Sports Psychologist

Position Summary

The Sports Psychologist provides performance-focused mental skills support to primarily high school and collegiate athletes. This role emphasizes the development of mental resilience, confidence, focus, motivation, and healthy performance habits during key developmental and transitional stages of an athlete’s career. The Sports Psychologist partners closely with coaches, educators, families (as appropriate), and athletic leadership to deliver age-appropriate, evidence-based mental performance programming that supports both athletic success and personal growth. Services are non-clinical in nature and aligned with best practices in applied sport and performance psychology.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group mental performance support to primarily high school and collegiate athletes in age-appropriate, developmentally informed ways.
• Assess athletes’ mental strengths, performance challenges, and growth areas using non-clinical assessments, observation, and structured feedback.
• Design and deliver mental skills training programs tailored to adolescent and emerging adult athletes (e.g., goal setting, focus, confidence, emotional regulation, imagery, and self-talk).
• Support athletes through common developmental and performance-related challenges, including performance anxiety, confidence fluctuations, motivation, injury recovery, and transitions between competitive levels.
• Collaborate with coaches, the leadership team and support staff to reinforce mental skills integration within training and competition environments.
• Communicate appropriately with families and guardians, when applicable, while maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality standards.
• Facilitate workshops and classroom-style sessions on mental performance, leadership, resilience, and healthy sport participation.
• Maintain clear, organized, and confidential documentation in alignment with ethical guidelines for non-clinical practice.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings with coaching, academic, and athletic support teams.
• Track athlete engagement and program outcomes to inform continuous improvement.
• Stay current with research and best practices related to youth and collegiate sport and performance psychology.

Qualifications of our Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in Sport Psychology, Performance Psychology, Kinesiology (with sport psychology emphasis), or a closely related field. Master’s degree strongly preferred.
• Formal training in applied sport and performance psychology principles and intervention.
• Experience working with athletes, teams, coaches, or other performance-based populations in non-clinical settings.
• Clear understanding of scope of practice for non-clinical sport psychology services.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within athletic or performance organizations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with diverse populations.
• Excellent organizational, documentation, and time-management skills.

Why Prepory?

• Fully remote position
• Competitive hourly rates
• Flexibility to set your own schedule
• A welcoming, collaborative, and ambitious company culture