Athletics & Sports Coaching Intern - Paid | Housing Included | College Credit

This isn't a typical internship. This is where coaches are made.

Camp Weequahic | Northeast Pennsylvania | 100 acres | 450 campers | 200+ international staff

The opportunity

Most sports internships have you setting up cones and filling water bottles. This one has you running the show.

Camp Weequahic is one of the most respected residential summer camps in the United States - a fully equipped 100-acre campus in the mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania, home to 450 campers and a coaching staff that includes ex-college coaches, professional athletes, and international sports specialists from across the globe. This is the environment you'll be learning in, coaching in, and growing in, every single day for nine weeks.

You will be paid. Your housing is covered. Your meals are covered. Every on-camp expense is covered. The only thing you need to bring is your passion for sport and your willingness to be pushed.

Who you'll learn from

This is what separates this internship from anything else on Handshake.

• Ex-college coaches with decades of experience at competitive programs across the US
• International athletes and specialists across football, basketball, racket sports, swimming, gymnastics, baseball, archery, and more
• A genuinely global coaching team - staff arrive from across Europe, Australia, South America, and beyond, bringing different techniques, philosophies, and approaches to sport that you simply won't encounter anywhere else
• Senior mentors who will actively invest in your development as a coach, not just use you as an extra pair of hands

You will be coached while you coach. That is rare. That is the Weequahic difference.

What you'll coach

• Football
• Basketball
• Baseball
• Soccer
• Swimming & water sports
• Tennis
• Archery
• Outdoor adventure & hiking
• And more depending on your specialism

Whether you're a single-sport specialist or a multi-sport athlete, we'll build your programme around your strengths and push you beyond them.

What you'll gain experience in

• Multi-sport session planning and delivery
• Youth athletic development across age groups
• Technique coaching and skill instruction
• Team culture building and motivational leadership
• Behaviour management in competitive environments
• Health, safety and injury awareness protocols
• Working within and leading a diverse international team
• Receiving and applying feedback from experienced college-level coaches

The package - and there's nothing else like it

• ✔ Paid salary - this is not an unpaid internship
• ✔ Full housing on camp for the entire summer
• ✔ Every meal included, every day
• ✔ All on-camp expenses covered
• ✔ College credit eligible
• ✔ Direct mentorship from ex-college coaches
• ✔ Daily coaching reps across multiple sports
• ✔ A global network of athletes and coaches you'll keep for life
• ✔ Full training and development provided
• ✔ A professional reference that carries genuine weight

Who we're looking for

You don't need to have coached before. You need to love sport, work hard, and be ready to lead. We are looking for someone who is:

• Competitive and driven
• A natural communicator and motivator
• Comfortable taking ownership and making decisions
• Adaptable across different sports and age groups
• Hungry to develop as a coach and as a leader

Ideal for Kinesiology, Physical Education, Exercise Science, Sports Management, and Recreation majors — though any student with a genuine passion for sport is welcome and encouraged to apply.

Why this summer changes everything

The best coaches in the world didn't wait for experience to come to them. They put themselves in environments where they were surrounded by people better than them, learned everything they could, and came out the other side transformed.

That is exactly what this summer is.

You will coach more in nine weeks than most people do in three years. You will learn from coaches who have operated at the highest levels of college sport. You will build relationships with international athletes that last well beyond the summer. And you will walk into your first full-time coaching role with something most candidates your age simply don't have - real experience, real confidence, and a real story to tell.

"I coached more in nine weeks than I had in three years of volunteering. I walked into my first full-time coaching job with genuine confidence and a reference from an ex-Division I coach. Nothing else on my resume comes close."

The best coaches started somewhere. This is that somewhere.

Apply now on Handshake or visit campweequahic.com