Resilient Sports Performance Mentorship

The mentorship early-career coaches actually need.

"Get the direction, the programming chops, and the career roadmap to become the coach you know you can be."

4 Months Fully Virtual 15 Live Group Sessions 2 One-on-One Calls Next cohort: August 18

Who this is for

Built for coaches in their first 1–5 years.

The first five years are the hardest. You're writing programs with no one to check them, learning the floor on the fly, and wondering how the coaches you look up to actually got where they are.

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You're in your first 1–5 yearsas a strength & conditioning coach and ready to level up — whether you're a paid intern, graduate assistant, part-time, or full-time coach.

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You want honest feedbackon your coaching, career development, and programming — not vague encouragement.

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You're hungry to advanceand tired of guessing how the next step actually happens.

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You learn best with real mentorship— not another generic, self-paced course.

What you'll walk away with

Four months from now, you'll have more than knowledge.

Clarity & confidence

In how you coach — plus a concrete plan to keep getting better beyond the mentorship.

Programming you can defend

Built on physiological principles and clear reasoning — not borrowed templates you can't explain.

A real career roadmap

So you know what your next move is and exactly how to earn it — no more guessing.

A mentor in your corner

And a network of driven peers growing right alongside you — coaches who will be in this field for decades.

Inside the mentorship

Four months of focused development across three pillars.

The three areas that decide an early-career coach's trajectory — and where most coaches don't get enough guidance.

Coaching Development

Sharpening your coaching eye, cueing, and feedback
Running efficient, high-energy weight-room sessions
Building athlete buy-in, trust, and culture
Communicating effectively with athletes and sport coaches
Developing presence and confidence on the floor

Programming & Athlete Development

Needs analysis and program design by sport and season
Periodization that holds up in the real world
Exercise selection and progression with clear rationale
Autoregulation and managing load on the fly
Testing, monitoring, and actually using your data

Career Advancement

Building a résumé and coaching portfolio that stand out
Interview prep and what hiring coordinators really look for
Navigating the GA-to-full-time-to-director pipeline
Networking and building your professional reputation
Tapping into a network you couldn't reach on your own

How it works

Structured but flexible enough for a working coach's schedule.

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15 Live Group Sessions

Weekly live sessions built around what you're actually facing — education and mentorship, not lectures.

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2 One-on-One Calls

Individual guidance on your athletes, programs, and career — tailored specifically to you.

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Session Recordings

Revisit anything, catch up if life happens, and build your own reference library over time.

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Program Reviews

Direct feedback on your actual work — plus templates and resources you keep forever.

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Private Community

Ongoing support between sessions with peers who are in the exact same stage of their career.

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Fully Virtual

4 months, wherever you are — no travel, no conflict with your existing schedule.

Meet your mentor

Daniel Rivas — 10 years in the field.

Daniel is the Assistant Director of Athletic Performance for Olympic Sports at UCLA. Over a 10-year coaching career — 9 of them at UCLA — he has earned multiple national championships and helped develop world champions and All-Americans across swimming, beach volleyball, water polo, soccer, and tennis.

He built this mentorship to give early-career coaches the guidance he wishes he'd had: straight answers, real feedback, and a clear path from where you are to where you want to be.

Track record

50+

Collegiate All-Americans coached

National Champions

AVP Champion

U-21 World Champion

Sports coached at UCLA

The investment

One price. Everything included.

$500

for the full 4-month mentorship

That's direct access to a coach with 10 years of experience at one of the top athletic programs in the country — for less than the cost of most weekend certifications, and a fraction of what this kind of mentorship is worth at this stage of your career.

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