Academy Director

This position is the training and technical lead for the Pflugerville FC Academy program. You are in charge of Academy coaches, providing them training sessions and practice content per the curriculum. Running 2 training sessions per week for at least 1 hour 15 min each with the team coach assisting. Run pool training sessions for all of the combined Academy players every 2 weeks, or at least once a month. Each season, you organize and facilitate Academy Observations to place players and answer parent questions. Additionally, you will plan and execute Academy camps for players to attend twice each year. Success for this position looks like a growing number of players in the program, players staying in the program and ultimately graduating up to Select, parents who love and support the program, and coaches who develop into Select level coaches. The perfect fit for this position is someone who loves the game and has a passion for training younger players and coaches. This person has a vast knowledge of the game, a Class D license or better from US Soccer, and is an effective communicator. This is a paid contract position.