JOB POSTING: Goalball Coordinator

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT (for Word version CLICK HERE) Position Title:                     Goalball Coordinator Posting Dates:                    October 17-30, 2019 The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) seeks to hire a dynamic individual with impeccable character and organizational skills to serve as the High-Performance Coordinator for the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Goalball programs. This individual’s purpose will be to support the well-being of goalball athletes in achieving sustained competitive excellence and preserve the Paralympic principles by representing the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA). Brief Overview of the Organization USABA…  Read More

JOB RE-POSTING: Men’s Goalball National Team Head Coach and High Performance Manager

The position opening for Men's Goalball National Team Head Coach and High Performance Manager with the United States Association of Blind Athletes is being re-posted through Tuesday, October 1, 2019. All qualified applications are encouraged to apply. Read the full job description HERE.  Read More

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Men’s National Goalball Team Head & Resident Coach and Goalball High Performance Manager

JOB ANNOUCEMENT   Position Title:                     Men’s National Goalball Team Head & Resident Coach and Goalball High Performance Manager   Posting Dates:                    September 3-18, 2019   The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) seeks to hire a dynamic individual with impeccable character and leadership skills to serve as the Men’s National Team Goalball Head & Resident Coach & Men’s Goalball High Performance Manger to support the well-being of goalball athletes in achieving sustained competitive excellence and preserve the Paralympic principles by representing the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC)  and the United States Association of Blind Athletes…  Read More

U.S. Goalball Teams Win Silver at Parapan American Games

LIMA, Peru -- The U.S. goalball teams are both returning home with silver medals around their necks following a highly successful tournament at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. More importantly, the U.S. men’s team secured their qualification into the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with their performance. “We had one big, big mission here and that was to qualify the team for Tokyo and we did that,” said team member and 2016 Paralympic silver medalist Matt Simpson (Smyrna, Ga.). In Saturday’s gold medal contest, the U.S. men went up against defending world champion Brazil. In the first half,…  Read More