Elite Sports Mentor, Alpha

Overview

On-site at Alpha School locations:
New York City, NY;
Orange County (Lake Forest), CA;
San Francisco, CA;
Santa Barbara, CA. $150,000 annual salary, distributed weekly. Full health coverage begins day one. Relocation assistance provided.

• Leading 1-on-1 and small-group coaching sessions that identify individual obstacles, establish ambitious targets, and maintain accountability for execution
• Facilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery rather than engagement, drawing on authentic stories from your own elite background
• Evaluating student mastery using tools such as Test2
  
  Pass and monitoring progress through Coachbot analytics to refine coaching approaches dynamically
• Establishing the cultural standard each morning via focused kickoffs that embed high-performance expectations campus-wide
• Cultivating trusted mentor relationships with students and families through elevated standards, consistency, and documented motivational strategies

• Creating lesson plans, developing curriculum, or evaluating assignments. Alpha's academic system manages that independently.
• Presenting to a classroom of 30 students. Your focus is intensive coaching in small settings, not large-group instruction.
• Supervising other staff or advancing through an administrative structure. This role centers on direct student impact, not organizational advancement.
• Attending faculty meetings or navigating institutional bureaucracy. Your time remains concentrated on students.
• Compromising standards to meet metrics. If a student achieved 99%, your task is to identify what prevented 100%.

Drive exceptional student motivation, growth, and life-skill mastery at Alpha's highest-expectation campuses.

• Bachelor's degree
• At least one instance of exceptional achievement in a highly selective, globally recognized domain (examples: national or international competition medals, top-tier university with distinction, highly selective firm or fellowship, elite performing arts institution, or founding and scaling a successful venture)
• At least 3 years of experience in student coaching, youth mentoring, athletic coaching, or leadership roles where you measurably raised others' performance
• Willingness to work in-person at an Alpha campus in New York City, NY;
  Orange County (Lake Forest), CA;
  San Francisco, CA; or Santa Barbara, CA
• Legal right to work in the United States

• Background in elite competitive athletics (varsity D1, national team, or professional level) with experience coaching or mentoring younger athletes
• Experience in high-accountability environments like management consulting, investment banking, or military leadership
• Track record of youth development through mentoring in non-academic settings (community organizations, after-school programs, sports camps)
• Comfort presenting to and building trust with high-expectation families paying premium private school tuition

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential. They don’t play by the old rules. Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $75 USD/hour, which equates to $150,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult  for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5740-US-San Franc-Elite Sports Men