Head Basketball Coach | $70/hr | Mercor

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This range is provided by Crossing Hurdles. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$45.00/hr - $70.00/hr

At Crossing Hurdles, we work as a referral partner. We refer candidates to Mercor that collaborates with the world’s leading AI research labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models.

Organization: Mercor

Position: Basketball Expert (Fans, Journalist, Commentator, etc.)

Referral Partner: Crossing Hurdles

Type: Hourly contract

Compensation: $45–$70 per hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 10–20 hours/week, flexible and asynchronous

Duration: Flexible

Role Responsibilities:

• Game Evaluation: Watch basketball games and review AI-generated play-by-play commentary and post-game analysis.
• Performance Scoring: Rate the accuracy, insight, and entertainment value of AI sports coverage.
• Context & Understanding: Assess the AI’s grasp of player performance, game flow, and strategic decisions.
• Error Detection: Identify factual mistakes, poor interpretations, or stylistic inconsistencies.
• Feedback Reporting: Provide clear written feedback highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities.
• Collaboration: Work with analysts and developers to enhance the AI’s basketball-specific reasoning and realism.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Basketball Expertise: Deep understanding of the game — whether through playing, coaching, commentating, or passionate fandom.
• Analytical Thinking: Ability to evaluate basketball strategies, narratives, and statistical insights.
• Communication Skills: Strong written English and ability to clearly articulate nuanced basketball insights.
• Tech Readiness: Comfortable using online evaluation tools and dashboards.

Application process: (Takes 20 min)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume (15 min)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Research

• Industries

  Sports Teams and Clubs and Spectator Sports

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