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About the Role

University High School (UHS) is seeking an innovative leader to launch and direct its new Sports Performance & Recovery Center (SPARC), a facility dedicated to student health, strength, and resilience. This role involves building a comprehensive sports performance and wellness program from the ground up, serving athletes, and the entire UHS community, fostering lifelong wellness and injury prevention.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a comprehensive sports performance and wellness program serving the entire school community.
• Design and implement age-appropriate strength, speed, power, mobility, recovery, and injury prevention programs grounded in Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD) principles.
• Oversee the daily operation of the Sports Performance & Recovery Center (SPARC), ensuring a safe, organized, welcoming, and high-performing environment.
• Partner with athletic coaches to align performance programming with team goals and seasonal demands.
• Collaborate with the Athletic Trainer to support injury prevention, rehabilitation, and return-to-play programming.
• Partner with the Physical Education Director to develop innovative movement, fitness, and wellness programming that enhances the educational experience for all students.
• Design and deliver fitness and wellness opportunities for faculty and staff that promote healthy lifestyles and strengthen community wellness.
• Teach proper movement mechanics, lifting technique, recovery strategies, and lifelong training habits.
• Track athlete development and utilize performance data to evaluate progress and continually improve programming.
• Manage facility operations, equipment maintenance, safety protocols, scheduling, inventory, and daily logistics.
• Educate and support coaches on best practices in sports performance, athlete development, workload management, and recovery.
• Foster a culture built on accountability, inclusion, effort, curiosity, resilience, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, or related field
• CSCS (NSCA) or CSCCa certification
• Current CPR/AED certification
• Experience designing and implementing strength and conditioning or sports performance programs
• Master's degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, or related field
• Experience working with high school or collegiate athletes
• Experience managing a sports performance facility
• Experience implementing Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD) models
• Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills

Skills

• Sports Performance
• Wellness Program Development
• Strength and Conditioning
• Injury Prevention
• Recovery Strategies
• Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD)
• Movement Mechanics
• Performance Data Analysis
• Facility Operations Management
• Coaching Education
• Communication
• Leadership
• Organization

Location

• San Francisco

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Director
• Leadership

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $90,000-$105,000

About the Company

• Founded in 1975, University High School (UHS) is a nationally recognized independent school serving approximately 540 students in grades 9-12.
• UHS athletics emphasizes excellence, leadership, integrity, and belonging.
• The opening of the Sports Performance & Recovery Center represents a significant investment in the health, development, and well-being of every member of the school community.
• UHS is guided by five core values: Inquiry, Care, Integrity, Agency, and Interconnection.

Equal Opportunity

• University High School values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty, and staff from different backgrounds. All employment decisions are made without regard to unlawful considerations of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, creed, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law.