Coaches and Scouts
SOC Code: 27-2022
Coaches and Scoutss plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions. This career typically requires considerable preparation (2-4 years). With an AI-proof score of 99.3/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Instructing, Instructing, Monitoring.
AI-Proof Score: 99.3 — Very High
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Median Salary
$45,920
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Job Growth
6.4%
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Training Time
Considerable preparation (2-4 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 4 / 5
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Training Cost
~$40,000
Key Skills
- •Instructing
- •Monitoring
- •Speaking
- •Management of Personnel Resources
- •Learning Strategies
- •Coordination
- •Persuasion
- •Systems Evaluation
Common Tasks
- ✓Plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions.
- ✓Provide training direction, encouragement, motivation, and nutritional advice to prepare athletes for games, competitive events, or tours.
- ✓Adjust coaching techniques, based on the strengths and weaknesses of athletes.
- ✓Instruct individuals or groups in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles, such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet, to achieve desired results.
- ✓Plan strategies and choose team members for individual games or sports seasons.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation