Business coaches for athletes
Compare 33 business coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are startups and founders, leadership and team building, scaling and growth and operations and systems. They most often work with athletes, founders and business owners and executives. Most charge $95 to $225 per hour or session.
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Ankoor Naik
Ankoor Naik is a business coach who works one on one with founders, leaders and self-made professionals in Mumbai and Bengaluru. He has run over 10,000 coaching sessions and worked with more than 2000 entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals. He helps clients scale without burnout, make sharper decisions and build a clear direction. Some clients have stayed with him for 7 years, and he also works with their leadership teams.
Scott Rusnak
Scott Rusnak is a business coach and Expert EOS Implementer in Scottsdale, Arizona. He helps owners and leadership teams run their companies with more discipline and accountability. Since 2005 he has worked with over 150 organizations. He has built and exited multiple businesses, and he has led organizations with 5 to 5,000 employees. He is also a Board Certified Coach for the US and British Olympic Teams.
TC North
TC North, PhD is a Certified EOS Implementer who helps entrepreneurial leadership teams build strong companies. He also coaches leaders through the mental and emotional side of running a business. He started his career teaching elite athletes mental skills, including 31 Olympians and a pro sports team. For over 20 years he has applied that work to entrepreneurs. He is a bestselling leadership author and works from Colorado.
Olga Zubko
Olga Zubko is a business and career coach based in France. She coaches professionals, entrepreneurs, and athletes who want more confidence and a stronger mindset. She trained in psychoanalytic coaching and has 15 years of business experience. She works with clients around the world and coaches in English, French, Russian, and Ukrainian. Each session targets one result and ends with clear next steps. When it fits, she also uses personal and business astrology.
Russ Katzman
Russ Katzman is a business and innovation coach who works with owners, founders and executives through his practice, Progeny. He brings over 25 years in integrated systems and human behavior. In the past five years he taught and mentored more than 1000 business professionals. He holds a Six Sigma Black Belt, a PMP and an MBA. He also shares books and articles that fit each owner's situation.
Ulrike Berzau
Ulrike Berzau is a mindset and business growth coach in Holmdel, New Jersey. She helps business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders grow their work and reach higher performance. She teaches a program called Mind Strategies and a 6 Step Business Growth Strategy. She also has a program for equestrian riders and one for health care leaders and businesses. She offers a free strategy session to start.
Dave Leach
Dave Leach is a Co-Active trained coach who works with high-performing middle-aged men who want to make big changes in their lives. He also coaches small and medium sized business owners and high performance athletes. Before coaching, he ran AIN Media Group, a 30 employee company that leads B2B news for the business aviation industry. He now serves as its Board Chair. He is based in Boulder, Colorado.
Jay Izso
Jay Izso is a business coach and Christian life coach. He is the owner and founder of Coaching Mavericks. He works with business owners, CEOs, executives, athletes and teams. His master's and doctoral work is in psychology, and he sees the whole person. With teams, he meets each person one on one and also works with the group as a unit.
Conrad Ukropina
Conrad Ukropina is an MBA admissions consultant who also coaches startup founders and career changers. He works most with athletes and people close to sports who want to move into business school, consulting, or entrepreneurship. He is a former NFL kicker and a former McKinsey Engagement Manager. He has started three companies and co-founded Lifespark. He holds an MBA, MS, and BS from Stanford. He has helped clients get into Yale School of Management.
Mack Meyer
Mack Meyer is a venture capital coach who helps people break into VC and helps founders raise money. He played two seasons in the San Francisco Giants organization before moving into tech after his baseball career ended. He is an angel investor in startups across Latin America and an LP in a pre-seed fund that invests in the region. He also runs a content business for founders, startups and investors. He coaches career changers and current or former athletes.
Brianna Battles
Brianna Battles is a strength and conditioning coach who works with pregnant and postpartum athletes. She founded Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism and has coached for over 20 years. She has taught thousands of coaches around the world how to train women through pregnancy and after birth. She runs online fitness programs and a certification course for coaches. She also co-owns a jiu jitsu gym in Eagle, Idaho, and hosts the Practice Brave Podcast.
Christy O'Hara
Christy O'Hara is a business and career coach in Galway, Ireland. He helps sports people move into business and helps professionals with career direction and interviews. He is a former HR Director with over 30 years in human resource management. He founded the firm HRworks in 2011. He has led major transformation projects in several organisations. He is also a lifelong sportsperson who ties sport skills to business.
David Beecher
David Beecher is an independent education consultant in Madison, Connecticut. He advises families on prep and boarding school placement, college admissions, athletic recruiting, and students with learning differences. He co-founded Sound Consulting with Chrissie Pape. He is a former college athlete, a former NCAA Division 1 coach and athletic administrator, and spent 9 years as a Director of Admission. He also leads Prep Hockey Advisors, a division of the firm.
James Ayotte
James Ayotte is a Montreal-based coach who trains bikini and physique competitors. He founded Team Atlas in 2016 and leads it as head coach. Since 2018, his athletes have earned 142 IFBB Pro cards and 41 Bikini Olympia qualifications. Team Atlas produced 27 IFBB Pros in 2025 alone. He builds training, nutrition and competition plans for each athlete and stays involved in every athlete's progress.
Janicek Performance Group
Janicek Performance Group is a communication coaching firm for executives and senior leaders. It covers executive coaching, public speaking, media training and personal branding. The team includes Emmy-winning journalists, performance trainers and communication advisors. The firm has trained more than 10,000 executives over 20 years. Clients range from Fortune 500 CEOs to venture-backed founders. It teaches its own system, the JPG Method, to help leaders communicate with clarity and authority.
Jodie Lowinger
Dr Jodie Lowinger is an executive coach and clinical psychologist who works with CEOs, founders, senior leaders and doctors. She builds mental resilience and steady high performance. She created The Mind Strength Method, which was named one of the 50 Australian Inventions Changing the World. She founded The Anxiety Clinic and has 20 years in business strategy and leadership consulting. She is based in Bondi Junction, Sydney.
Mike Thurston
Mike Thurston is a fitness and business coach who works one-on-one with entrepreneurs, creators and athletes. He has 19 years in the industry. He qualified as a personal trainer in 2013, opened a gym in 2014, and built a YouTube channel with 1.9M+ subscribers. He also runs the THRST App, THRST Apparel and a podcast. He now coaches on physique, brand, business model and systems.
Shane Duquette
Shane Duquette is a muscle-building coach who helps skinny men, hardgainers and skinny-fat guys gain weight, get stronger and build muscle. He co-founded Bony to Beastly, Bony to Bombshell and Outlift. He gained 55 pounds in a little over two years himself. His teams have helped over 13,000 skinny people build muscle. Clients range from college students to senior citizens, and from office workers to Olympic athletes.
Todd Herman
Todd Herman is a performance coach who works with elite athletes, entrepreneurs and business teams. He has coached and mentored for more than 28 years on inner game, strategy and performance. He wrote the international bestseller The Alter Ego Effect, which lays out his own method. He also builds programs and tools, speaks to audiences, and has appeared on NFL Films and the Today Show.
Brendon Burchard
Brendon Burchard is a high performance coach who works with entrepreneurs, coaches, executives and athletes. He has spent two decades beside Olympians, CEOs and founders. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author, and his books include High Performance Habits, The Charge and The Millionaire Messenger. He also hosts the Progress Mode podcast and runs group programs and coach certification.
Liz Bentley
Liz Bentley is an executive coach who leads Liz Bentley Associates in New York. The firm coaches individuals, teams and whole companies. Services include executive coaching, CEO consulting, real estate coaching, sales training and board consulting. Her method blends the science of human behavior, business knowledge and a sports performance model. She has worked with some clients for more than 15 years, and her clients include leaders at the Milwaukee Brewers and Paramount Global.
Amobi Okugo
Amobi Okugo is a business development and partnerships expert who offers career coaching and marketing guidance. He works at Visa in the Champions Program, which moves former professional athletes into new careers through three 8-month rotations. He also runs Serve Consulting LLC and Okugo Ventures. At StatusPRO he worked with the NFL, NFLPA and META, and helped launch NFL PRO ERA, which sold over 1M units.
Sandy Robinson
Sandy Robinson is a health and fitness coach in Madison, Alabama. Sandy also works as a life coach and business coach. The focus is on ambitious women and elite female athletes. Sandy is an integrative health practitioner, a sports psychology coach and a personal trainer. Sandy has also written articles on tracking fitness progress, building healthy habits and the obstacles that block lasting change.
Sarah Arnold-Hall
Sarah Arnold-Hall is a high performance coach who helps entrepreneurs, creatives and athletes reach the goals they set. She studied psychology and philosophy, then began coaching after graduating. She earned her High Performance Coach certification in 2018 and has coached an Olympic athlete. She has run her own business full time since 2020 and builds a YouTube channel and a podcast where she coaches her guests on air.
Sarah Kay Harrison
Sarah Kay Harrison is a life and business coach based in Arizona. She helps people with goals that range from opening a new business to getting through a divorce. She also works with professional athletes and sports teams. She worked with the Arizona Mercury/Suns organization, and the team went on to win a championship. She holds a business degree and has coached for over fifteen years. She is also a speaker and author.
Bay LeBlanc Quiney
Bay LeBlanc Quiney is a business and executive coach for driven entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals. She holds an MBA and the ICF PCC credential. Her focus is perfectionism, the habit of trying harder to be perfect until it stops working. Her clients include Olympic-level athletes, artists, designers, lawyers, doctors and executives from media companies such as NBCUniversal, Inc. She is based in Victoria, B.C. and travels to work with clients around the world.
Chris Roos
Chris Roos is a life coach who works only with men. He founded Project Uhuru in South Africa. The word Uhuru means freedom. Chris helps men let go of beliefs and patterns that hold them back. He uses transformational coaching, NLP and mind shifting techniques. He also offers accountability coaching and breathwork coaching. His clients include founders, executives, athletes, creatives, retirees and men going through divorce or career change.
Holly Grahn
Holly Grahn is a life, performance and entrepreneurship coach in Winfield, British Columbia. She helps entrepreneurs, executives, athletes and growth-minded people sharpen their mental game and reach their goals. Holly is a clinical hypnotherapy and NLP practitioner, so she brings those skills into her coaching. She also writes articles about sticking with hard goals and getting through the urge to quit.
Jon Osborn
Jon Osborn is a cognitive performance specialist who coaches athletes and business teams. He is a founding member of RJ Performance Group, a private practice based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with offices in Boise and Las Vegas. He holds a graduate degree in Sport & Performance Psychology and spent 3 years as an organizational analyst before starting his practice. His team has worked with the Utah Jazz, Real Salt Lake, Intermountain Healthcare and Visa.
Tammie Bennett
Tammie Bennett is an accountability and burnout coach in Oregon. She helps creatives, athletes, coaches and small business owners reach big goals. She is a creative entrepreneur who owns a stationery business and hosts the Show Up Society podcast. She has coached runners for over 13 years. She has also kept at least one tiny daily habit for more than 10 years, and she teaches that skill to clients.
Elspeth Wadsworth
Elspeth Wadsworth is a career, life and business coach. She helps business owners, start ups and individuals who want more fulfilling work and personal lives. She does not stick to one niche. She treats work and personal life as linked, and coaches the whole person instead of one problem. Her business coaching draws on a background in marketing and business management. She holds an EMCC EIA and a Transformational Coaching Certificate.
Aaron MacIntyre
Aaron MacIntyre is a life and business coach in Oakland, California. He works one-on-one with entrepreneurs, small business owners, independent contributors and athletes. Clients meet him every week to build skills, strategy and self-awareness. He ties their actions to long-term goals, milestones and performance metrics. He also works on fear, procrastination, anxiety and ambivalence, and helps clients find a clear sense of purpose. His coaching is offered online.
Yusuf Chaudhari
Yusuf Chaudhari is a life and confidence coach for driven, successful people. He works with entrepreneurs, executives, athletes, celebrities and other high performers. His clients have reached their goals but feel unfulfilled, disconnected or unsure what comes next. He focuses on rebuilding focus, habits and a sense of direction. His sessions rely on honest conversation, real accountability and practical mental clarity that changes how clients show up each day.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Ankoor Naik | Scaling and growth and Leadership and team building | $85 to $160 an hour |
| Scott Rusnak | Scaling and growth and Leadership and team building | $160 to $290 an hour |
| TC North | Scaling and growth and Leadership and team building | $160 to $290 an hour |
| Olga Zubko | Startups and founders | $100 to $250 per hour |
| Russ Katzman | Startups and founders and Operations and systems | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Ulrike Berzau | Scaling and growth and Marketing | $125 to $300 an hour |
| Dave Leach | Leadership and team building | $160 to $275 an hour |
| Jay Izso | Leadership and team building | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Conrad Ukropina | Startups and founders | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Mack Meyer | Startups and founders | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Brianna Battles | Strength coach for pregnant and postpartum athletes and the coaches who train them | $110 to $190 an hour |
| Christy O'Hara | Startups and founders | $90 to $175 an hour |
| David Beecher | Education consultant for prep school, college and athletic admissions in Connecticut | $150 to $225 an hour |
| James Ayotte | Bikini and physique competition coach based in Montreal | $85 to $150 an hour |
| Janicek Performance Group | Startups and founders | $130 to $255 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a business coach cost?
Most business coaches charge $95 to $225 per hour or session.
What else do these business coaches help with?
Common focus areas include startups and founders, leadership and team building, scaling and growth and operations and systems.
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Last updated September 2026.