Manager, Football Operations

Athletes First • Atlanta, GA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Football Operations Manager to support our VP, Football Recruiting and our football agency's player acquisition and recruiting pipeline. This mid-level role serves as a critical link between our agents, prospects, and schools, managing the administrative and strategic elements of our recruiting operations.

Requirements

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in college recruiting, scouting, or a related field.
• Deep knowledge of the college football landscape, recruiting process, commitment process and transfer portal processes.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to build relationships with coaches, players, and families.
• Ability to consolidate and present data in manners that drive actionable results and decision-making for the Collegiate Representation Department.
• High level of discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive prospect information.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for incoming prospect inquiries, managing the intake process and escalating candidates to senior leadership as appropriate.
• Oversee the coordination and assignment of prospects to agents in collaboration with internal departments.
• Collect and analyze recruiting data to support departmental goal-setting and operational efficiency.
• Oversee and maintain the agency's Master Recruiting List, ensuring data accuracy and up-to-date status on all prospects.
• Develop and implement organizational systems for prospect tracking across high school, college, and transfer portal pipeline.
• Collaborate with the Collegiate Representation Department to evaluate and categorize prospects on the Master Recruiting List based on established internal criteria, with oversight from the Sr. Director of Recruiting.
• Assist Collegiate Representation Department in the establishment of prospect lead funnels, including organizing and assigning names received.
• Monitor junior agent pipelines and provide guidance on prioritization and re-balancing based on positions, active leads, closed leads and recruitment hit rates.
• Support prospect pipeline management through organization and assignment of incoming leads.
• Proactively identify top emerging prospects at the high school and early-college levels before they reach broader market awareness.
• Monitor national recruiting rankings, combine results, and film evaluation sources to surface high-priority targets.
• Build and maintain relationships with coaches, scouts, and other industry contacts to gain early intelligence on prospects.
• Leverage network of college contacts to cultivate prospect targets, market data and projections on transfer portal targets, informing the agency's recruiting and execution strategy.
• Assist and manage the agency's transfer portal strategy, monitoring portal activity across all positions and conferences in conjunction with Collegiate Representation Department.
• Source and cultivate school-level contacts (coaches, athletic staff, advisors) to obtain early and accurate portal intelligence.
• Maintain a centralized, real-time resource to track collegiate movement and opportunities based on intelligence gathered from internal departments and industry contacts; assist clients in identifying potential transfer destinations.
• Evaluate collegiate prospects for fit and surface high-value targets to the agent team.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Cell Phone Reimbursement
• Unlimited PTO - we trust you to get the job done and take the time you need
• Exposure to the highest levels of professional sports and a front-row seat working alongside elite NFL athletes, coaches, and front office executives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees