Associate Head Coach, Swimming

IMG Academy•Bradenton, FL

About The Position

The Associate Head Coach supports all aspects of the IMG Academy Swimming program, working closely with the Head Coach to foster a high-performance environment focused on individual athlete development, competitive excellence, character, accountability, and long-term success. The role includes coaching and technical instruction, training design, competition preparation, recruiting, swim meet operations, staff development, and program operations. The Associate Head Coach helps develop student athletes across all four competitive strokes and the related skills of starts, turns, underwater technique, race strategy, pacing, and swimming efficiency. The position monitors athlete training, attendance, wellness, recovery, workload, and performance, and uses video analysis, performance data, and available technology to guide training and establish measurable benchmarks. It also supports athletes’ athletic, academic, emotional, and personal development, including guidance through collegiate recruiting and placement. The role contributes to meet planning and execution, including sanctioning, setup, entries, seeding, timing, staffing, results, and reporting. It assists with program scheduling, travel, roster management, recruiting, camps, clinics, training trips, and other aquatic events. The Associate Head Coach collaborates with the Head Coach, program leadership, performance staff, internal departments, and swimming community partners to improve program systems and support athlete wellbeing. Travel and flexible hours, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays, may be required.

Requirements

High-level proficiency in competitive swimming coaching, athlete development, technical instruction, and performance training.
At least 5 years of experience coaching, competing, or managing swimming at the club, academy, collegiate, national, international, or professional level.
Demonstrated success developing competitive swimmers and contributing to a high-performance training environment.
Strong knowledge of the four competitive strokes, starts, turns, underwater skills, race strategy, training methodology, periodization, energy systems, and long-term athlete development.
Experience using performance data, video analysis, testing, and athlete feedback to guide training and technical development.
Demonstrated experience planning and managing swim meets from sanctioning and setup through execution, results, and final reporting.
High proficiency with HY-TEK Meet Manager, including meet setup, entries, seeding, operations, results, reports, and timing system integration.
Proficiency operating and troubleshooting Colorado Time Systems and OMEGA electronic timing systems, including consoles, touchpads, backup timing, harnesses, and scoreboard integration.
Proven leadership, organizational, communication, and relationship-building skills.
Strong commitment to student athlete development and success both in and out of the pool.
Ability to lift, move, push, and pull swimming equipment or boxes weighing more than 40 pounds.
Ability to work for extended periods in indoor and outdoor aquatic environments, including heat, humidity, and varying weather conditions.
Ability to move throughout campus, including pool decks, strength and conditioning facilities, classrooms, athletic facilities, and other training areas.
Ability to remain active and on the pool deck for extended training and competition periods.
Ability to work flexible hours, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, competitions, and travel, as required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in physical education, sports management, exercise science, business administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
Experience coaching at the national, international, NCAA, Olympic Trials, or equivalent high-performance level.
Experience recruiting and working with domestic and international student athletes.
Experience with collegiate recruiting and athlete placement.
Experience managing swimming camps, clinics, meets, training trips, and other aquatic events.
Familiarity with swimming performance technology, underwater video, race analysis, athlete monitoring, and performance data systems.
Experience supervising, mentoring, and developing coaching staff.
Current USA Swimming coach membership and required certifications, or ability to obtain them.
CPR, First Aid, AED, and applicable water safety certifications.
Bilingual or multilingual communication skills.
Valid driver’s license and ability to drive for competitions, recruiting, training trips, and other program activities.

Responsibilities

Assist in planning, organizing, and executing swimming program activities, including practices, competitions, training sessions, camps, clinics, training trips, and athlete development initiatives.
Lead and oversee student athlete development across all four competitive strokes, starts, turns, underwater skills, race strategy, pacing, technique, and swimming efficiency.
Develop and implement short- and long-term training plans aligned with individual athlete needs, competition schedules, long-term athlete development, and program goals.
Monitor athlete training, attendance, wellness, recovery, workload, and performance trends to guide training decisions and individualize development.
Use video analysis, performance data, and available technology to identify areas for improvement and establish measurable performance benchmarks.
Assist with competition preparation, including event planning, entries, race strategy, relays, warm-up and recovery protocols, schedules, and post-meet evaluation.
Plan, organize, and execute swim meets and competitions, including sanctioning, setup, entries, seeding, timelines, session planning, officials, volunteers, timing equipment, results, and post-meet reporting.
Serve in meet leadership roles as needed and coordinate with meet directors, officials, timing personnel, coaches, volunteers, and facility staff.
Support IMG Academy hosted competitions, invitationals, time trials, championship meets, and other aquatic events.
Foster a positive, disciplined, competitive, growth-oriented team culture emphasizing accountability, leadership, sportsmanship, personal development, and high performance standards.
Mentor student athletes and support their athletic, academic, emotional, and personal development.
Assist with program operations, including practice schedules, pool and lane assignments, travel logistics, roster management, competition planning, equipment, and event coordination.
Work with the Head Coach and program leadership to evaluate and improve program structure, training systems, coaching methodology, athlete development pathways, and performance.
Assist in identifying, evaluating, recruiting, and retaining domestic and international student athletes.
Build and maintain relationships with club and collegiate coaches, national governing bodies, swimming organizations, and the domestic and international swimming community.
Support athletes through collegiate recruiting and placement with guidance, evaluations, communication support, and exposure opportunities.
Assist with prospective athlete visits, evaluations, camps, clinics, recruiting events, and family engagement.
Communicate with athletes, parents and guardians, coaching staff, and internal departments about development, expectations, academics, schedules, travel, and program operations.
Collaborate across departments to support student athlete development and wellbeing.
Work with performance staff to integrate strength training, recovery, nutrition, sports science, mental performance, and other resources into athlete development.
Partner with Marketing, Communications, Outreach, and Admissions to support program visibility, branding, recruiting, content, and promotional initiatives.
Represent IMG Academy Swimming professionally with swimming organizations, collegiate programs, visiting teams, prospective families, and event partners.
Ensure compliance with IMG Academy policies, USA Swimming and Safe Sport requirements, NCAA recruiting guidelines where applicable, and other relevant standards.
Support swimming camps, clinics, competitions, events, and visiting team training opportunities throughout the year.
Travel as needed for competitions, training trips, recruiting activities, camps, and program events.
Adhere to company policies, procedures, and business ethics standards.
Perform other duties as assigned.