Sports Mentor $150,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks
Description
- $150,000/year, with weekly pay. Health, dental, and vision benefits start on day one
- Based in Austin, TX (fully on-site)
- Relocation assistance available
Competing at the elite level—whether as an Olympian, World Champion, or D1 First Team All-American—has taught you what it takes to excel. The question is: can you turn that experience into practical coaching methods that drive students to achieve at the highest level?
Texas Sports Academy is where your next challenge begins. Here, you'll shape future champions not from the sidelines, but by actively engaging and coaching students every day to push past their perceived limits. Your role goes beyond storytelling. You'll convert elite athletic principles into tangible motivational tools, deliver hands-on resilience training through interactive workshops, and lead high-intensity practice sessions where championship-level expectations are the norm for every student.
Austin provides year-round access to outdoor training environments, a dynamic sports-oriented community, and a purpose-driven mission that turns your competitive achievements into a platform for mentoring emerging leaders.
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What you will be doing
- Conducting focused 1:1 coaching sessions where you convert your competitive discipline into concrete, actionable strategies for student development
- Delivering high-energy morning assemblies that set the tone and energize the entire student community
- Leading interactive life-skills workshops where you guide students hands-on through exercises in resilience, leadership, and structured goal achievement
- Directing structured afternoon athletic training sessions that embody championship principles: creating drills, demanding full effort, refining technique, and instilling grit and collaboration through sport (not merely overseeing activities)
- Actively engaging with each student throughout the school day: moving through spaces during independent study periods, stepping in to energize students who are struggling, and generating real-time teachable moments that unlock breakthrough performance
What you will NOT be doing
- Watching from the sidelines as a symbolic presence: this role demands active involvement. You will be on the ground, directly engaging with students, facilitating sessions, and making real-time interventions.
- Delivering conventional academic instruction or adhering to preset lesson plans: students use adaptive learning platforms for academics. Your focus is life coaching, motivational guidance, and teaching transferable skills through athletic mentorship and sport.
Key responsibilities
As an Elite Guide, your responsibility is to develop Austin-based student-athletes into high-achieving learners and leaders by translating elite athletic discipline into consistent motivation, life-skills instruction, and structured sports-driven practice within a rigorous school setting.
- Take ownership of daily student motivation by tracking progress, identifying obstacles, and guiding students toward defined academic and personal objectives.
- Facilitate dynamic morning assemblies that establish a focused, performance-driven mindset for the day ahead.
- Conduct life-skills workshops that instill resilience, leadership, discipline, and accountability using personal narratives, reflective exercises, and hands-on student engagement.
- Execute structured afternoon sports sessions where drills, training, and competitive activities reinforce perseverance, teamwork, and elevated performance standards.
- Leverage student performance data and direct observation to intervene promptly when a student shows signs of disengagement, difficulty, or underperformance.
Candidate requirements
- We are looking for former elite athletes with a track record of competing at the highest level — Olympians, World Champions, professional athletes from the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, or NHL, or NCAA Division I All-Americans
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline
- Demonstrated experience leveraging sport as a vehicle for mentoring and teaching life skills
- Proven track record of motivational leadership in athletic, educational, or professional contexts
- Authorization to work in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship
- Willingness to reside in or relocate to Austin, TX
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