakdown, etc.) 5. Any lines that need to be painted are done by the head coach or team staff member. This includes pre-game, in between games, and practices. Training the student-athletes to do this properly is an option. 6. If there is a problem, please identify the issue with the appropriate sport, head coach or staff unless the situation is emergent. Non-emergent issues should be documented and brought to the attention of the Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation the next day. 7. Make yourself familiar with emergency support services. Your job is to administrate a safe and enjoyable game experience for student-athletes, officials, and spectators. Behavior that is contradictory to the positive game environment will not be tolerated and must be dealt with in a professional manner. Utilize campus police for assistance with unruly spectators/ participants.
GAME DAY ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Arrive no less than 90 minutes prior to the game. 2. Introduce yourself to the officials. 3. Introduce yourself to the visiting head coach. 4. Ensure that the facility is game ready by touching base with MUW facilities staff, athletic communications and our head coach prior to teams arriving. 5. Follow the Teams for Teams chart and assign workers to the appropriate areas. 6. Sit near or at the scorer's table/ press box or in a visible spot. 7. The officials or ref's control the game - we make sure the rest is running appropriately. 8. If there is a problem please identify the issue with an area head unless the situation is emergent. MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN
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