Job Opportunities with Centenary College

The Assistant Football Coach reports to the Head Football Coach and is responsible for assisting the Head Coach in all aspects of the Football program. Direct and coordinate the planning, organizing and coaching of the varsity Football Defensive Secondary at Centenary College of Louisiana. The assistant coach must make prospective student-athletes aware of all policies and procedures. The assistant coach must recruit players each season in accordance with Centenary College, Department of Athletics and Recreation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Recruits student-athletes in accordance with Centenary College and NCAA policy guidelines
• Provide leadership and guidance in the personal and athletics development of student athletes at Centenary College. Duties will include coaching an offensive position organizing and conducting your own position meetings, managing your own recruiting territory, assisting with game planning and data breakdown, monitoring the academic success of the position, and other administrative duties as assigned by the Head Coach.
• Over 25 percent travel time required to attend SCAC and NCAA meeting, conferences, and training seminars, as well as traveling to support team competitions and recruiting.
• Must be accessible and reachable by telephone or text message at times other than College business hours for the purpose of team member contact and/or recruiting purposes.
• Must have access to mobile computing outside of the office for recruitment of student-athletes, scouting, travel arrangements, and budget management.
• Travel required to attend SCAC, NCAA meetings, conferences and other professional development opportunities
• Schedules, organizes, and supervises practices in compliance with College and NCAA rules.
• Ensures that athletic venue is properly set-up for practices and official athletic competition.
• Counsel team members in academic, disciplinary and personal matters; consult with College administration and faculty for resolution of problems as needed.
• Direct and coordinate activities, ensuring compliance with College, Conference, and NCAA policies and regulations.
• Maintain control of college-issued credit card and submit timely reimbursement requests with accompanying support documentation.
• Work with the Director of Athletics and Athletics Administrative Assistant to develop and monitor annual budgets.
• Participates in approved fundraising activities under the coordination and direction of the Director for Athletics.
• Monitoring of Athletic facilities as assigned by Athletic Director
• As an institutional staff member actively involved with NCAA Division III prospects, student-athletes, and athletic department personnel, you are responsible to uphold all conference and NCAA rules and regulations. In accordance with NCAA bylaw 11.1, you are responsible to report any known violations and will be held accountable for any violations committed within your department.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Head Coach and Director of Athletics and Recreation
• Committing to College, Department of Athletics and Recreation, SCAC and NCAA rules and regulations

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

MINIMUM

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 1-3 years of directly related experience dealing with a relatively large and dynamic group of constituents
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, written, leadership, problem-solving, organizational, analytical and skills
• Must have knowledge of rules and regulations set forth by NCAA and conference

PREFERRED

• Master’s degree

Please send cover letter and resume to:
Department of Human Resources
Centenary College of Louisiana
2911 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
Email: hr@centenary.edu
Fax: 318.869-5281

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi river and is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South.

Candidates are invited to visit the College’s website at www.centenary.edu/jobs.

Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus welcome applicants who would add to the College’s diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. EOE.

Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in the Frost School of Business beginning August 2027. Ideally, applicants will have a terminal degree in Accounting from an AACSB accredited institution, demonstrated strength or a commitment to excellence in teaching, work experience in the profession, and a willingness to mentor undergraduate students in research. Also preferred, the terminal degree will be earned in a program with a traditional, campus-based doctoral program. ABDs within one year of degree completion will be considered. Also, candidates with a C.P.A. and a graduate degree in a business discipline will be considered. We seek candidates whose research, teaching, and service have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to the engagement and inclusion of culturally diverse audiences in higher education, particularly in the sport management discipline.

Successful candidates will teach introductory and upper-level accounting undergraduate and graduate courses. Teaching responsibilities include teaching three 4-credit hour courses per semester and holding on-campus office hours each week. Should a candidate move forward in the process, additional job responsibilities will be provided. Qualified candidates are committed to excellent teaching, student advising and mentoring, professional development and scholarship, and service to the profession and the Centenary community. Centenary values interdisciplinary teaching and encourages faculty to contribute to and connect course offerings and scholarship.

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college. Centenary's beautiful campus in Shreveport's Highland neighborhood is home to a community of faculty, staff, and students who encourage each other to think critically, care deeply, and achieve more. Centenary is Louisiana's only U.S. News & World Report Top National Liberal Arts College and is ranked as one of Princeton Review's "Best 388 Colleges." The College is located in the Shreveport-Bossier City metroplex in NW Louisiana which boasts a rich cultural heritage and easy access to other major cities in the South.

Centenary offers excellent benefits to faculty including comprehensive insurance options, retirement matching, tuition remission, and exchange programs, free on-campus benefits including membership to the campus fitness center and entry to all athletic and performance events, and annual support for professional development. Start-up funds are available, along with professional development funds (e.g., for conference travel) and competitive internal research support. Centenary College is committed to providing students with a firm foundation in the liberal arts and to the value of civic debate, the integrity of science, and the inherent usefulness of the liberal arts to help students lead lives of meaning. Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus encourage applicants who would add to the College's diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. Women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. EOE.

For full consideration, applications should be submitted by September 15, 2026. Applicants should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae. Candidate materials should address experience or commitment to teaching and mentoring undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and advancing the College's commitment to diversity.

Candidates who advance in the search will be asked to provide unofficial transcripts and the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three references. Background checks are required before candidates can be brought to campus for interviews. Official transcripts are required before a candidate can be hired.

To apply, send application materials to hr@centenary.edu or:

Human Resources

Centenary College of Louisiana

2911 Centenary Boulevard

Shreveport, Louisiana 71104

Email: hr@centenary.edu

Fax: 318.869.5281

Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in the Frost School of Business beginning August 2027. Ideally, applicants will have a terminal degree in Sport Management from an AACSB accredited institution, demonstrated strength or a commitment to excellence in teaching, work experience in the profession, and a willingness to mentor undergraduate students in research. Also preferred, the terminal degree will be earned in a program with a traditional, campus-based doctoral program. ABDs within one year of degree completion will be considered. We seek candidates whose research, teaching, and service have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to the engagement and inclusion of culturally diverse audiences in higher education, particularly in the sport management discipline.

Successful candidates will teach introductory and upper-level sport management undergraduate courses. Teaching responsibilities include teaching three 4-credit hour courses per semester and holding on- campus office hours each week. Should a candidate move forward in the process, additional job responsibilities will be provided. Qualified candidates are committed to excellent teaching, student advising and mentoring, professional development and scholarship, and service to the profession and the Centenary community. Centenary values interdisciplinary teaching and encourages faculty to contribute to and connect course offerings and scholarship.

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college. Centenary’s beautiful campus in Shreveport’s Highland neighborhood is home to a community of faculty, staff, and students who encourage each other to think critically, care deeply, and achieve more. Centenary is Louisiana’s only U.S. News & World Report Top National Liberal Arts College and is ranked as one of Princeton Review’s “Best 388 Colleges.” The College is located in the Shreveport-Bossier City metroplex in NW Louisiana which boasts a rich cultural heritage and easy access to other major cities in the South.

Centenary offers excellent benefits to faculty including comprehensive insurance options, retirement matching, tuition remission, and exchange programs, free on-campus benefits including membership to the campus fitness center and entry to all athletic and performance events, and annual support for professional development. Start-up funds are available, along with professional development funds (e.g., for conference travel) and competitive internal research support.

Centenary College is committed to providing students with a firm foundation in the liberal arts and to the value of civic debate, the integrity of science, and the inherent usefulness of the liberal arts to help students lead lives of meaning. Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus encourage applicants who would add to the College's diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. Women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. EOE.

For full consideration, applications should be submitted by September 15, 2026. Applicants should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae. Candidate materials should address experience or commitment to teaching and mentoring undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and advancing the College’s commitment to diversity.

Candidates who advance in the search will be asked to provide unofficial transcripts and the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three references. Background checks are required before candidates can be brought to campus for interviews.

Official transcripts are required before a candidate can be hired.

To apply, send application materials to hr@centenary.edu or:
Human Resources
Centenary College of Louisiana
2911 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
Email: hr@centenary.edu
Fax: 318.869.5281

Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a promotion-track faculty appointment for Centenary Theatre Program beginning January 2027. Centenary Theatre Program (CTP) seeks skilled candidates to teach 1-2 technical theatre courses per semester, while also serving as the Director of Technical Theatre for the program. Courses may include general and specialized courses in technical theatre, stagecraft, AutoCAD and other departmental offerings as needed in a liberal arts environment. As Director of Technical Theatre, other duties include managing CTP work-study students, maintaining primary oversight and leadership of construction of sets, scenery, and props for our four annual main stage productions, including active management of the scene shop, costume shop, lighting and audio booths, and backstage areas. A terminal degree in Theatre (MFA) in the area of Technical Direction or Scenic Design is required. Professional experience in technical direction is preferred.

CTP is a vibrant, growing theatre program focused on the professional success of our students. We view CTP as a brief, yet crucial period in the professional lives of our students. When they graduate, they will have both the skills and professional acumen to flourish either in graduate school or straight into their
professional careers.

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college. Centenary’s beautiful campus in Shreveport’s Highland neighborhood is home to a community of faculty, staff, and students who encourage each other to think critically, care deeply, and achieve more. Centenary is Louisiana’s only U.S. News & World Report Top National Liberal Arts College and is ranked as one of
Princeton Review’s “Best 388 Colleges.” The College is located in the Shreveport-Bossier City metroplex in NW Louisiana which boasts a rich cultural heritage and easy access to other major cities in the South. Centenary offers excellent benefits to faculty including comprehensive insurance options, retirement matching, tuition remission and exchange programs, free on campus benefits including membership to the campus fitness center and entry to all athletic and performance events, and annual support for professional development. Start-up funds are available, along with professional development funds (e.g., for conference travel), and competitive internal research support.

Centenary College is committed to providing students with a firm foundation in the liberal arts and to the value of civic debate, the integrity of science, and the inherent usefulness of the liberal arts to help students lead lives of meaning. Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an
educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus welcome applicants who would add to the College's diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. Women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. EOE.

To apply, send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, links to video(s)—no audio—of recent performances and/or teaching, unofficial transcripts of degrees received from all institutions, a list of three references to hr@centenary.edu (pdfs preferred) or to:

Assistant Professor and Director of Technical Theatre
c/o Department of Human Resources

Centenary College of Louisiana

2911 Centenary Blvd.

Shreveport, LA 71104

Applications will be reviewed as received and review will continue until the position is filled.

The campus Police Officer ensures the safety of students, employees and guests in the controlled and assigned areas of property and functions related to the College, continuously enforces campus policies and state laws, and provides a community policing culture to the campus and its environs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Engages in foot and mobile patrols on campus to detect and prevent crimes.
• Enforces state laws.
• Responds to reports of crimes that occur within their jurisdiction, obtains information for the initial report and collects evidence.
• Apprehends subjects and makes arrest as appropriate.
• May participate in intelligence gathering and/or surveillance operations.
• Investigates traffic accidents and files accident reports with the state as appropriate. Testifies in court regarding state traffic violations and other crimes such as burglaries.
• Provides emergency services.
• Coordinates with other law enforcement and emergency response agencies as necessary.
• May be involved with Crime Prevention programs on campus. May participate in intelligence gathering and/or surveillance operations.
• Provides crowd and traffic control at special events.
• Provides safety education to students, faculty, and staff as needed.
• Maintains a community-oriented demeanor at all times in interactions with students, faculty, staff and campus guests.
• Other related duties and responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

MINIMUM -

• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Must have a High School diploma or equivalent.
• POST Certified.
• Have at least 1 year law enforcement experience
• Cannot be under indictment or have been convicted on a felony charge unless the applicant has received a full pardon.
• Must have and maintain a telephone during employment.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to qualify with a firearm.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• Must be able to stand and/or walk 6-8 hours per day.
• Available to work shift, weekend, and overtime hours as needed or assigned.

PREFERRED -

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 2+ years law enforcement experience
• One year or more of experience in university/college and/or other law enforcement.
• Must be people-oriented individual, have good communication skills, and the ability to work with a diverse group of people. 
• Well organized and self-motivated. 
• Computer skills should include word processing, spreadsheets, email, and database applications. 
• Must be able to fulfill job requirements in a high-energy, high-traffic area.

Please send cover letter and resume to:

Department of Human Resources
Centenary College of Louisiana
2911 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
Email: hr@centenary.edu.
Fax: 318-869-5281

Candidates are invited to visit the College’s website at www.centenary.edu/jobs.

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi river and is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South.

Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus welcome applicants who would add to the College's diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. EOE.

Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a tenure-track position holding the T.L. James Chair in Religion at the assistant, associate, or full professor level beginning Fall 2027. We are looking for someone to revive the program with expertise in religious pluralism and interreligious encounters, with a preference for expertise in the United States. Expertise in religion and law, religion and social change, or religion and medicine is desirable. Knowledge of experiential and engaged learning is desirable. Applicants should have a terminal degree in Religious Studies or a related area, demonstrated strength or a commitment to excellence in teaching, work experience in the profession, and a willingness to mentor undergraduate students in research. ABDs within one year of degree completion will be considered.

Successful candidates will teach undergraduate courses at all levels. Teaching responsibilities include teaching three 4-credit-hour courses per semester. Qualified candidates are committed to excellent teaching, student advising and mentoring, professional development and scholarship, and service to the profession and the Centenary community. Centenary values interdisciplinary teaching and encourages faculty to contribute to and connect course offerings and scholarship.

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college. Centenary’s beautiful campus in Shreveport’s Highland neighborhood is home to a community of faculty, staff, and students who encourage each other to think critically, care deeply, and achieve more. Centenary is Louisiana’s only U.S. News & World Report Top National Liberal Arts College and is ranked as one of
Princeton Review’s “Best 388 Colleges.” The College is located in the Shreveport-Bossier City metroplex in NW Louisiana, which boasts a rich cultural heritage and easy access to other major cities in the South.

Centenary offers excellent benefits to faculty, including comprehensive insurance options, retirement matching, tuition remission, and exchange programs, free on-campus benefits including membership to the campus fitness center and entry to all athletic and performance events, and annual support for professional development. Start-up funds are available, along with professional development funds (e.g., for conference travel) and competitive internal research support.

Centenary College is committed to providing students with a firm foundation in the liberal arts and to the value of civic debate, the integrity of science, and the inherent usefulness of the liberal arts to help students lead lives of meaning. Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus encourage applicants who would add to the College's diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. Women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. EOE.

For full consideration, applications should be submitted by November 1, 2026. Applicants should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae. Candidate materials should address experience or commitment to teaching and mentoring undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and advancing
the College’s commitment to diversity.

Candidates who advance in the search will be asked to provide unofficial transcripts and the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three references. Background checks are required before candidates can be brought to campus for interviews.

Official transcripts and a background check are required before a candidate can be hired.

To apply, send application materials to hr@centenary.edu or:

Human Resources
Centenary College of Louisiana
2911 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
Email: hr@centenary.edu
Fax: 318.869.5281

Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a tenure-track position holding the Ratcliff Chair of Philosophy at the assistant or associate level beginning Fall 2027. We are looking for someone with expertise in Black or Africana Philosophy or Latin American Philosophy. Knowledge of experiential learning and the ability to teach a lower-level symbolic logic course are desirable. Applicants should have a terminal degree in Philosophy, demonstrated strength or a commitment to excellence in teaching, work experience in the profession, and a willingness to mentor undergraduate students in research. ABDs within one year of degree completion will be considered.

Successful candidates will teach undergraduate courses at all levels. Teaching responsibilities include teaching three 4-credit-hour courses per semester, or as negotiated with the provost. Qualified candidates are committed to excellent teaching, student advising and mentoring, professional development and scholarship, and service to the profession and the Centenary community. Centenary values interdisciplinary teaching and encourages faculty to contribute to and connect course offerings and scholarship.

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college. Centenary’s beautiful campus in Shreveport’s Highland neighborhood is home to a community of faculty, staff, and students who encourage each other to think critically, care deeply, and achieve more. Centenary is Louisiana’s only U.S. News & World Report Top National Liberal Arts College and is ranked as one of
Princeton Review’s “Best 388 Colleges.” The College is located in the Shreveport-Bossier City metroplex in NW Louisiana, which boasts a rich cultural heritage and easy access to other major cities in the South.

Centenary offers excellent benefits to faculty, including comprehensive insurance options, retirement matching, tuition remission, and exchange programs, free on-campus benefits including membership to the campus fitness center and entry to all athletic and performance events, and annual support for professional development. Start-up funds are available, along with professional development funds (e.g., for conference travel) and competitive internal research support.

Centenary College is committed to providing students with a firm foundation in the liberal arts and to the value of civic debate, the integrity of science, and the inherent usefulness of the liberal arts to help students lead lives of meaning. Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus encourage applicants who would add to the College's diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. Women, minorities, veterans and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. EOE.

For full consideration, applications should be submitted by November 1, 2026. Applicants should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae. Candidate materials should address experience or commitment to teaching and mentoring undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and advancing the College’s commitment to diversity.

Candidates who advance in the search will be asked to provide unofficial transcripts and the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three references. Background checks are required before candidates can be brought to campus for interviews.

Official transcripts and a background check are required before a candidate can be hired.

To apply, send application materials to hr@centenary.edu or:

Human Resources
Centenary College of Louisiana
2911 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
Email: hr@centenary.edu