Corrigan Family Assistant Athletics Director for Leadership and Mental Performance

This position will coordinate mental performance and leadership development programming and services for Dartmouth’s varsity student-athletes, teams, and coaches, serving as the primary mental performance consultant for a significant caseload of teams by providing one-on-one sessions, team mental training activities, and coach consultations.

This role will serve to enhance sport performance, well-being, and the all-around experience through the development of skills such as resilience, attentional focus, emotional regulation, motivation, self-efficacy, and sport enjoyment. Through leadership curriculum development, annual programming, and coach collaborations, this role will serve to develop students into competitors prepared for responsible leadership and impact.

Reporting to the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Peak Performance, this role will collaborate seamlessly with the entire Dartmouth Peak Performance (DP2) team, leveraging interdisciplinary expertise to provide holistic support for student-athlete health, wellness, and development—empowering them to excel both on and off the field.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• A graduate degree in sport psychology or closely related field focused on mental performance

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in mental performance consulting in a high performance athletics, tactical, or corporate environment

• An excellent track record developing, implementing, and evaluating programming in areas of leadership and mental performance using evidence-based and data-informed approaches

• Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) – or has completed the coursework and mentorship required to hold this credential.

Minimum salary: $80,000

Full position description to follow.

For inquiries, please contact: Ian.J.Connole@dartmouth.edu