Business coaches for athletes
Compare 31 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.
Dave Leach
Dave Leach is a Co-Active trained coach in Boulder, Colorado. She works with high-performing middle-aged men, small and medium business owners, and athletes who want big changes in their lives. Before coaching, she ran AIN Media Group, a 30 employee company that leads B2B news for the business aviation industry. She moved it from print ads to a mix of digital, print, and events. She is now the company's Board Chair.
Russ Katzman
Russ Katzman is a business and executive coach who helps entrepreneurs and small business owners. He runs Progeny Coaching and Consulting. He brings over 25 years in integrated systems and human behavior, with work in change management and process optimization. In the past five years he taught and mentored more than 1000 business professionals. He also shares books and articles that fit each owner's situation.
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.
Ulrike Berzau
Ulrike Berzau is a business and mindset coach in Holmdel, New Jersey. She helps business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders grow their companies and reach the next level at work. She also coaches people on sports performance. She built the Mind Strategies program and a 6 Step Business Growth Strategy. She runs separate tracks for equestrian riders and for health care leaders and businesses. Clients can start with a free strategy session.
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.
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.
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.
Lisa Pulliam
Lisa Pulliam is the founder of StableMinded. She coaches Christian women through life transitions and offers faith-based coaching that ties a biblical worldview to life purpose. She also works with teens and young adults. In 2021 she added equine-assisted programs. Lisa has over three decades of experience as a small business owner and ministry leader. She holds a Master's in Clinical Counseling with a trauma concentration and has written books for riders on fear and anxiety.
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.
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.
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.
Aaron MacIntyre
Aaron MacIntyre is a life and business coach in Oakland, California. He works one-on-one with entrepreneurs, business owners, athletes and high achievers. His practice centers on mindset development, purpose and accountability. Before coaching, he held leadership roles in military health and training programs, global development, product manufacturing and mental health treatment. Clients meet with him weekly to link their actions to goals, milestones and KPIs.
Robin Sharma
Robin Sharma is a leadership expert who advises executives, entrepreneurs and organizations on leadership and elite performance. He has done this work for over 30 years. He is a former lawyer who left law and self-published his first book. His books include The 5AM Club and The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, and they have sold more than 30 million copies. He has advised Fortune 100 CEOs, championship athletes and companies such as Nike, Microsoft and FedEx.
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.
Jon Osborn
Jon Osborn is a Cognitive Performance Specialist who works with athletes, teams and businesses in Utah. He is a founding member of RJ Performance Group, a private practice based in Salt Lake City 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 the practice. His team has worked with the Utah Jazz, Real Salt Lake, Visa and Michelin Tires.
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.
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.
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 their goals. She holds a psychology and philosophy degree and became a Certified High Performance Coach in 2018. She has coached an Olympic athlete. She has run her own business full time since 2020 and built it past six figures a year. She is now working toward a seven figure business and shares her own goals in public.
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. Chris founded Project Uhuru in South Africa. The word Uhuru means freedom. Chris helps men let go of beliefs and patterns that hold them back. Chris uses transformational coaching, NLP and mind shifting techniques. Chris also offers accountability coaching and breathwork coaching. Chris's clients include founders, executives, athletes, creatives, retirees and men going through divorce or career change.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Ankoor Naik | Scaling and growth and Leadership and team building | $85 to $160 an hour |
| Dave Leach | Scaling and growth and Leadership and team building | $160 to $290 an hour |
| Russ Katzman | Scaling and growth and Operations and systems | $115 to $175 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 |
| Ulrike Berzau | Scaling and growth and Marketing | $125 to $300 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 |
| Conrad Ukropina | Startups and founders | $70 to $145 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 |
| Jodie Lowinger | Startups and founders and Leadership and team building | $150 to $275 an hour |
| Lisa Pulliam | Faith-based life coach and consultant for Christian women, with equine programs | $90 to $175 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.