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LA Galaxy Academy, Performance Coach

Carson, CA

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About the role

The Performance Coach plays a key part in delivering an integrated athlete development model that ensures players are physically prepared to train, compete, and reach their full potential.
The ideal candidate will contribute to a high-performance culture that emphasizes athlete health, objective performance monitoring, continuous improvement, and long-term player development.
Execute daily athlete monitoring using GPS (Catapult), VALD systems, and other assessment tools to track training loads and physical outputs.

LA Galaxy Academy is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Performance Coach to lead and support the physical development, athletic performance, and long-term progression of academy players across multiple age groups.
Reporting to the Head Athletic Development and Performance Coach, this role will collaborate within a multidisciplinary high-performance environment, working closely with coaches, sports medicine staff and sports scientists.
Analyze objective data to guide training adjustments, track athlete development, and maintain detailed performance records.
AEG may require an employee to perform duties outside their normal description.

Strong understanding of strength and conditioning, speed development, and long-term athletic development.
Experience administering and interpreting performance testing.
Experience within professional soccer academies or elite youth development environments.
Familiarity with GPS, athlete monitoring systems, ForceDecks, VALD technologies, or similar performance tools.
Knowledge of soccer-specific physical development models.

BA/BS Degree (4-year) (Advanced Degree Preferred) in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Sports Performance, or related field.
Previous playing experience in soccer at the collegiate, professional, academy, or elite youth level is strongly preferred.
Bilingual in Spanish and/ or French is a plus

Annually, we host more than 160 million guests, promote more than 10,000 shows and present more than 22,000 events around the world.

Create and implement age‑appropriate strength, power, speed, agility, and conditioning programs for all academy age groups, including daily gym‑based training.
Work closely with academy coaches, athletic trainers, and medical staff to align on player development plans, availability, and training loads.

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