Coach Across America Coach

Coach Across America • Baltimore, MD

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Coach Across America is a national nonprofit organization founded in 2010 that uses the power of coaches to transform the lives of vulnerable youth and their communities through sports. The organization believes that highly trained coaches can be transformative adults in young people's lives, inspiring success on the field, in the classroom, and in life. The Youth Sports Coach & Mentor role focuses on direct sports-based youth development, mentoring, and leadership programming with teenage and elementary-aged youth in Baltimore City. The Coach will utilize sports as a platform to help young people develop essential life skills such as communication, teamwork, discipline, confidence, resilience, leadership, and healthy decision-making, while fostering meaningful relationships with caring adults. A key aspect of the role involves helping design and pilot an elementary-aged youth sports outreach initiative in Sandtown/West Baltimore, including developing age-appropriate activities, supporting programming at local schools and community sites, preparing teen coaches, coordinating logistics, gathering feedback, and assisting with evaluation. The Coach will also contribute to the expansion and strengthening of existing 10:12 Sports programs, which include football, basketball, year-round mentoring, summer programming, youth leadership activities, and school- and community-based sports opportunities.

Requirements

• Must meet all eligibility requirements for the Coach Across America/AmeriCorps program.
• Must be able to successfully complete the required 1,700-hour full-time service term.
• Strong interest in mentoring, coaching, and developing young people through sports.
• Ability to build appropriate and consistent relationships with teenage and elementary-aged youth.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with youth, families, staff, volunteer coaches, schools, and community partners.
• Reliable, mature, professional, and able to demonstrate integrity and good judgment.
• Willingness to receive feedback and participate in ongoing coaching and training.
• Comfortable leading or assisting sports practices, games, clinics, mentoring activities, and youth leadership programming.
• Ability to serve a flexible schedule averaging approximately 35–40 hours per week, including afternoons, evenings, and periodic Saturdays/weekends.
• Ability to pass all required background checks and complete all required training and service-term requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in coaching, mentoring, teaching, camps, recreation, athletics, or youth development is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a coach and mentor for teenage and elementary-aged youth in Baltimore City.
• Plan, set up, lead, and assist with sports practices, skills-development sessions, fitness activities, games, and youth development activities.
• Build consistent and positive mentoring relationships with youth participants.
• Use sports to reinforce teamwork, communication, discipline, perseverance, responsibility, leadership, and healthy decision-making.
• Help develop teenage participants as youth coaches by preparing them to lead younger children.
• Teach teen participants coaching, communication, leadership, and teamwork skills.
• Observe teen coaches and provide constructive feedback and encouragement.
• Help design and pilot an elementary-aged youth sports outreach initiative in Sandtown/West Baltimore.
• Develop and facilitate age-appropriate sports activities for elementary-aged participants.
• Support programming at neighborhood schools and community sites.
• Assist with program equipment, activity planning, and program logistics.
• Gather participant feedback and program information to help evaluate and improve programming.
• Support existing 10:12 Sports programs, including football, basketball, year-round mentoring, summer programming, youth leadership activities, and school- and community-based sports opportunities.
• Communicate effectively with youth, families, staff, volunteer coaches, schools, and community partners.
• Complete required attendance, program evaluation, service-hour documentation, and Coach Across America/AmeriCorps reporting related to youth-development responsibilities.
• Participate in required trainings, team meetings, coaching, and professional development opportunities.
• Other duties as determined by your supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed