Socal Regional Team Head Coach - Touchstone Climbing

Touchstone Climbing•Culver City, CA

21d•Onsite

About The Position

The Regional Team Head Coach develops and coaches a competitive climbing team program across Touchstone gyms in the region. The role includes creating and implementing training curricula, overseeing climber safety and the effect of team practices on gym operations, coordinating tryouts and competitions, managing coaching staff and program administration, and communicating with climbers, parents, gym managers, and youth-program leadership. The coach also collaborates with climbing-club coaches, routesetters, and gym managers to maintain program quality, support climber progression, and plan team events. The coach attends team practices consistently and qualifying competitions, prepares a clear plan for each practice, and delivers engaging, age-appropriate instruction for climbers of varying ages and abilities. Coaching emphasizes competition skills, personal growth, confidence, teamwork, and independent thinking. The role requires maintaining current USAC coaching certification and following Touchstone’s coaching, customer-service, safety, and professional-conduct standards, including consent-based physical adjustments and appropriate boundaries. Administrative duties include managing schedules, USAC registrations and team affiliations, competition attendance, waitlists, team accounts and rosters, training materials, seasonal reports, and team communications. The coach may manage or co-manage the Team Touchstone Instagram account and contribute to special projects. The position requires travel among regional gyms, including locations in Pasadena, Los Angeles, Culver City, Torrance, Burbank, and Fresno. It is full-time, 40 hours per week, with occasional work beyond that schedule that may be balanced within reason.

Requirements

Passion for working with children and supporting their development as climbers and people.
Safety-conscious approach to work.
Empathetic, age-appropriate approach to teaching and communicating with children.
Ability to teach rock climbing and competition skills to a wide range of ages and ability levels.
Knowledge of USAC competition format and rules.
Maintain a current USAC coaches certification.
Basic understanding of route setting for a competition climbing experience.
Ability to belay on top rope and lead in accordance with Touchstone standards and climber-safety requirements.
Ability to observe climbers and provide constructive, effective feedback on technique and performance.
Ability to teach physical-training exercises with proper form and attention to safety.
Ability to communicate clearly and in a timely manner with supervisors, coworkers, climbers, parents, gym members, and guests.
Ability to attend team practices consistently and qualifying competitions as required.
Ability to work at various gyms in the region, including Pasadena, Los Angeles, Culver City, Torrance, Burbank, and Fresno.
Ability to stand for the duration of a practice, including practices lasting three or more hours, and belay for extended periods as needed.
Ability to spot climbers effectively during bouldering activities.
Ability to bend at the waist and neck, sit, kneel, lie horizontally, and climb.
Ability to take and clock regularly scheduled meal breaks and take appropriate rest breaks.

Responsibilities

Develop and coach the competitive team program across Touchstone gyms in the region.
Create and implement training curricula and prepare a concrete plan for each practice.
Attend team practices consistently and most competitions; attend all qualifying events unless another qualified team coach attends in the coach’s place.
Oversee climber safety and manage the impact of team training on gym members and operations.
Coordinate regional team tryouts and manage team and club waitlists in collaboration with climbing-club coaches.
Collaborate with competitive-team and climbing-club coaches to improve the program, develop consistent curricula, identify candidates for Team Touchstone, and support climber progression.
Create or contribute to team training materials, including goals sheets and training logs.
Communicate with parents and climbers about practice and competition schedules, team events, performance, and behavioral matters.
Communicate with the Youth Programs Director about program quality, development, training, and incidents.
Schedule team coaches for competitions and plan competition travel logistics.
Manage Team Touchstone coaching staff, host periodic program-wide coach meetings, and help interview and train new coaches.
Collaborate with gym managers on team impacts, practice locations, operational adjustments, and team-related incidents; promptly report major safety issues.
Collaborate with the routesetting department to support team needs and events, and help manage the training center and youth-program climbing availability.
Help plan team events, including training camps, team gatherings, mock competitions, extra practices, and team trips.
Maintain and track USAC registration, team affiliation, competition attendance, and team records.
Assist with Team RGP accounts, including dues, membership status, billing issues, rosters, and attendance.
Identify climbers on lower-level teams who may be ready for Team Touchstone and work with their coaches and parents to facilitate progression.
Submit seasonal semiannual reports on team performance and general team information.
Manage or co-manage the Team Touchstone Instagram account.
Provide competition-specific coaching, manage climber warm-ups in the ISO, and facilitate post-climbing feedback.
Maintain positive working relationships with gym managers and communicate clearly about gym activities and major team changes.
Follow Touchstone’s safety, customer-service, coaching-conduct, consent, inclusion, and professional-boundary guidelines.
Clean up work areas before leaving the gym and take and record required meal and rest breaks.

Benefits

Health insurance, including a choice of two Kaiser Permanente plans.
Dental insurance.
Vision plan.
Medical flexible spending account with pre-tax contributions.
Access to Modern Health and Calm mental-health services.
401(k) retirement plan with employer match available.
Paid vacation and sick leave.
Free employee gym membership at Touchstone facilities, plus a +1 membership for a partner, family member, or friend.
Unlimited guest passes for non-members accompanied by the employee.
Gear discounts at Touchstone gyms and industry pro deals.
Flexible work schedule.