ROLE TITLE: Head Peak Performance Coach
POSITION REPORTS TO: Director of Athletics and Recreation
Summary of Position
The Head Peak Performance Coach is responsible for all aspects of the College’s in-season and off-season programming related to athletic performance, coaching, and injury prevention for all varsity sport athletes. The incumbent will also oversee all areas related to the Wise Center fitness space(s), coordinates with third party distributors and vendors for equipment upgrades and repairs.
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What you will do in this role:
- Year round, comprehensive strength and conditioning program design and implementation for varsity athletics including strength training, injury prevention and conditioning.
- Monitoring and coaching athletes during workouts to maintain safe, positive, and effective sessions. Instruct and demonstrate safe lifting techniques during sessions.
- Administrative responsibilities including but not limited to: Oversight of fitness equipment/facilities in Wise Center, department-wide Assistant Coach continuing education, inclusion in administrative decision making and committees.
- Communicate with Athletic Training Staff to stay up to date on injury limitations or individual needs of an athlete as identified by the Athletic Training Staff. Assistance with Return to Play Protocols.
- Coordinate with head coaches to establish weight room schedules for all varsity athletics, and assist in team building, culture communication, upholding standards, and the like for each team.
- Establish and maintain Peak Performance Fueling Station; including maintenance and repair, cleanliness, coordinating purchases of food/drink, security.
- Establish and maintain a safe and functional weight room. Determine facility hours during in-session and semester break periods. Perform small repairs to fitness equipment as needed. Coordinate with third party equipment providers for equipment maintenance and repairs. Identify potential improvements to facility and facility operations to improve facility function in the short, mid, and long term.
- Management and professional development of the Assistant Peak Performance Coach role.
- Exhibiting the highest professional standards and ethical behavior with regard to adherence to NCAA, Conference, College, and Department of Athletics rules, policies and expectations including commitment to lifelong learning, sportsmanship on and off the field of play, positive leadership and the desire and ability to act as a positive role model and representative of the College at all times.
- Assuming additional responsibilities as assigned by the Director of Athletics.
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YOUR EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of 4 years required of relevant professional experience.
- Bachelor’s Degree required / Master’s Degree Preferred.
- CSCS certification from National Strength and Conditioning Association or MSCC or SCCC certification from Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association required.
- Track record of achieving exceptional results.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to implement our department and College mission and vision through positive leadership, collaborative skills and demonstrated desire to cultivate relationships.
- Must have the ability to solve problems, make decision and prioritize ongoing and new projects.
- Must possess strong managerial, interpersonal and communication skills.
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YOUR FUTURE TEAM
The mission of the Department of Athletics and Recreation is personal and collaborative excellence. We strive to offer high-quality educational, recreational and competitive intercollegiate athletic opportunities to our participants. We look to create an innovative, challenging and supportive learning environment where students can maximize opportunities for physical and social development, lifelong fitness and wellness as well as to realize opportunities for championship-caliber athletic competition. Our goal is to enhance and develop values that foster leadership, self-discipline, teamwork, personal and civic responsibility, integrity, dignity and sportsmanship. Ultimately, it is the mission of the department to fully support the mission of Allegheny College and “prepare young adults for successful, meaningful lives”.
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YOUR COMPENSATION
New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role.
The expected starting point salary range for this position is $51,000.00 annually. This starting point salary range could adjust based on several factors, including but not limited to experience level, cross functional abilities, years of relevant experience, etc.
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THE HIRING PROCESS
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and provide contact information for three references to the Office of Human Resources, Allegheny College, by e-mail to employment@allegheny.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. An offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
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ALLEGHENY COLLEGE
Allegheny College, founded in 1815, is one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative four-year colleges where multidisciplinary learning breaks the conventional mold. It is one of the few colleges in the United States with a unique requirement to choose both a major and minor for graduation, to provide students with a cross-disciplinary path in the sciences and humanities for educational depth and intellectual growth. Located in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Allegheny College is one of 44 colleges featured in Loren Pope’s “Colleges That Change Lives.” In its 2025 rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized Allegheny College as one of the country’s 100 top national liberal arts colleges — and including in the top 25 Undergraduate Teaching, Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects, First-Year Experience, and Senior Capstone.
Allegheny’s undergraduate residential education prepares students for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students’ intellectual, moral, and social development and encouraging personal and civic responsibility. Allegheny’s faculty and staff combine high academic standards and a commitment to the exchange of knowledge with a supportive approach to learning. Graduates are equipped to think critically and creatively, write clearly, speak persuasively, and meet challenges in a diverse, interconnected world. Allegheny College is deeply committed to creating an inclusive community that actively challenges racism, sexism, heterosexism, religious bigotry, and other forms of bias (see Allegheny College Statement of Community).
Allegheny College is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity. The College does not discriminate, and will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, creed, national/ethnic origin, ancestry, veterans, handicap or disability as those terms are defined under applicable law, or members of other underrepresented groups.
Allegheny College is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact the Director of Human Resources
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