Youth Sports Coach, Sports Academy

Overview

$150,000 annual salary, distributed weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage starts day one.

• Austin, TX (in-person role)
• Relocation assistance available

• Conduct individualized motivation sessions that convert your athletic background into clear, practical coaching techniques.
• Facilitate dynamic morning assemblies designed to energize the full student population.
• Deliver interactive life skills workshops focusing on resilience, leadership, and goal achievement.
• Oversee organized afternoon sports training that embodies elite standards: creating drills, demanding maximum effort, refining technique, and instilling grit and collaboration through athletics.
• Engage proactively with each student across the day, moving through spaces during self-directed study, encouraging those facing challenges, and sparking transformative insights.

• Observing from the margins in a symbolic capacity; this role demands active floor presence, direct student interaction, session leadership, and immediate intervention.
• Delivering conventional classroom instruction or adhering to academic syllabi; focus is on life coaching, motivation, and developing meta-skills through athletics and personal mentorship.

• We’re seeking former elite athletes who have proven themselves at the very top of sport — Olympians, World Champions, pro players in the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, or NHL, or NCAA Division I All-Americans.
• Bachelor’s degree in any subject.
• Proven experience using sport to mentor and coach life skills.
• Demonstrated motivational leadership in athletic, academic, or professional settings.
• Legal right to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.
• Willing to live in or relocate to Austin, TX.

Texas Sports Academy is Where Future Champions Excel in Academics and Athletics. Traditional schools force student-athletes to choose between excelling in academics or committing to their sport;
Texas Sports Academy eliminates that tradeoff.

Their innovative K-8 model, based in Austin, TX, uses AI-driven learning to accelerate academics, allowing students to master core subjects in just two hours a day. The rest of their day is dedicated to athletic training, skill-building, and personal development — so students excel in both their studies and their sport. By integrating advanced educational technology with structured sports training, they provide a unique learning experience that builds discipline, leadership, and resilience.

It’s academics and athletics in perfect sync.

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $75 USD/hour, which equates to $150,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. For details, consult

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5651-US-Houston-Youth Sports Coa