Join Our Staff
We hire the way
we coach.
Meridian is building a staff, not filling shifts. If you think development is slow work done precisely — and you'd rather do it inside a framework than alone on a deck — we'd like to talk.
Why coach here
Coaching here is
collaborative by design.
Our staff works from one framework — shared language, shared progressions, shared expectations about what a session is for. That structure isn't a constraint on a coach's judgment. It's what lets an athlete move between groups without losing the thread, and it's what makes your work compound rather than reset each September.
It also means you aren't alone with a whistle. Sessions get planned together, decisions get questioned in both directions, and every coach on this deck is expected to keep getting better at the job.
Great coaching is never finished. It develops the same way great athletes do — through feedback, reflection, repetition, and a willingness to be corrected.
We ask athletes to be coachable. We ask the same of our coaches.
What you'd be joining
Four things
we hold to.
Mentorship first
Coaching is development — of skills and of people. Athletes are built with patience and precision, and the coach who does that work is the most important person on the deck.
A shared system
Common vocabulary and progressions across every level. A 14U athlete and a 16U athlete hear the same words for the same skill, which means your teaching carries past your own group.
A collaborative staff
Curiosity, communication, and continuous improvement define how we work — film reviewed together, sessions planned together, feedback given in both directions.
Standards that hold
Preparation, discipline, and team-first play are non-negotiable. That applies to the people teaching it before it applies to anyone in the water.
Who we're looking for
Experience helps.
It isn't the requirement.
What matters most is your commitment to the athlete, your willingness to be taught, and whether the way we approach this work is the way you'd want to do it.
Current & former players
Bring the competitive experience and build your coaching voice inside a structured, supported environment rather than figuring it out on your own.
Experienced coaches
Join a staff that expects you to keep learning — and gives you colleagues worth learning alongside.
Parent volunteers
Meaningful roles exist on deck and behind it. A program this size runs on people willing to do the unglamorous work well.
Start a conversation
If this is how you think about the work,
we'd like to hear from you.
Tell us about your background and what draws you to it. We read every inquiry and respond to those who fit the program — and no formal opening is required to reach out.
Coaching at Meridian
- 01 Coaching Overview
- 02 Meet the Coaches
- 03 Coaching Philosophy
- 04 Join Our Staff You are here