We’re Looking for Our Next Sports Director!
Do you believe sports can do more than create athletes?
At the Y, sports build confidence, friendships, teamwork, leadership, and belonging. We’re looking for a Sports Director who is ready to take that impact to the next level.
We’re searching for a leader who loves sports, loves people, and gets excited about building programs that bring a community together.
This isn’t a position where you simply maintain leagues and schedules. We’re looking for someone ready to build, grow, innovate, and lead.
What You’ll Lead
As Sports Director, you’ll oversee a diverse sports operation serving youth, adults, and families. From youth leagues and adult sports to clinics, camps, pickleball, open play, and other recreational opportunities, you’ll create experiences that keep people active, connected, and coming back to the Y.
You’ll also have the opportunity to think creatively about how we use our spaces, identify new programming opportunities, and expand offerings to reach even more people in the community.
We’re Looking for a Builder
Our next Sports Director will be someone who can:
- Grow & Innovate — Develop new leagues, clinics, events, and opportunities while strengthening the programs we already offer.
- Lead People — Recruit, train, coach, and inspire staff, officials, and volunteer coaches to deliver an outstanding experience.
- Create Community — Build a welcoming sports culture where children, adults, and families feel connected, supported, and excited to participate.
- Drive Results — Use enrollment, revenue, budgets, NPS, and participant feedback to set goals and continuously improve programs.
What Success Looks Like
Our Sports Directors have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact through both program growth and participant experience.
Success means growing participation, strengthening programs, developing staff, creating memorable experiences, and building a sports culture that people want to be part of.
But success isn’t only measured by numbers.
It’s kids discovering a sport they love. Parents finding a community. Adults reconnecting through competition. Coaches becoming mentors. Staff growing into leaders.
That’s the impact we’re looking for.
Education/ Experience Required:
- BA/BS in sports management, recreation management or similar field, business/ operational management or related field preferred.
- Minimum of two years of experience in sports, camp or similar youth related programs with supervisory and payroll management experience required. Prior experience with youth development preferred.
- Experience serving on leadership team of a Y (or similar) membership organization serving over 3,000 membership households preferred.
- Proven results in increasing program quality and growth through exceptional planning and organizational skills.
- Highly motivated with the consistent ability to meet or exceed goals, cultivate and retain program participants.
- Ability to quickly build rapport and develop effective relationships with program prospects and others to achieve goals.
- Consistently self-driven and goal-oriented with the ability to set effective team and individual goals and take ownership for results.
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task and adapt to changing contexts and priorities.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to identify and leverage relevant data to use in planning and decision-making.
- Ability to understand, adapt to and interact with diverse people, teams, perspectives and cultures.
- Proficient in using email, Internet, and other PC-based applications with the ability to learn and adapt to new technology.
Certifications/Trainings Required:
- Must obtain within 30 days of employment and then maintain current certifications in CPR, AED, First Aid, and Oxygen Administration.
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job includes, but not limited to:
- The employee needs sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions and to supervise program activities in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor locations.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and authorized work phone/smart device.
- Ability to instruct and observe participants during program activities.
- The employee frequently is required to see, observe, and hear all participants, and make sound judgments and decisions.
- Ability to perform all physical aspects of the position, including, but not limited to, leading class, walking, standing, bending, reaching, and lifting.
- Ability to sit and reach, and must be able to move around the work environment.
- Hear noises and distress signals in the program environment, including in the classroom and anywhere around the zone of responsibility.
- Must have flexibility and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Ability to lift and move a minimum of 30 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to work in a variety of environments, specifically those subject to extreme humidity/dampness, heat and cold.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.
- This position requires reliable transportation and willing to travel, if needed.
- This position may require availability to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.
- Must be able to perform all duties and functions of those that are supervised
