Elite Sports Mentor, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

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 providedYou've reached the top of an intensely competitive arena. Maybe elite athletics, a distinguished degree from a top-tier university, a role at a highly selective firm, or a venture you launched and grew. You understand the distinction between participation and true competition. Now consider channeling that intensity into a setting with K-12 students who've never encountered someone with your credentials—someone ready to push them toward standards they didn't believe they could meet.Alpha leverages AI-driven 1:1 learning, enabling students to complete core academics in roughly two hours daily. The remaining time is dedicated to life skills, passion projects, and meaningful development. At Alpha's most demanding campuses, students require more than oversight. They need a credible mentor whose own accomplishments define the benchmark: someone capable of reading the environment, establishing expectations, and guiding them through resistance, distraction, and uncertainty.Your role isn't to instruct; it's to coach, challenge, and uphold the same rigorous standard you've maintained for yourself. You'll dedicate 80% of your time to direct 1-on-1 and small-group coaching alongside life-skills workshops. The remaining 20% is spent establishing the daily tone: deliberate kickoffs that cultivate a culture where mediocrity has no place.The trajectory here isn't about ascending into management. It's about mastery. You begin by internalizing Alpha's methodology and earning credibility with students. Within months, you become the person they trust to push them beyond perceived limits. The payoff isn't a promotion. It's witnessing a student who avoided eye contact in September confidently present before a room of adults in May.If you're seeking a way to make your elite background matter beyond your own achievements, apply now. If you require a scripted curriculum, a predictable classroom structure, or a route to an administrative title, this isn't the right fit.What You Will Be DoingLeading 1-on-1 and small-group coaching sessions that identify individual obstacles, establish ambitious targets, and maintain accountability for executionFacilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery rather than engagement, drawing on authentic stories from your own elite backgroundEvaluating student mastery using tools such as Test2Pass and monitoring progress through Coachbot analytics to refine coaching approaches dynamicallyEstablishing the cultural standard each morning via focused kickoffs that embed high-performance expectations campus-wideCultivating trusted mentor relationships with students and families through elevated standards, consistency, and documented motivational strategiesWhat You Won’t Be DoingCreating 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%.Elite Sports Mentor Key ResponsibilitiesDrive exceptional student motivation, growth, and life-skill mastery at Alpha's highest-expectation campuses.Basic RequirementsBachelor's degreeAt 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' performanceWillingness to work in-person at an Alpha campus in New York City, NY; Orange County (Lake Forest), CA; San Francisco, CA; or Santa Barbara, CALegal right to work in the United StatesNice-to-have RequirementsBackground in elite competitive athletics (varsity D1, national team, or professional level) with experience coaching or mentoring younger athletesExperience in high-accountability environments like management consulting, investment banking, or military leadershipTrack 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 tuitionAbout AlphaWant to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom? 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.Sounds too good to be true? It’s not. 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!Working with usThis 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 www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.Crossover Job Code: LJ-5740-US-SanFranc-EliteSportsMen