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This role serves as the primary bridge between Area Scouts and Baseball Operations leadership ... The National Scouting Coordinator provides ongoing mentorship, delivers actionable feedback ...

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Dickinson College

Position Department Athletics - Baseball Job Summary/Basic Function Pitching CoachPosition Summary ... Contribute to game days through the scouting of opponents, and provide input into game plans and ...

Dickinson College

Assistant Baseball Coach

Carlisle, PA · On-site

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What are the main responsibilities of a baseball scout during a given season?

Baseball scouts spend much of their time traveling to games, tournaments, and showcases to observe and assess players’ abilities firsthand. Their responsibilities include compiling detailed reports, analyzing player statistics and video footage, attending meetings with team executives, and building relationships with athletes and coaches. Scouts often focus on identifying talent that fits the team's strategic needs and culture, as well as staying up to date with emerging prospects. The job requires flexibility and autonomy, as scouts often work independently but coordinate closely with other scouting professionals and front office staff throughout the season.

What is baseball scouting?

A Baseball Scouting job involves evaluating players' skills, potential, and overall performance to determine their suitability for a team. Scouts watch games, assess player statistics, and provide reports to coaches and front office staff. They travel frequently to high school, college, and professional games to discover new talent. Strong knowledge of the game, analytical skills, and networking are essential for success in this role.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the baseball scouting position, and why are they important?

Strong analytical skills, in-depth baseball knowledge, and the ability to evaluate athletic talent are essential for excelling in baseball scouting, typically supported by prior experience as a player, coach, or in sports analytics. Familiarity with scouting software, video analysis tools, and databases such as TrackMan or Synergy Sports is commonly expected. Effective communication, keen observation, and relationship-building skills help scouts gain insights and collaborate with coaches, players, and executives. These competencies are crucial for making accurate player assessments, contributing to team-building strategies, and ensuring organizational success.

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National Scouting Coordinator

Boston Red Sox

On-site

Full-time

Posted yesterday

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Job description

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:

The Amateur Domestic Scouting department is responsible for improving organizational talent through the Rule IV Draft and UDFA signing process. The department strives to be best in class at identifying, evaluating, and valuing amateur baseball talent through a relentless commitment to our process and our people. This includes, but is not limited to creating well-rounded scouting practices, building relationships, leveraging R&D for process support, collaborating with our Player Development groups, developing strong staff education frameworks, and establishing sound decision-making processes.  

POSITION OVERVIEW:   

The National Scouting Coordinator is responsible for leading and supporting a designated group of Area Scouts and ensuring the consistency, quality, and effectiveness of the amateur scouting process across their assigned territory. This role serves as the primary bridge between Area Scouts and Baseball Operations leadership, driving organizational alignment in evaluation philosophy, information gathering, player valuation, and decision-making. Success in this role is measured not only by the quality of player evaluations, but by the Coordinator's ability to develop Area Scouts, elevate evaluation standards, improve information collection quality, and create a collaborative environment where scouts continuously grow. The National Scouting Coordinator provides ongoing mentorship, delivers actionable feedback, identifies process improvements, and ensures every player is evaluated within the broader context of the draft landscape and organizational priorities. The ideal candidate is an exceptional evaluator, teacher, communicator, teammate and leader who possesses a deep understanding of modern player valuation, embraces collaboration across departments, and is passionate about developing both people and process. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Lead and develop a designated group of Area Scouts by providing ongoing coaching, mentorship, and actionable feedback to improve evaluation quality, contextual thinking, and professional growth. 

  • Serve as the primary liaison between Area Scouts and Amateur Scouting leadership, ensuring alignment in scouting philosophy, priorities, and organizational processes.  

  • Oversee the quality and consistency of scouting reports, ensuring evaluations are comprehensive, well-supported, and leverage all available resources. 

  • Build a positive, accountable, and collaborative team environment that promotes trust, transparency, inclusivity, and continuous learning while reinforcing organizational values and expectations. 

  • Produce high-quality player evaluations by integrating live scouting, video scouting, performance data, medical information, player development insight, and analytical resources.  

  • Communicate significant player movement, evaluation updates, and emerging draft trends to Amateur Scouting leadership to support informed organizational decision-making. 

  • Represent the collective work of the assigned scouting group during draft preparation, cross-functional meetings, and organizational discussions.  

  • Identify opportunities to improve scouting workflows, evaluation standards, communication, and overall departmental processes while promoting innovation and continuous improvement. 

COMPETENCIES:

  • Ability to build and cultivate relationships. 

  • Willing to connect with and respect people from different backgrounds and cultures, including players, families, coaches, agents, trainers, and others.

  • Proficient with the necessary hardware, tools, and equipment to conduct information gathering for the Amateur scouting domain.  

  • Ability to use the appropriate software platform(s) and digital tools necessary for the submission and quality control of evaluations. 

  • An expertise of the landscape and context surrounding the Amateur scouting domain.  

  • Ability to understand and decipher the data that drives the desired signals in the Amateur Scouting domain.  

  • An understanding of each evaluation domain (development, performance, medical, behavioral health, background, etc.) to be able to succinctly capture the information necessary to meaningfully engage with experts (doctors, S&C coaches, analysts, etc.). 

In addition to the above requirements, all roles within Baseball Operations are expected to effectively demonstrate our universal competencies related to problem solving, teamwork, clarity of communication, and time management, along with embodying our culture of honesty, humility, relentlessness, and commitment to DEIB. 

At the Boston Red Sox we go beyond embracing diversity. We’re committed to living by our values, strengthening our community, and creating a workplace where people genuinely feel like they belong. 
 
Too often, job seekers don’t apply to positions because they don’t meet every qualification. If you love this role and are great at what you do, we encourage you to apply. Your unique skills and experiences might just be what we’ve been looking for.
 
Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination based on race, religious creed, color, sex, age, national origin, handicap, disability, military/veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or protected genetic information.