Driveline Baseball - Hitting Trainer
Location: Guerra, Dominican Republic
Employment: Full-Time Preferred; Part-Time Opportunities May Also Be Available
Compensation: Hourly, Rate Dependent on Experience
Driveline Baseball, a data-driven player development organization, is seeking a Hitting Coach to join our new facility in Guerra, Dominican Republic.
Our Guerra location will operate as Driveline’s fourth fully integrated facility alongside Kent, WA, Tampa, FL, and Scottsdale, AZ. This role will work closely with our Hitting Management, Facility Operations, and Sports Science teams to deliver consistent athlete assessment, programming, and coaching standards across locations.
We’re seeking talented coaches from diverse backgrounds who bring expertise in hitting, high performance, and athlete development. The ideal candidate will:
- Collaborate effectively with trainers, coaches, athletes, and team personnel.
- Communicate fluently in both Spanish and English.
- Demonstrate a passion for helping athletes improve and succeed.
- Be eager to learn and grow in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
- Be adaptable, resourceful, and comfortable helping build systems and culture at a new facility.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement individualized hitting programs based on Driveline's data-driven protocols.
- Utilize technology to assess biomechanics, bat path, batted ball profile, and performance metrics.
- Operate Driveline’s biomechanics lab and baseball technologies, including TrackMan, HitTrax, Rapsodo, Blast Motion, and related systems.
- Collaborate with Hitting Management and Sports Science to optimize athlete training and assessment.
- Coach athletes across youth, amateur, academy, collegiate, minor league, and professional levels.
- Communicate effectively with Latin American players, coaches, and team executives, as well as English-speaking team personnel and Driveline staff in the United States.
- Maintain accurate athlete training records and documentation.
- Contribute to a positive, growth-oriented training environment.
- Support facility operations as needed.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Professional fluency in both Spanish and English.
- Excellent "feel" — the mix of empathy, common sense, and likability that makes people trust you.
- Minimum of 1 season of coaching experience in baseball or strength and conditioning.
- Strong familiarity with Driveline's training methodologies, tools, and/or baseball technology through direct experience or extensive study.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills across different cultures and backgrounds.
- Comfort using computers and learning, operating, and troubleshooting technology.
- Ability to lift up to 100 pounds repeatedly throughout the workday.
- Comfort with frequent physical activity, including hitting, throwing, demonstrating exercises, and hands-on coaching.
- Creative solutions to unique training limitations. Be a problem solver.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Demonstrated leadership experience.
- Progress towards a degree in exercise science, biomechanics, or related field.
- A history of independent learning, including published work in peer-reviewed journals, preprints, or blog articles.
- Experience using Driveline’s open-source biomechanics data.
- Proficiency with baseball technology such as HitTrax, Rapsodo, TrackMan, and Blast Motion.
- Experience in both hitting and strength and conditioning.
- Experience working with professional baseball organizations, international athletes, or baseball academies.
- Experience with content creation, videography, generative AI, or related tools.
Why Join Us?
This position offers an opportunity to work at Driveline’s newest facility in one of the world’s most important baseball development regions. You’ll coach athletes across a wide range of levels while gaining hands-on experience with Driveline’s technology, assessment systems, and player development methodologies.
You’ll also collaborate directly with Driveline coaches, sports scientists, and staff across our U.S. facilities while helping establish the culture and training environment in Guerra.
If you’re ready to grow as a coach and make an impact on athlete performance, we’d love to hear from you.
Driveline is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, or other protected characteristics.