College Assistant Coach: Helps run a college team: coaching a position group, recruiting, and managing players. Typical pay $58k.
Professional Scout: Evaluates players to help teams decide whom to draft, sign, or trade for. Typical pay $70k.
Golf Teaching Professional: Teaches golf lessons and runs golf programs at a club or course. Typical pay $62k.
College Recruiting Coordinator: Organizes a college team's recruiting: tracking prospects, planning visits, and managing social media outreach. Typical pay $55k.
Quality Control Coach: An entry-level pro or college football coach who breaks down film and scouts opponents. Typical pay $75k.
Bullpen Catcher: Catches warm-up pitches for relievers in the bullpen and during practice sessions for an MLB or minor league team, and helps coaches chart pitches. Typical pay $100k.
Coach Developer: Trains and mentors other coaches, running workshops and watching them coach practices, usually for a national or state sports organization. Typical pay $68k.
Rowing Coach: Coaches rowing teams from a motor launch, shaping stroke technique, picking boat lineups, and racing at regattas. Typical pay $65k.
Diving Coach: Coaches springboard and platform divers, teaching flips and twists safely using trampolines, dry-land harnesses, and the pool. Typical pay $55k.
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Adaptive Sports Coach: Coaches athletes with disabilities, from youth programs to Paralympic teams. Typical pay $52k.
Club Sports Coach: Coaches youth travel and club teams in sports like soccer, volleyball, and baseball. Typical pay $40k.
Private Sports Skills Trainer: Gives one-on-one or small group lessons in a sport, like pitching, shooting, or quarterback mechanics. Typical pay $42k.
Gymnastics Coach: Teaches gymnastics from beginner classes to competitive teams. Typical pay $38k.
Tennis Teaching Professional: Teaches tennis lessons and runs programs at clubs, parks, and resorts. Typical pay $45k.
Swim Coach: Coaches competitive swimmers on club, high school, or college teams. Typical pay $40k.
Team Video Coordinator: Films practices and games and cuts video clips so coaches and players can study them. Typical pay $48k.
Youth Recreation Coach: Coaches kids in recreational leagues, camps, and after-school programs. Typical pay $32k.
Figure Skating Coach: Coaches figure skaters from beginners to competitors on jumps, spins and footwork, usually at a rink, and choreographs their competition programs. Typical pay $45k.
Competitive Cheer Coach: Coaches all-star, school or college cheer teams, choreographing competition routines and spotting stunts and tumbling so athletes stay safe. Typical pay $38k.
Running Coach: Writes training plans for runners training for races from 5Ks to marathons, tracks their watch data, and adjusts workouts, often online or for a club. Typical pay $38k.
Batting Practice Pitcher: Throws batting practice to MLB hitters before games. Typical pay $50k.
Football Kicking Coach: Coaches kickers, punters, and long snappers, often running private lessons and camps that help high schoolers earn college spots. Typical pay $45k.
Power Skating Coach: Teaches hockey players to skate faster and more powerfully, from crossovers to quick starts and edge work. Typical pay $45k.
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