Player Development Coach Jobs
Player Development Coach jobs are open across professional sports, collegiate athletics, and youth and amateur programs, with specializations in skills training, athletic performance, and player analytics, at every level from entry-level assistant to director of player development. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Top stateIllinois
Top employerサイネオス・ヘルス
Top cityChicago, IL
Work type50% Remote
Top credentialBachelor's degree in business
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Youth Soccer Coach - Player Development
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COPA Soccer Training Center
Youth Soccer Coach - Player Development
Walnut Creek, California
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Vaccines Regional Manager, Player Coach
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Syneos Health Commercial Solutions
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サイネオス・ヘルス
Vaccines Regional Manager, Player Coach
Denver, Colorado
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Youth Soccer Coach - Player Development
COPA Soccer Training Center·Walnut Creek, California
Job functions:
$20 - $35/hr
On-Site
Job Description
Job description
Who We Are
COPA: Comprehensive and Objective Performance Assessments. COPA Soccer Training Center (COPA STC) is a 110,000 sq ft state-of-the-art soccer training wonderland located at Shadelands SportsMall in Walnut Creek, California. COPA STC utilizes much of the world’s most advanced training and assessment technology, some of which we develop ourselves, and some of which we have exclusively licensed for use throughout North America. We employ leading sports science techniques and advanced training methodologies in our quantitative assessment-based approach to the development of athletes of all ages and skill levels. Our elite level coaching staff leverages objective data to develop the technical, physical, and cognitive skills of an athlete.
But it is not all just science and training workouts. COPA STC strives to provide a fun, dynamic, and supportive environment for both our employee team members, and our customers, to develop and thrive as athletes and as human beings. If you love the game and are having fun, the research shows your practice will be more effective at advancing your skills.
We are passionate about high-performance living and the future of soccer in the United States. We believe that everyone has untapped potential within themselves and all it takes to unleash it is the right setting and mindset. COPA is the setting. Our approach encourages the right mindset. We dream big and don’t settle for the status quo. We aren’t just a company; we are a community that is committed to growth and success. We value humility and a team-centered approach to responsibilities at every level of the company. If you are a high-performing individual who is passionate about inspiring others, then consider COPA STC’s exciting career opportunities.
That’s why at COPA STC, we train smarter.
If you are a high-performing individual determined to inspire greatness in others and instill the desire to achieve it, then consider our exciting career opportunities at COPA Soccer Training Center.
About The Position:
COPA STC is looking to add outstanding Soccer Coaching Staff and we want to hear from you regarding a potential soccer coaching role at COPA STC?
Here at COPA, we are going through some revolutionary reforms that is shaping the face of talent identification and player development. Take a few minutes to click the website link and watch the video highlighting some of these amazing initiatives being driven at COPA.
We are looking to add soccer coaches to our 6-8Yrs program, the 9-11Yrs program & the +12Yrs program.
COPA would require a coach to be available a minimum of 3 training days a week in a Part-Time capacity or up to 5/6 training days a week in a Full-Availability capacity – including 1 weekend day.
COPA coaching hours of operation are Monday thru Friday 3.30pm – 8.30pm; Saturday & Sunday 8.30am onwards. With commitment to the same consistent schedule week after week.
Role Details:
COPA Soccer Coach
Coaching Youth Players 6-8Yrs | 9-11Yrs | 12-19Yrs
Full-Availability Soccer Coach | Part Time Role
- Minimum of 16-hours on field coaching in small group setting
- Year round 12-month coaching calendar
- Availability minimum 5 days per week | 1 weekend day
- Additional paid hours opportunities:
- Soccer Camps | 18-weeks annual calendar
- Soccer Clinics | Special Topics Coaching Events
COPA Soccer Coach
Coaching Youth Players 6-8Yrs | 9-11Yrs | 12-19Yrs
Partial-Availability Soccer Coach | Part Time Role
- Minimum of 9-hours on field coaching in small group setting
- Year round 12-month coaching calendar
- Availability minimum 3 days per week | 1 weekend day
- Additional paid hours opportunities:
- Soccer Camps | 18-weeks annual calendar
Key Responsibilities & Objectives:
- Deliver the COPA Score protocol daily in line with expected data collection standards.
- Engage with aspiring athletes, youth to pro, on a daily basis.
- Create a safe, welcoming, and engaging technology fueled environment for athletes to thrive.
- Participate in staff development and outreach events.
Characteristics:
- Patient, energetic, inspirational, and dependable. Able to teach youth athletes in a fun and engaging manner.
- Detail orientated when delivering the COPA Score, to ensure data validity.
- Creativity and reasoning to unlock player’s potential.
- A desire to serve and develop youth athletes to their potential.
- A positive disposition in dealing with parents, kids and fellow employees.
- A growth mindset that contributes to your own personal development.
- Take pride in maintaining the high standards of our elite facility.
- A dependable team player who can collaborate with others.
Requirements:
- Experience coaching youth soccer (minimum 2 years coaching players 8-18 years old).
- Physical effort and exertion, which may include all exercise and sports-related movements, maintenance of equipment, lifting weights up to 45 pounds, and prolonged walking and standing.
- Ability to learn and become comfortable with our technology, operating software, and hardware which is integral to our facility and curriculum.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proven time management and organizational skills.
- Solution orientated in difficult situations –particularly related to customer issues.
What We Offer
- Competitive base salary plus a performance-based incentive bonus allowing for substantial expansion of total earnings for the high-performance individual.
- In addition, employees at COPA STC have access to our state-of-the-art gym and soccer training spaces
- This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position; and will be reviewed by Management periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Management reserves the right to modify duties as deemed necessary.
- It is the policy of COPA Innovation Laboratories to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status about public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
- COPA STC is a Division of COPA Innovation Laboratories, which is an affiliate of several other businesses owned or controlled by Northern California entrepreneur, Mark Hall. These businesses include a medium sized commercial real estate and development company, with interests in apartments, office, industrial, sports, life science, self-storage, and retail properties; a nationwide hotel company; a modular design, engineering, and construction business; and other lesser businesses. COPA STC is the ground floor initial prototype for a multi-unit sports and soccer-oriented business planned for expansion across multiple states. High performing individuals can grow their career with the company, and potentially earn unit level profit participation, and even shareholder ownership for those outstanding individuals who contribute in a material way to the growth of the enterprise. Come show your stuff and grow with COPA!
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $20 - $35.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 4 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
COPA Soccer Training Center
Youth Soccer Coach - Player Development
Walnut Creek, California
Added 3d ago
Job functions:
$20 - $35/hr
On-Site
Job Description
Job description
Who We Are
COPA: Comprehensive and Objective Performance Assessments. COPA Soccer Training Center (COPA STC) is a 110,000 sq ft state-of-the-art soccer training wonderland located at Shadelands SportsMall in Walnut Creek, California. COPA STC utilizes much of the world’s most advanced training and assessment technology, some of which we develop ourselves, and some of which we have exclusively licensed for use throughout North America. We employ leading sports science techniques and advanced training methodologies in our quantitative assessment-based approach to the development of athletes of all ages and skill levels. Our elite level coaching staff leverages objective data to develop the technical, physical, and cognitive skills of an athlete.
But it is not all just science and training workouts. COPA STC strives to provide a fun, dynamic, and supportive environment for both our employee team members, and our customers, to develop and thrive as athletes and as human beings. If you love the game and are having fun, the research shows your practice will be more effective at advancing your skills.
We are passionate about high-performance living and the future of soccer in the United States. We believe that everyone has untapped potential within themselves and all it takes to unleash it is the right setting and mindset. COPA is the setting. Our approach encourages the right mindset. We dream big and don’t settle for the status quo. We aren’t just a company; we are a community that is committed to growth and success. We value humility and a team-centered approach to responsibilities at every level of the company. If you are a high-performing individual who is passionate about inspiring others, then consider COPA STC’s exciting career opportunities.
That’s why at COPA STC, we train smarter.
If you are a high-performing individual determined to inspire greatness in others and instill the desire to achieve it, then consider our exciting career opportunities at COPA Soccer Training Center.
About The Position:
COPA STC is looking to add outstanding Soccer Coaching Staff and we want to hear from you regarding a potential soccer coaching role at COPA STC?
Here at COPA, we are going through some revolutionary reforms that is shaping the face of talent identification and player development. Take a few minutes to click the website link and watch the video highlighting some of these amazing initiatives being driven at COPA.
We are looking to add soccer coaches to our 6-8Yrs program, the 9-11Yrs program & the +12Yrs program.
COPA would require a coach to be available a minimum of 3 training days a week in a Part-Time capacity or up to 5/6 training days a week in a Full-Availability capacity – including 1 weekend day.
COPA coaching hours of operation are Monday thru Friday 3.30pm – 8.30pm; Saturday & Sunday 8.30am onwards. With commitment to the same consistent schedule week after week.
Role Details:
COPA Soccer Coach
Coaching Youth Players 6-8Yrs | 9-11Yrs | 12-19Yrs
Full-Availability Soccer Coach | Part Time Role
- Minimum of 16-hours on field coaching in small group setting
- Year round 12-month coaching calendar
- Availability minimum 5 days per week | 1 weekend day
- Additional paid hours opportunities:
- Soccer Camps | 18-weeks annual calendar
- Soccer Clinics | Special Topics Coaching Events
COPA Soccer Coach
Coaching Youth Players 6-8Yrs | 9-11Yrs | 12-19Yrs
Partial-Availability Soccer Coach | Part Time Role
- Minimum of 9-hours on field coaching in small group setting
- Year round 12-month coaching calendar
- Availability minimum 3 days per week | 1 weekend day
- Additional paid hours opportunities:
- Soccer Camps | 18-weeks annual calendar
Key Responsibilities & Objectives:
- Deliver the COPA Score protocol daily in line with expected data collection standards.
- Engage with aspiring athletes, youth to pro, on a daily basis.
- Create a safe, welcoming, and engaging technology fueled environment for athletes to thrive.
- Participate in staff development and outreach events.
Characteristics:
- Patient, energetic, inspirational, and dependable. Able to teach youth athletes in a fun and engaging manner.
- Detail orientated when delivering the COPA Score, to ensure data validity.
- Creativity and reasoning to unlock player’s potential.
- A desire to serve and develop youth athletes to their potential.
- A positive disposition in dealing with parents, kids and fellow employees.
- A growth mindset that contributes to your own personal development.
- Take pride in maintaining the high standards of our elite facility.
- A dependable team player who can collaborate with others.
Requirements:
- Experience coaching youth soccer (minimum 2 years coaching players 8-18 years old).
- Physical effort and exertion, which may include all exercise and sports-related movements, maintenance of equipment, lifting weights up to 45 pounds, and prolonged walking and standing.
- Ability to learn and become comfortable with our technology, operating software, and hardware which is integral to our facility and curriculum.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proven time management and organizational skills.
- Solution orientated in difficult situations –particularly related to customer issues.
What We Offer
- Competitive base salary plus a performance-based incentive bonus allowing for substantial expansion of total earnings for the high-performance individual.
- In addition, employees at COPA STC have access to our state-of-the-art gym and soccer training spaces
- This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position; and will be reviewed by Management periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Management reserves the right to modify duties as deemed necessary.
- It is the policy of COPA Innovation Laboratories to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status about public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
- COPA STC is a Division of COPA Innovation Laboratories, which is an affiliate of several other businesses owned or controlled by Northern California entrepreneur, Mark Hall. These businesses include a medium sized commercial real estate and development company, with interests in apartments, office, industrial, sports, life science, self-storage, and retail properties; a nationwide hotel company; a modular design, engineering, and construction business; and other lesser businesses. COPA STC is the ground floor initial prototype for a multi-unit sports and soccer-oriented business planned for expansion across multiple states. High performing individuals can grow their career with the company, and potentially earn unit level profit participation, and even shareholder ownership for those outstanding individuals who contribute in a material way to the growth of the enterprise. Come show your stuff and grow with COPA!
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $20 - $35.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 4 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in player development coach jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in kinesiology, sports science, physical education, or a related field
- Direct experience coaching or training athletes at the high school, collegiate, or professional level
- Proficiency with video analysis and player tracking software used in modern athletic programs
- Sport-specific governing body certification such as USA Basketball, USA Baseball, or equivalent
- Strong communication skills for delivering individual feedback to athletes and collaborating with coaching staff
- CPR and first aid certification, often required before the start date at most programs
Tips for Your Player Development Coach Job Search
Tailor your resume to each sport
Hiring managers in basketball, baseball, and soccer each look for sport-specific vocabulary and metrics. List the sport first in your summary, name the specific skills systems or drills you've run, and match your language to the sport the team plays.
Highlight video and analytics tools you use
Many player development coach postings now require familiarity with video breakdown software and player tracking platforms. Name the specific tools you've used in your resume so your application clears initial screening by coordinators who check for them directly.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists player development coach openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Get your coaching certifications in order
Credential requirements vary by level and sport, but many programs expect at least one governing-body certification before the first interview. Pull your certificates into a single folder and confirm each is current before you apply, since expired credentials can disqualify you automatically.
Prepare a development philosophy statement
Interviewers for player development roles consistently ask how you approach individual athlete growth. Draft a concise written statement that describes your philosophy, the methods you use, and how you measure a player's progress. Bring it to every interview.
Follow up with a specific observation
After an interview, send a follow-up note that references one concrete moment from the conversation, such as a drill philosophy or a team challenge you discussed. Generic thank-you notes get overlooked in athletics hiring, while specific ones signal genuine engagement with the role.
Player Development Coach Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most player development coachs?
サイネオス・ヘルス, Syneos Health Commercial Solutions, and Troon are hiring the most player development coachs right now, with openings concentrated in Illinois, California, and Colorado, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Roles at this level often open mid-season or just before preseason, so checking listings regularly gives you a timing advantage.
How many player development coach jobs are remote?
About 50% of player development coach openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with most remote-eligible roles concentrated in analytics-focused or video scouting positions rather than on-court or on-field coaching roles. Positions requiring direct athlete contact are almost always in-person at a team facility or training center.
How do you become a player development coach?
Start by earning a degree in kinesiology, sports science, or a closely related field, then pursue a governing-body coaching certification for your sport. Build hands-on experience through internships, graduate assistant roles, or volunteer coaching positions at the high school or club level. Develop proficiency with video analysis tools and build a network within your sport's coaching community through clinics and coaching associations.
How do you get hired as a player development coach with little experience?
Start in unpaid or low-paid roles such as volunteer assistant, camp counselor, or practice player coordinator to build your resume with real athlete contact hours. Document every drill, program, and outcome you contribute to, and ask coaches you work under for letters of recommendation. Entry-level candidates who show a clear development philosophy and working knowledge of video tools stand out even without extensive paid experience.
What does the player development coach interview process look like?
Most programs begin with a phone or video screening focused on your coaching background and philosophy. A second round typically involves an in-person or recorded presentation where you demonstrate a drill, outline a development plan for a hypothetical athlete, or break down film. Final-round interviews often include meetings with the head coach, athletic director, or general manager who makes the hiring decision.
Where can I find and apply to player development coach jobs?
You can find and apply to player development coach jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search the listings to find roles that match your sport, level, and location, then apply directly to each one that fits your background.
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