First Team Physical Performance Coach

Who We Are

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the Premier League and Women’s Super League. From North London to the world, our fanbase spans continents, cultures, and generations. Spurs is a club that’s always dared to push boundaries, breaking new ground and rewriting history.

We offer world-class facilities: In 2019, we opened our state-of-the-art Stadium, a £1 billion landmark that’s the beating heart of North Tottenham’s transformation. More than just a football ground, it’s an engine of change — creating 4,000 jobs and injecting £300 million into the local economy every year.

We’re at our brightest when we’re all together. Our Club, our teams, our community. 

There is only one Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur.

The Role

The successful candidate will demonstrate a deep understanding of athlete monitoring and performance data, using objective and subjective information to inform decision-making, optimise training prescription, monitor player readiness, manage training load, and support interdisciplinary performance planning. They will be confident interpreting and communicating complex data to coaches, medical staff and players, translating insights into practical interventions that improve current practice, enhance performance and reduce injury risk.

This role will have various key elements to it, these being:

• Lead the collection, analysis and interpretation of physical performance data, integrating information from GPS, gym-based testing and other athlete monitoring systems to inform daily practice.
• A strong understanding of match and training data, its context, and the ability to report insights to relevant key stakeholders.
• The ability to deliver pitch and gym-based sessions to players on a team and individual basis.

Further aspects to the role are to contribute to the research and development of the sports science and medical department through attendance and delivery of CPD, and providing match day sports science support as required. As a result, the role requires an individual who is able to perform such hours as necessary to complete their roles and responsibilities, which will require travel and the working of unsociable hours including weekends and bank holidays.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and monitor athlete testing and performance profiling programmes.
• Collect, analyse, and interpret physiological, biomechanical, and performance data.
• Monitor training load, fatigue, wellness, and recovery using appropriate technologies.
• Produce clear reports and provide evidence-based recommendations to coaches and support staff.
• Support the planning and evaluation of training interventions to optimise performance.
• Assist with return-to-performance planning following injury in collaboration with medical and rehabilitation teams.
• Maintain accurate athlete records and ensure data integrity and confidentiality.
• Stay current with emerging research, technologies, and best practice within performance science.
• Contribute to research projects and innovation initiatives where appropriate.
• Assist in the delivery of on-field physical warm-ups (if applicable).
• Delivery of individual on-pitch sessions (if applicable).
• Assist in gym-based delivery during team activation and training sessions.
• Contribute to the maintenance of the first team gym and relevant spaces.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the sports science and medical department through attending and delivering CPD events.

Personal Specification

Qualifications

• BSc in a Sport Science/Strength & Conditioning discipline (essential)
• MSc in a Sports Science discipline (essential)
• BASES Accreditation (desirable)
• UKSCA Accreditation (desirable)

Experience

• Ability to demonstrate an extensive portfolio of working with elite athletes (essential)
• Extensive experience of athlete monitoring in elite sport (essential)
• Comprehensive data analysis and reporting skills, with proficiency across data visualisation and statistical software (Microsoft Excel / R / Tableau / Power BI) (essential)
• Experience delivering on-field warm-ups and individual pitch sessions (desirable)
• Experience of delivery of strength and conditioning programs to professional footballers (desirable)

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent knowledge of the physiology of training, in particular within football
• Ability to interact effectively with all members of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to implement innovative ideas and influence athlete and coach plans
• Forward thinking, with the ability to anticipate and plan for all eventualities
• Strong team ethos, with the ability to build strong professional relationships with coaching and playing staff
• Ability to adapt and change training programs and plans safely and effectively.
• Excellent IT skills

Safeguarding & Recruitment Statement

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. The Club follows a Safer Recruitment process for all roles. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to proportionate background, DBS and reference checks as required.

We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Reasonable Adjustments

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and will make reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process to support candidates with disabilities or specific needs. Please let us know if you require any adjustments so that we can ensure you have a fair and positive experience.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications or due to business needs, so early applications are encouraged.