Youth Programs Manager & Head Competitive Coach – The Front Ogden
Headline
Want to build a youth team that climbs hard, has fun, and keeps coming back season after season? Lead our Ogden youth programs, coach our teams from first practice to nationals, and help set the walls they train on.
About The Front
The Front started as Utah's first indoor climbing gym, and community has been at the center of everything we do ever since. Across Salt Lake City, South Main, and Ogden, we build spaces where people push their limits, find their crew, and feel at home on the wall. Our youth programs are where a lot of that starts: kids discover climbing here, fall in love with it, and grow into strong, confident athletes.
About the Role
As our Youth Programs Manager & Head Competitive Coach in Ogden, you'll set the training vision for our Recreational, Intermediate, and Competition Teams and run day-to-day youth programming at the gym. This is a full-time, hourly role paying $25–$28/hour, depending on experience.
It's also a hybrid position that pairs coaching with routesetting. You'll help shape the problems and routes your athletes train on, so you'll see your coaching and your setting come together on the wall.
What You'll Do
- Lead the Ogden Recreational, Intermediate, and Competition Teams: set season goals, build training cycles, plan practices, and coach every week
- Travel with your athletes to local, regional, divisional, and national competitions
- Set routes and boulders at The Front Ogden as part of your regular schedule
- Be the go-to voice for team families through newsletters, GroupMe, email, and quick answers about training and schedules
- Run tryouts, welcome new athletes, manage rosters, and plan team dinners and outings that build real team spirit
- Coordinate Send School, summer camps, youth clinics, and private coaching, with lesson plans that meet every climber where they are
- Keep youth programming running smoothly by handling scheduling, staffing, bookings, and program questions
- Hire, train, and mentor your coaching staff, hold regular team meetings, and keep belay standards sharp
- Partner with our SLC and South Main teams to keep curriculum and coaching standards aligned across The Front
- Use registration data and family feedback to grow new youth offerings and joint events
- Track attendance and retention so you can see your programs grow
What You Bring
You might be a great fit if:
- You have 5+ years of climbing instruction experience and can lead climb and teach lead climbing
- You've coached competitive youth climbers for 3+ years, and head or lead coach experience is a plus
- You know USA Climbing's competition structure inside and out and can guide athletes through it at every level
- You've led, mentored, or supervised a team and enjoy helping other coaches grow
- Kids trust you, parents appreciate how clearly you communicate, and you enjoy building those relationships
- You hold USA Climbing Coach Level 1 (Level 2 is a bonus) and will have SafeSport and First Aid/CPR before your start date
- You're ready to earn your CWI certification within 90 days, and we provide the training
- You're comfortable with RGP and Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Excel, SharePoint)
- You're up for evenings, weekends, and overnight competition trips
- Bonus points for experience with adaptive climbing or trauma-informed/fear-informed coaching
- You like systems and checklists that keep programs organized and running smoothly
This role involves lifting up to 25 lbs, plenty of time on your feet, and the usual climbing-gym environment of chalk, dust, ropes, and gear underfoot.
Perks & Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and accident coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Free gym membership
- Discounts on food and merchandise
- CWI certification training, paid for by The Front
- Opportunities to grow alongside coaching and programming teams across three locations
Join Us!
If you light up watching a young climber stick their first hard send, or their first podium, we want to hear from you. Come build something special with the Ogden team. Apply today!
We're an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and strives to create an inclusive environment for all.