Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator
Boston Red Sox
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- Location
- Fort Myers, FL
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 2
- 17 days ago
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About the company
Boston Red Sox
Sports · 201 to 500 employees
As an organization, we place a substantial emphasis on maximizing player value through purposeful, long-term development. The Strength and Conditioning department is responsible for player physical development, innovation, and collaboration between all other departments and stakeholders to optimize on-field performance.
What you'll do
- Oversight and professional development of minor league Strength and Conditioning staff
- Coordinate staff assignments and coverage throughout the year, including but not limited to Spring Training, regular season, and off-season initiatives
- Implement and supervise Red Sox S&C programming at all minor league affiliates
- Frequently travel to minor league affiliates and the Red Sox Dominican Republic Academy
- Facilitate the integration of the Strength and Conditioning department with all other departments within Player Development
- Work closely with and support the Nutrition department to ensure the quality and execution of nutrition standards and expectations.
- Collaborate with Baseball Sciences to ensure the integration of diagnostic and monitoring technology in training and game play
- Proactively and effectively communicate player goals and progress to individual athletes and stakeholders
- Educate Red Sox Player Development staff and athletes in all performance areas relevant to the Strength and Conditioning department
- Participate in ongoing internal research and novel training initiatives
- Effectively communicate and collaborate with the medical staff and support the return to play process
- Actively participate in continuing education and professional growth opportunities
- Maintain gym and sports science equipment to a professional standard at all minor league affiliates and the Red Sox Dominican Republic academy
- Assist all coaches and player development staff with load management, maximizing schedule efficiency, and optimizing performance outcomes
- Attend and participate in scheduled staff meetings
- Objectively audit the global performance of the Strength and Conditioning department
- Must be flexible to work irregular hours, nights, and weekends with frequent travel
- Work pre-season camps, Spring Training, and off-season camps in Fort Myers, FL
- Manage remote training/check-ins with minor league players in the off-season
What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science or related field (required)
- Minimum five years of experience in a strength and conditioning-related role required
- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC) from the NSCA (required)
- CPR/AED certification (required)
- Master’s degree in Exercise Science or related field (preferred)
- Fluency in Spanish is (preferred)
- Experience coaching in a NCAA or professional team environment (required)
- Experience leading moderate to large staffs (preferred)
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, jump, run, walk, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and communicate with others
- The vision requirement includes the ability to review written and electronic materials in both digital and physical format.
- The employee must be able to transfer and move items for departmental needs.
- The employee must be able to adjust to changing work hours and locations as needed considering the strong focus on external communications and relationships.
Key skills
attention to detailinterpersonalcommunicationteamwork/leadershipdata-drivenintellectually curiousopen minded
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DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:
As an organization, we place a substantial emphasis on maximizing player value through purposeful, long-term development. The Strength and Conditioning department is responsible for player physical development, innovation, and collaboration between all other departments and stakeholders to optimize on-field performance.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator is responsible for the direct oversight and coordination of the minor league strength and conditioning staff and maximizing minor league player value through physical development. The position will work collaboratively with the Field, Medical, Baseball Sciences, Nutrition, and Mental Performance departments to ensure a comprehensive approach to evidence-based and data-driven player development.
As the Red Sox continue to build a team capable of being the standard in player and staff development, we are looking for candidates who are organized with uncompromising attention to detail and who are inquisitive, intellectually curious, data-driven, and open minded. Due to the nature of the role, the candidate must also possess strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork/leadership skills.
This position is based out of Fort Myers, FL year-round and will travel to minor league affiliates and the Red Sox Dominican Republic academy. Participation in pre-Spring Training camps, Spring Training, and off-season camps in Fort Myers, Florida is required.