Key Responsibilities

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: Assist in oversight of fitness equipment/facilities in Wise Center.
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.
Assist with maintaining the Peak Performance Fueling Station; including maintenance and repair, cleanliness, coordinating purchases of food/drink, security.
Assist with the establishment of a safe and functional weight room. Perform small repairs to fitness equipment as needed. Assist with coordinating 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
Other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics and Recreation

Experience and Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s Degree preferred
Minimum of 4-7 years required experience
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite of Products
Great organizational skills

The successful candidate should understand the Division III philosophy and thrive in an extremely motivated, team oriented atmosphere, have 4-7 years of coaching and/or playing experience or equivalent, and display a strong commitment to College, PAC, and NCAA rules and regulations.

YOUR COMPENSATION

Starting salary will be competitive, based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Expected starting salary: $33,280.00, exempt

Allegheny College, founded in 1815, is one of the nation’s most historic and innovative four-year colleges with the distinct requirement of completing a major and minor in different academic areas. This multidisciplinary learning celebrates students’ unusual combinations of interests and provides creative, independent thinkers with a path for educational depth and intellectual growth, preparing them for a successful launch after graduation and even for careers that may not yet exist. Located in western Pennsylvania, 1.5 hours equidistant from Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Buffalo, Allegheny College is one of 40 colleges featured in Loren Pope’s “Colleges That Change Lives” and recently ranked #4 by The Princeton Review in its Top 20 Best Private Schools for Making an Impact. In its 2025 rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized Allegheny College as one of the country’s top 100 national liberal arts colleges, with special distinctions including one of the top 10 best for senior capstone experience and one of the top 25 best for undergraduate research and creative activities.

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. Women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Allegheny does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, or national origin.

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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