Life coaches for athletes
Compare 59 life coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are mindset and habits, confidence and self-esteem, stress and overwhelm and goal setting and accountability. They most often work with athletes, professionals and founders and business owners. Most charge $80 to $175 per hour or session.
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Dan Remon
Dan Remon is a performance and life coach in Bangkok who works with executives, entrepreneurs and business owners. He has coached for 25 years and been in business for 23. He holds a degree in human physiology and psychology and trained at health resorts in Thailand, India, Mexico, the UK and Europe. He also runs corporate training on resilience, energy management and self leadership, and offers a men's fitness and performance program.
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.
Sam Pittman
Sam Pittman is a life coach and run coach who helps people build confidence, make career shifts and bring joy into training. Clients include college professors, single parents, shy adults and runners at every level, from first-timers to marathoners. Sam draws on a background as a writer and athlete. Sessions use visualization, storyboarding, self-talk revision and writing exercises. Sam also worked in higher education and once apprenticed as a baker.
Aleksandra Miciul
Aleksandra Miciul is a life and mental performance coach who helps athletes, professionals and women who feel stuck or overwhelmed. She is a former Olympic swimmer who then worked 15 years in corporate real estate in London. She coaches on overthinking, confidence, focus and burnout. She works in London and online across the UK and abroad. Her sessions follow a simple path of clarity, a structured plan and steady action.
Rory Mitchell
Rory Mitchell is a performance and wellness coach in New Jersey. He works with professionals, athletes, students and parents. He is the founder of MyStoryPath and wrote the book Tell Yourself a Better Story. He is a Preferred PSYCH-K Facilitator. His sessions focus on the subconscious beliefs and inner stories that shape how clients perform, feel and show up. He offers a free 20 minute intro conversation.
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.
Courtney Love Gavin
Courtney Love Gavin is a master coach and hypnotherapist who helps Type A perfectionists and high performers. She has over 20 years of professional experience. Her clients include celebrities, C-suite leaders, pro athletes and public figures. She created Perfectionism Rewired, a method built on neuroscience and neuroplasticity. It aims to turn perfectionist habits into a strength instead of a burden. She also draws on her own experience with burnout and constant pressure.
Kamini Wood
Kamini Wood is an anxiety and breathwork coach who helps high performers and overachievers. She is the creator of AuthenticMe and CEO of Live Joy Your Way. Her clients look at the beliefs that hold them back and build a new view of success that comes from within. She is trained in internal family systems, cognitive behavioral based coaching and acceptance and commitment based coaching. She also holds certifications in high performance and wellness coaching.
Kimberly Zimmerman
Kimberly Zimmerman is an accountability and anxiety coach who helps women, busy moms, teens and athletes build more joy and health into daily life. She has worked with hundreds of clients. She also runs The Juicy Life in the Santa Ynez Valley, a wellness company that offers retreats, yoga, guided hikes and cold-pressed juices. Her coaching mixes mindset, movement, mindfulness and lifestyle changes.
Nyiko Masango
Nyiko Masango, known as Mr Dynamix, is a life and performance coach in Tzaneen, South Africa. He coaches HYROX and hybrid athletes and holds a HYROX Academy performance coach certification. He is also an endurance athlete, speaker, author and ordained Reverend. He walked 400km from Tzaneen to Johannesburg in 10 days and cycled 2,772km across 9 provinces in 19 days. He founded Theo Life Ministry.
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.
Nakita Savant
Nakita Savant is an accountability and anxiety coach in Minnesota. She works with adults on stress, life changes, health, career and relationships. She is a Certified Therapeutic Coach and a BioEnergetic Practitioner. She also coaches on baby sleep and eating disorders. Her sessions mix NLP, Jungian psychology and health methods, and she sets the pace to match each client.
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.
Mark Wilkes
Mark Wilkes is an anxiety coach and life coach in Utah. He works with athletes, musicians and students. His focus areas are anxiety management, performance psychology and existential crisis. He is a practicing psychotherapist in his state and holds an MA in marriage and family therapy. He is also certified in Advanced Ericksonian Clinical Hypnosis. He helps people who feel held back, who underperform, or who want more meaning in life.
Ron Smedley
Ron Smedley is an accountability and burnout coach in Ohio. He works with amateur, college and professional athletes, as well as youth and employees who want career growth or a career change. His coaching centers on using the mind well to reach strong results. Ron was a young athlete whose own dreams were held back by obstacles, and he coaches so clients avoid the same regrets.
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.
Dr Tarek Jomaa
Dr Tarek Jomaa is a confidence and creativity coach who works with CEOs, heads of departments, engineers and race drivers. He moved into coaching after designing race cars for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He holds a PhD in engineering and a master's in motorsports engineering. His coaching centers on "Mastering Your Inner Game," which looks at the interferences that hold people back from their potential. He is an EMCC accredited Senior Practitioner coach and mentor.
Peter Boniface
Peter Boniface is a life, leadership and executive coach in Air Ronge, Saskatchewan. He works one-on-one with professionals, athletes and people from all walks of life. Before coaching, he spent more than 40 years leading teams and large operations across 22 countries. He is also an amateur triathlete. He came back from a 2021 motorcycle accident within months and now uses that experience in his coaching on strength, balance and confidence.
Alexa Mckenzie
Alexa Mckenzie is a personal trainer and fitness coach in the Houston area. She coaches strength, mobility, nutrition and mindset, and works with HYROX and hybrid athletes. She has trained Police Academy and Military recruits, youth athletes, beginners, and clients in functional rehab after serious health issues. She started strength training in 2013 and became a professional trainer in 2019. She offers small group and 1:1 coaching.
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.
Daniel Domaradzki
Daniel Domaradzki is a spiritual and mental coach who teaches meditation, energy healing and mind hacking online. He works with spiritual seekers, healers, therapists and meditation students, and also with athletes, coaches and entrepreneurs. He has meditated since 2000 and became a certified energy healer in 2007. He also trained in strength and conditioning and has coached world champions and record holders in strength sports. His base is Stoke Gifford, near Bristol.
Danny Kennedy
Danny Kennedy is a personal trainer and strength coach in Melbourne, Australia. He coaches men and women on fat loss, strength, nutrition and habits, online and in person. He is the head trainer for the Kic app and hosts The Fitness and Lifestyle Podcast. Before coaching, he played full-time basketball for 2 years and later competed as a physique competitor at national and international level. His clients have included Olympic athletes and fitness models.
Eric Batchler
Eric Batchler is a mental performance and life coach in Loveland, Ohio. He helps athletes, teens, and adults beat slumps, reach goals, and handle performance stress. He has more than 20 years of coaching experience and spent a decade at a Fortune 500 company before running his own business. He wrote the Capacity Series of books and hosts two podcasts. He works one-on-one or with teams.
FitBody Fusion
FitBody Fusion is an online coaching team for bodybuilding and physique competitors. They guide athletes from the improvement season through prep, show day and recovery. The team says 200+ clients earned pro cards and 35+ became Olympians. Coaches work at 50+ NPC and IFBB shows and give backstage support at national level shows. They coach every NPC and IFBB division, from first-time novices to Olympia level athletes.
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.
James Crozier
James Crozier is a strength coach who runs JC Performance Coaching in Chelmsford. He helps people build strength, move better and train with confidence, from first-time lifters to strongman and strongwoman athletes. He has coached for more than 20 years and has worked with over 300 online clients. His clients range in age from 16 to 78. He trains people face to face at his private strength gym and also coaches online.
Jenna Stewart
Jenna Stewart is a health and life coach who helps high-achieving professionals with chronic pain, anxiety and burnout. She is a former professional dancer and a licensed chef. She is also a myofascial release therapist, somatic practitioner and Reiki practitioner. Her healing practice is in Topanga, California. She teaches fascia release, breathwork, nervous system regulation and mindset work. Her clients include executives, medical professionals, first responders and a retired pro athlete.
Jennifer Vollmann
Jennifer Vollmann is a triathlon and mindset coach who runs Finding Endurance. She works with athletes on training and mindset, and she also coaches non-athletes on mindset. She has raced at four Ironman World Championships, earned a black shirt at Norseman Xtri Worlds, and won the Starvation Extreme Triathlon. Her coaching fits training to each person's personality, motivation style, and life goals. She also leads athlete travel trips, including cycling in the Dolomites and a swim and run trip in Greece.
Lorrine Headrick
Lorrine Headrick is a mental performance and confidence coach for athletes. She helps high school and college athletes handle pressure, build confidence, and ease anxiety in sports and in life. She has over 20 years in health and fitness, with a degree in exercise sports science. She was a college athlete herself. She has coached hundreds of athletes, both one-on-one and as whole teams, and she runs a community for sports moms.
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.
Maria Bruce
Maria Bruce is a high-performance coach who works with athletes, artists, founders and professionals. She is a medical doctor and licensed psychotherapist. Her work looks at how pressure, decision-making and personal dynamics affect each other. She has coached Olympic athletes and award-nominated artists, plus people in entertainment, beauty and finance. She founded Optimalist Health and wrote the Mental Training series. Her coaching combines applied psychology with physiological regulation.
Martise Moore
Martise Moore is a running and speed coach in the West Los Angeles area. Martise helps athletes, road racers, and military and law-enforcement candidates run faster for sports, races, and physical fitness tests. Martise won four Maryland state hurdle titles and ran track at USC as a scholar-athlete. Before coaching, Martise advised families and fiduciaries on investments. Martise runs GreenRunner and is writing a book on sports confidence.
Sean Ferguson
Sean Ferguson is a HYROX and hybrid athlete coach in Los Angeles. He trains beginners and returning racers online. Sean has over 20 years as a professional fitness trainer and is a HYROX Academy certified performance coach. He has raced HYROX 16 times, including 8 in Men's Pro, and finished the World Championship in Nice in June 2024. He also has 9 marathon finishes.
Shelly Lyons
Shelly Lyons is an ADHD and life coach in New Hampshire. She also coaches autistic and dyslexic adults. She works with individuals, groups and couples, plus parents, partners and managers of neurodivergent people. She has 20+ years in HR leadership, disability programs, education, technology and life sciences. She is a former college athlete and coaches current and former competitive athletes. She learned she had ADHD at age 39.
Tammy Lee
Tammy Lee is the owner of GO FIT LIFE. She coaches endurance athletes who chase serious race and performance goals. Her coaching ties together endurance training, strength, nutrition, recovery and accountability. She has more than 25 years of education and coaching experience and has coached over 4000 people. She also sells training plans on TrainingPeaks and partners with the TransRockies Race Series to support its athletes with training plans.
Wesley Brown
Wesley Brown is an executive and mindset coach who helps driven professionals lead with clarity under pressure. He spent 25 years as a U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer, leading teams in high-stakes settings around the world. He founded Helm and Horizon Coaching, LLC in April 2025. He also coaches endurance athletes with individual training programs. His sessions are held by video and focus on leadership, mindset and self-awareness.
Annie Reece
Annie Reece is an independent educational consultant who helps students and parents find and apply to boarding schools. She runs Right Fit Educational Consulting in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She works with families across the country. Her work covers traditional and junior boarding schools, athletic admissions, and schools for students with learning differences. She also advises on gap years and summer programs. She builds a school list for each student after detailed meetings with the family.
Brock Bumgarner
Brock Bumgarner is a burnout and mental performance coach who helps sales professionals, business professionals and athletes. He holds a Master's degree in Mental Health Counseling and is trained in sport and performance psychology. Over the past 5 years he worked as a corporate wellness coach with four Fortune 100 companies. He uses neuroscience-based tools and guided meditations to build confidence, focus and burnout resilience. His work is coaching, not therapy.
Dustie Gimblet
Dustie Gimblet is a golf mindset coach based in Tralee, Ireland. Dustie helps golfers lower their scores, play with more focus and win more tournaments. Dustie's clients range from junior amateurs to senior club champions. Some have signed with D1 schools, won AJGA events, and played in the US Kids Worlds Championship. Dustie starts each client with a full mental game assessment and offers support between sessions.
Evan Burk
Evan Burk is a leadership and performance coach who helps leaders, high performers and teams build winning cultures. He spent nearly two decades coaching elite athletes and leaders in top sports organizations, including the NFL and college football. He also works as a keynote speaker and author. His 2022 book, Finding Intangibles, covers the hidden traits behind elite performers and championship teams. He hosts a weekly leadership podcast.
Whitney Meza
Whitney Meza is a fitness and lifestyle coach who helps people with movement, eating habits, and mindset. Whitney has coached over 800 individuals and calls Whitney a movement specialist. Whitney's clients include competitive athletes, cancer survivors, grandparents, and pregnant and postpartum parents. Whitney runs Wellness Blueprint, an outdoor fitness studio in Somerville, Massachusetts, with group classes and one-on-one coaching. Whitney's coaching covers both training and the mental side, like time, emotions, and asking for a raise.
Bree Sutton
Bree Sutton is an athletic performance mindset coach who helps athletes remove the barriers that hold back their best play. She uses a technique called brainspotting to work on brain patterns tied to past negative events, such as a hard fall or a concussion. She is a licensed mental health therapist and a certified mindset coach. Her coaching is not therapy. She also works with actors and performers.
Audrey Ludemann
Audrey Ludemann is an independent educational consultant in Wilton, Connecticut. She helps students and parents with boarding and private school admissions. Her practice, The Bertram Group, also advises on college and graduate school, non-traditional school options, and career and life coaching for young adults. The team interviews each student and looks at strengths, needs, goals, athletics, arts, service and social skills to find a school that fits.
Charles Fernandez
Charles Fernandez is an executive and life coach based in Kentucky. He helps high performers, leaders and mission-driven people who are facing a transition or high expectations. He is a two-time Olympian and the founder of IMPACTA. His background covers elite athletics, business leadership and humanitarian advocacy. He also lists retirement coaching among his services. He offers a free Alignment Session to start.
Lauri Stricker
Lauri Stricker is a Pilates teacher and life coach in Evergreen, Colorado. She owns Evergreen Pilates Studio and has taught Pilates since 2003. She wrote the book Pilates for the Outdoor Athlete and made the DVD Pilates with your Baby. She also created Barre Elevate, a Pilates-based barre fitness program. Before teaching, she worked as a marketing professional. She has an MBA from the University of Denver and has studied life coaching under Alan Cohen.
Iris Zimmermann
Iris Zimmermann is a leadership and performance coach who works with high performers, VPs and C-suite leaders. She is certified by the International Coaching Federation. Her own path runs from an Olympic athletic career to owning a business, and then to a role as VP of Coaching at a fast-paced digital coaching start-up. She helps clients set clear goals, balance work and life, handle job and role changes, and build strong teams.
Jon Bleakley
Jon Bleakley is a performance and leadership coach who works with new leaders, young leaders, students and athletes. He also offers accountability and confidence coaching. Jon spent 26 years leading teams in military and non-profit settings. He led Special Operations, conventional military and civilian teams through intensive training and high-risk deployments. He focuses on building leaders who coach their own people and lead with care and authenticity.
Kiley Ellefson
Kiley Ellefson is an anxiety and breathwork coach in Nevada who helps athletes, athletic coaches, first responders, and performers and artists. Kiley is also a marriage and family therapy intern and is training toward mental performance and Associate Certified Coach credentials. Kiley began coaching to bring therapy knowledge and skills into work on performance and daily life. Sessions follow three stages: Awareness, vision, and action. A free consultation is available.
Laura Lee
Laura Lee is a career, leadership, and health and life coach based in Hawaii. She helps students and professionals choose a career direction, grow as leaders, and build healthier habits. She has coached clients through new careers, reorganizations, and downsizing. She holds MBTI and Strong Interest Inventory certifications, so she can use personality and interest assessments in her work. She also facilitates teams that need to set shared goals.
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.
Anna Roach
Anna Roach is a mindset coach who works with LGBTQ+ athletes. She helps them move past mental blocks and step into their full potential with confidence. Her main offer is a 10 week one-on-one program built around shadow work, boundary work, and higher self work. She treats "athlete" as a state of mind, so clients do not need to be playing a sport now to work with her.
Joshua Grenell
Joshua Grenell is a strength and conditioning coach who trains HYROX, hybrid and endurance athletes. He has more than a decade of experience. He is a HYROX Academy certified performance coach based in Rochester, Minnesota. Before coaching full time he worked as a nurse and owned gyms. He also wrote the book Fitness First. His coaching packages use TrainingPeaks and include mindset work for athletes.
Austin Causey
Austin Causey is a coach who helps amateur and professional soccer players handle career transitions. He founded Navigating Stages in 2025. He is also an active professional soccer player with more than 5 years in the pro game. He came up in the New England Revolution Academy and joined the New York Red Bulls organization in 2025. He helps athletes find clarity and confidence before a move, an injury, or life after the game.
David Roche
David Roche is a running coach who runs SWAP Running with Megan Roche. She coaches trail, ultra, and road runners, from people running their first 5k to athletes who have won some of the biggest races in the world. David is a two-time winner and record holder at the Leadville 100. Plans are personal and updated daily, including weekends. Training centers on improving running economy so fast running feels easier.
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.
John Jodlowski
John Jodlowski is a health, weight loss and fitness coach in Illinois. He also works as an accountability coach. He spent 30 years in finance before he became a certified health coach. He is a Level 1 CrossFit Coach and a Primal Health Coach Institute graduate. He uses a four-pillar program to help clients beat diet fatigue, feel better about how they look, and enjoy life more.
Kika Cicmanec
Kika Cicmanec is a life and mental performance coach who works with athletes, actors, artists, directors and other entertainment professionals. Kika is a former high-level athlete and holds a PCC credential from the ICF. Kika also holds a certified tennis coach credential and master's degrees in performing arts and psychology. The focus is on building a stronger mindset that leads to lasting change in performance and daily life.
Mark Bodo
Mark Bodo is a life, health and fitness, and performance coach in Johnson City, Tennessee. He helps athletes with the mental side of their sport. He also works with teams on cohesion and success. He coaches non-athletes who want to reach life and health goals and get past limiting beliefs. He holds a master's degree and is a Certified Sports Psychology Coach.
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| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Remon | Purpose and direction and Mindset and habits | $90 to $180 an hour |
| Lisa Pulliam | Life transitions and Stress and overwhelm | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Sam Pittman | Confidence and self-esteem and Purpose and direction | $80 to $155 an hour |
| Aleksandra Miciul | Confidence and self-esteem and Purpose and direction | $105 to $170 an hour |
| Rory Mitchell | Purpose and direction and Mindset and habits | $100 to $170 an hour |
| Aaron MacIntyre | Purpose and direction and Mindset and habits | $100 to $170 an hour |
| Courtney Love Gavin | Mindset and habits and Stress and overwhelm | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Kamini Wood | Confidence and self-esteem and Purpose and direction | $80 to $150 an hour |
| Kimberly Zimmerman | Goal setting and accountability and Life transitions | $100 to $160 an hour |
| Nyiko Masango | Purpose and direction and Mindset and habits | $90 to $180 an hour |
| Sarah Kay Harrison | Life transitions and Mindset and habits | $115 to $175 an hour |
| Nakita Savant | Stress and overwhelm and Life transitions | $120 to $190 an hour |
| Tammie Bennett | Mindset and habits and Goal setting and accountability | $120 to $190 an hour |
| Mark Wilkes | Stress and overwhelm and Purpose and direction | $120 to $190 an hour |
| Ron Smedley | Goal setting and accountability and Mindset and habits | $100 to $160 an hour |
Common questions
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Most life coaches charge $80 to $175 per hour or session.
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Common focus areas include mindset and habits, confidence and self-esteem, stress and overwhelm and goal setting and accountability.
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Last updated September 2026.