About the job

A quick summary about the Applied Sports Scientist/Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach role:

As a part of the Orlando Magic High Performance staff, the role of the Applied Sports Scientist/Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach will aim to creatively collect, input, analyze, monitor, and develop reporting structures and visualizations surrounding athlete data to help drive the health, wellness, and performance initiatives for our basketball players. This position will also assist in the weight room, as needed, alongside our two Strength and Conditioning coaches. The role will break down to: 70% applied sports scientist and 30% strength and conditioning coach.

What the Applied Sports Scientist/Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach role will do:

• Utilize strengths in applied sports science and strength and conditioning to support Orlando Magic and Lakeland Magic basketball players’ health, wellness, and performance
• Management and oversight of all high-performance sports technology systems and platforms housing Magic player data, including implementation and onboarding of new technology
• Will oversee the maintenance and ongoing development of our Athlete Management System platform and monitor for consistent and accurate API data integrations
• Administer assessments or data collection surrounding GPS/local body positioning tracking, cardiovascular function, strength and power diagnostics, biomechanics, neuromuscular activity, and recovery
• Calibration, maintenance, and upkeep of the performance staff’s sports technology, testing devices, and wearables, including managing all processes surrounding athlete wearables
• Responsible for the collection, consistency and reliability of all testing and data collection procedures to ensure accurate performance insights
• Provide timely analysis and interpretation of athlete performance, practice, and game data to our high-performance group via updates, reports, and visualizations on players.
• Create strategies and projects to address key performance-based questions on an individual athlete level
• Meet consistently with our strength and conditioning staff on how to best support and guide athlete physical preparation. Will be asked to assist in the weight room or with warmups as needed
• Communication with athletes on their performance insights as directed by the head strength and conditioning coach
• Assist in injury rehabilitation cases by collaborating with performance staff on return to play benchmarks and carrying out programs and monitoring as needed
• Assist in strength and conditioning programs for athletes that may not be traveling with the team
• Support the Magic’s G league team, the Lakeland magic, in data collection and monitoring strategies
• Present/ Educate/ Mentor to staff as asked by the Director of High Performance and Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
• Participate in corporate partnership obligations and possible speaking engagements as needed by the Director of High Performance
• All other duties assigned

What the Applied Sports Scientist/Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach needs to have:

• Graduate degree in Sports Science, high performance sport, Exercise Science, Physiology, Kinesiology, Biomechanics, physical therapy, or other related academic field
• CSCS certification in good standing and proven experience as a strength and conditioning coach
• 5+ years working in sports related environment
• Previous interdisciplinary work geared towards functioning well in a high-performance staff setting
• Knowledge of athletic energy systems and demands surrounding the sport of basketball
• 2+ years experience in either R or Python (Intermediate level proficiency)
• 1-2 years experience creating visualizations with data
• Experience designing and maintaining comprehensive data sets for routine and ad-hoc analysis
• Experience with different data structures, automating workflows, data cleaning and transformation
• Proven experience with descriptive and inferential statistics, including summary statistics, linear and logistic regression, and hypothesis testing
• Experience querying relational databases a plus
• May be needed to travel occasionally (0-6 weeks per year) with the team during the regular season and/or off-season as scheduled by the Director of High Performance
• The want to be innovative, collaboratively work with, and effectively communicate with a group of 11 performance staff members
• Ability to work independently to fulfill sports science projects, but also a willingness to collaborate with our analytics team on inter-group or magic organization projects
• Ambition and curiosity to stay current in the latest research, technologies, and best practices surrounding athlete performance
• Dynamic and social personality, as you will be in the gym and weight room setting throughout the day interacting with players, staff, and coaches
• Excellent presentation skills, delivering clear and concise information
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office products and other related computer skills as required

Preferred Skills

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to plan, prioritize, and create a daily schedule
• Ability to perform and meet tight deadlines, displays decision making skills
• Attention to detail, even when on the fly changes are made
• Ability to adapt and perform under pressure in an ever-changing environment
• Strategic thinker, ability to see the bigger picture and understand longer term plans and goals
• Ability to structure and process qualitative and quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions
• Quick learner, demonstrates ability to absorb new information in a timely manner
• Follows through on commitments and is dependable
• Demonstrates an ability to go the distance to get things done for the betterment of the group
• Strong communication skills and can adapt those skills to a variety of co-workers with different backgrounds
• Openness to new ideas and thought-provoking discussions
• Ability to work independently without supervision, be self-directed and demonstrate initiative
• Ability to work collaboratively with others and displays an understanding that things can be accomplished in many ways
• Welcomes feedback and is has a goal of constantly bettering themselves
• Exhibits passion and excitement over their scope of work
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule including nights and weekends and be on-call as necessary based on the changing priorities of the department
• Excellent skills with Microsoft Office, Teams, Outlook and other computer programs as needed

What We Offer You

• Competitive total rewards with amazing perks
• The opportunity to work in a brand new, state of he art training facility
• Fantastic benefits that include: medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company matching
• Company sponsored events & outings
• Culture built on Community, Innovation, Legendary and Teamwork!

Physical Requirements

• Position will be required to be active and possibly on feet for long hours
• Capability to lift in excess of 70 pounds

Please note that this is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

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