Student Success Coach, Sports Academy

This role centers on coaching student-athletes who need guidance and accountability—not traditional instruction. There are no lesson plans to build, no assignments to grade, and no curriculum to deliver. What matters here is your ability to build trust, establish accountability, and help individuals exceed their own expectations. At Texas Sports Academy, student-athletes progress through self-paced academic platforms while simultaneously developing life skills that complement their athletic training. Your cohort meets with you weekly in virtual 1:1 and small-group formats. You establish priorities, maintain accountability structures, and detect early signs of disengagement. The effectiveness of your sessions depends entirely on your relational presence and trust-building capacity—not on the material students are covering. The work consists of three core activities: leading coaching sessions that sustain momentum, using progress data to intervene before challenges escalate, and facilitating structured virtual workshops focused on mindset and life skills. This is a remote position based in Texas, requiring quarterly in-person attendance at events in Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio. If you have experience coaching or mentoring students or athletes and found the most fulfilling moments came when someone broke through a self-imposed barrier, this role warrants your application. What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating virtual 1:1 and small-group coaching sessions that help student-athletes clarify priorities, sustain accountability, and maintain consistent engagement
• Reviewing progress data from academic platforms to detect patterns of disengagement or performance gaps early
• Taking direct action when a student begins to fall behind—adjusting your coaching method, restoring momentum, and guiding recovery
• Facilitating structured virtual workshops that address mindset development, life skills, and personal growth, with active student participation defining success
• Establishing trust with each student-athlete so that accountability discussions are perceived as supportive rather than punitive

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Teaching academic content or delivering curriculum—students advance through self-directed applications; your role is to maintain engagement and accountability
• Creating lesson plans, assigning grades, or managing course frameworks
• Reacting to problems only after students report them—you analyze data and initiate intervention
• Conducting sessions where students attend but remain disengaged

Student Success Coach Key Responsibilities Maintain engagement, academic progress, and life skills development among virtual student-athletes, preparing them for success beyond the academic environment. Basic Requirements

• You have coached or mentored students or athletes in a paid or volunteer capacity
• You have facilitated group sessions for students or athletes for a minimum of 6 months
• You have held a position that involved goal-setting and outcome tracking—and can provide quantitative evidence (completion rates, performance gains, or comparable metrics)
• You are proficient in leading virtual sessions via Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams, and have experience using spreadsheets, learning management systems, or similar tools to monitor participant progress
• You have used an AI tool—Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity, or similar—at least once and can describe your application of it
• You are located in Texas and able to participate in one in-person quarterly event in Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio
• You are authorized to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Familiarity with learning management systems (Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, or similar) or tools used to track academic progress
• Ability to modify your coaching style based on individual motivation profiles—recognizing when to apply pressure, when to ease off, and when to prioritize listening

About Sports Academy 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, Apply tot his job Apply To this Job