American Football Coach
American Football Coach
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05-04-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 1250 - 2000
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
05-04-2025
Job Description
Football Coach
Job Description
Reports to: Director of Football & Residential Life Director
Academy Camps is an overnight sportsspecific sleepaway experience that takes place on the campuses Blair Academy (NJ) and Suffield Academy (CT). We are looking for an experienced Football Coach to be a member of our coaching and camp counselor staff. This position is for our 2025 summer season on the campus of Suffield Academy.
Who we are
We are a dedicated team of high performance coaches nurturing & exemplary counselors and experienced camp professionals passionate about the whole athlete. Outside of sports specific training sessions AC is distinguished in delivering programming focused on its pillars of Performance Wellness Mindset and Leadership mixed in with a healthy dose of fun through a daily schedule of traditional sleepaway camp activities.
Position
Our Football Coach will be responsible for supporting our Director of Football and peer coaches to deliver a program aimed to improve physical mental and emotional skills for our athletes. Our programming will be for skilled positions including: quarterback wide receiver running back tight end corner back linebacker. With your coaching athletes will focus on improving their sports specific skills game IQ love of the game and overall physical fitness. The program will also teach confidence growth mindset and teamwork skills.
In addition to sports coaching our Coaches have responsibilities as Dorm Counselors. In collaboration with your codorm counselor you will oversee a group of 1015 campers throughout the day. During a day at camp you will be assigned to various camp activities like running a camp elective or serving as a Head Coach for our AC Cup. By injecting the camp spirit into moments of play you help to reduce the pressures and expectations that come with being a young athlete today.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
COACH LIFE
- Implement the coaching strategies outlined in the oneweek and twoweek Academy Camps Football Program to support athletes in achieving their goals
- Mentor camper athletes to foster athletic emotional and social growth
- Apply basic youth development principles in working with campers and staff through communication relationship development respect for diversity involvement and empowerment of youth
DORM LIFE
- Live in a dorm with other coaches and work in concert with cocounselors to effectively manage the dorm as a unified team and to ensure a quality camp experience for every camper
- Get to know every camper well and respond to their individual needs
- Encourage support and set limits for campers to support the campers physical and emotional health
- Teach campers to develop good selfcare and independent living skills
- Be a quality role model for children maintain general dorm cleanliness and be safety conscious at all times
CAMP LIFE
- Assist in the planning of and participate as a member of the camp team to deliver and supervise evening programs special events and other allcamp activities and camp functions.
- Actively participate in all staff training & meetings
- Prepare for accept feedback and constructively problemsolve during supervision sessions
Your Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- 4 years of competitive playing experience (required) competing at the collegiate level (preferred)
- Desire to develop and improve as a coach (required) experience coaching (preferred)
- Experience working with youth in sports or educational programs (required)
- An excellent relationship builder quick to connect build trust and rapport
- A goaloriented coach motivated to help our athletes achieve their goals
- A creative problemsolver with an empathetic approach to customer service team management and ability to ask for help when needed
- A growth mindset an orientation towards learning and development; willing to receive and implement feedback and learn from mistakes
Expectations Compensation and Benefits
- Available and onsite for the dates of the partial summer session including staff preseason training: June 13 July 13
- The AC compensation package is competitive and is commensurate with skills and experience. Compensation is $and includes room and board. Travel stipends are provided to support relocation.
- Reside on campus (room and board included) you will share a room with a codorm counselor who is also supporting residential life at camp.
- Option to increase compensation through Camper Referral Program: Earn $250 referral bonus for each camper enrolled.
- Opportunity to grow with Academy Camps as our presence expands regionally and nationally.
- Follow camp staff rules and regulations as outlined in the Academy Camps Staff Playbook.
To learn more about our organization go here: www.academycamps
Employment Type
Full Time
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