What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Performance Coach, Sports Academy - $60,000/year USD position at Crossover?
This role is about coaching, not teaching. No lesson plans. No grading. No content delivery. Just the work that matters most: building accountability, earning trust, and guiding students as they exceed their own expectations.
At Texas Sports Academy, student-athletes move through self-directed academic applications while simultaneously developing life skills and athletic capacity. You'll lead a cohort that meets with you weekly in virtual 1:1 and small-group formats. Your job is to clarify priorities, maintain accountability, and identify disengagement early. The tone and momentum of each session depend entirely on the trust you establish and the presence you bring — not on the material students are completing.
The work has three components: coaching sessions designed to sustain student progress, proactive responses when data reveals a gap, and structured virtual workshops focused on mindset and life skills. The position is fully remote and requires residence in Texas, with quarterly in-person gatherings in Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio.
If you've worked with students or athletes and found the most rewarding moments came when someone surpassed a boundary they'd believed was fixed, this role is for you.
What You Will Be Doing
Maintain engagement, academic progress, and life skill development for virtual student-athletes, preparing them for success beyond academics.
Basic Requirements
Texas Sports Academy is Where Future Champions Excel in Academics and Athletics
Traditional schools force student-athletes to choose between excelling in academics or committing to their sport. Texas Sports Academy eliminates that tradeoff.
Their innovative K-8 model, based in Austin, TX, uses AI-driven learning to accelerate academics, allowing students to master core subjects in just two hours a day.
The rest of their day is dedicated to athletic training, skill-building, and personal development - so students excel in both their studies and their sport.
By integrating advanced educational technology with structured sports training, they provide a unique learning experience that builds discipline, leadership, and resilience.
It's academics and athletics in perfect sync.
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 us
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 $30 USD/hour, which equates to $60,000 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-5776-US-Austin-MentalPerforma
At Texas Sports Academy, student-athletes move through self-directed academic applications while simultaneously developing life skills and athletic capacity. You'll lead a cohort that meets with you weekly in virtual 1:1 and small-group formats. Your job is to clarify priorities, maintain accountability, and identify disengagement early. The tone and momentum of each session depend entirely on the trust you establish and the presence you bring — not on the material students are completing.
The work has three components: coaching sessions designed to sustain student progress, proactive responses when data reveals a gap, and structured virtual workshops focused on mindset and life skills. The position is fully remote and requires residence in Texas, with quarterly in-person gatherings in Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio.
If you've worked with students or athletes and found the most rewarding moments came when someone surpassed a boundary they'd believed was fixed, this role is for you.
What You Will Be Doing
- Facilitating virtual 1:1 and small-group coaching sessions to clarify priorities for student-athletes, strengthen accountability, and maintain high engagement
- Tracking progress data from learning platforms and spotting disengagement or performance gaps before they escalate
- Stepping in directly when a student loses momentum — modifying your approach, restoring forward motion, and supporting recovery
- Facilitating structured virtual workshops on personal development, mindset, and life skills, with active student participation as the success metric
- Establishing trust with each student-athlete so that accountability discussions feel mutually earned rather than externally enforced
- Teaching academic content or delivering curriculum — students advance through self-directed apps; your role centers on engagement and consistency
- Creating lesson plans, grading assignments, or administering course structures
- Reacting only when students surface a concern — you proactively review data and intervene ahead of issues
- Leading sessions where students attend but do not actively participate
Maintain engagement, academic progress, and life skill development for virtual student-athletes, preparing them for success beyond academics.
Basic Requirements
- You have experience coaching or mentoring students or athletes — whether paid or volunteer
- You have facilitated group sessions for students or athletes for a minimum of 6 months
- You have worked in a role requiring goal-setting and outcome tracking — and can provide measurable results such as completion rates, performance improvements, or equivalent metrics
- You are proficient in running virtual sessions via Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams, and have experience using spreadsheets, LMS platforms, or comparable tools to monitor participant progress
- You have used an AI tool — such as Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity, or similar — at least once and can describe the use case
- You reside in Texas and are available to attend one in-person event per quarter in Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio
- You are authorized to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship
- Familiarity with learning management systems (such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, or similar) or tools designed for tracking academic progress
- Ability to tailor your coaching style to varied motivation profiles — recognizing when to challenge, when to ease off, and when to simply listen
Texas Sports Academy is Where Future Champions Excel in Academics and Athletics
Traditional schools force student-athletes to choose between excelling in academics or committing to their sport. Texas Sports Academy eliminates that tradeoff.
Their innovative K-8 model, based in Austin, TX, uses AI-driven learning to accelerate academics, allowing students to master core subjects in just two hours a day.
The rest of their day is dedicated to athletic training, skill-building, and personal development - so students excel in both their studies and their sport.
By integrating advanced educational technology with structured sports training, they provide a unique learning experience that builds discipline, leadership, and resilience.
It's academics and athletics in perfect sync.
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 us
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 $30 USD/hour, which equates to $60,000 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-5776-US-Austin-MentalPerforma
Salary : $60,000