Performance Coach $60,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks
Description
This role is for someone who wants to coach student-athletes, not teach them — no curriculum to design, no assignments to grade, no content to present. What matters here is building accountability, establishing trust, and helping someone exceed the limits they've placed on themselves.
Texas Sports Academy operates a virtual program in which student-athletes move through self-paced academic applications while strengthening life skills in parallel with their athletic development. Your cohort meets with you each week in virtual 1:1 sessions and small groups. You set priorities with them, maintain accountability, and detect disengagement early. The tone and effectiveness of your sessions depend entirely on your presence and ability to build trust — the academic content takes care of itself.
The work consists of three core components: coaching sessions that maintain student momentum, proactive responses when data reveals a gap in progress, and facilitated virtual workshops addressing mindset and life skills. This is a remote position based in Texas, requiring quarterly in-person attendance at events in Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio.
If you've worked with students or athletes in a coaching or mentoring capacity and found the most rewarding moments came from watching someone break through a barrier they thought was fixed, submit your application now.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating virtual 1:1 and small-group coaching sessions to clarify priorities, maintain accountability, and sustain high levels of engagement with student-athletes
- Reviewing progress data from learning platforms to spot disengagement or performance gaps before they escalate
- Taking direct action when a student begins to lag — modifying your coaching method, restoring momentum, and guiding recovery
- Facilitating structured virtual workshops focused on mindset, life skills, and personal growth, with active student participation as the key success metric
- Establishing trust with each student-athlete so that accountability discussions feel natural and earned rather than forced
What you will NOT be doing
- Teaching curriculum or providing academic instruction — students use self-directed applications; your role centers on engagement and execution
- Creating lesson plans, grading work, or managing course frameworks
- Relying on students to report issues — you analyze the data and take initiative first
- Conducting sessions where students attend but remain disengaged
Key responsibilities
Maintain engagement, academic progress, and life skill development for virtual student-athletes, preparing them for success beyond the classroom environment.
Candidate requirements
- You have experience coaching or mentoring students or athletes — whether paid or on a volunteer basis
- You have led group sessions for students or athletes for a minimum of 6 months
- You have worked in a capacity where you established goals and measured outcomes — and can provide supporting data (such as completion rates, performance improvements, or comparable metrics)
- You are proficient in running virtual sessions using Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams, and have experience tracking participant progress via spreadsheet, LMS, or similar platform
- You have used an AI tool — such as Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity, or a similar application — at least once and can describe the use case
- You are located in Texas and available to attend one in-person event each quarter in Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio
- You are authorized to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Familiarity with learning management systems (such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, or comparable platforms) or tools designed for tracking academic progress
- Ability to tailor your coaching style to varied motivation profiles — recognizing when to apply pressure, when to ease off, and when to simply listen
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