Board of Advisors

  • Bill Cole, MS, MA

    Bill Cole is one of the world's leading mental game coaches who has been the mental game coach or sports psychology consultant with athletes or coaches of 25 world and national teams, 11 international and Olympic teams, 32 professional sports teams, associations or leagues, and of athletes who have won 40 world and national championships. Mr. Cole is the founder and President of the International Mental Game Coaching Association, the global leader in certification of mental game coaches.

  • Grant Shoults

    Grant Shoults is a retired American competitive swimmer who won the gold medal in the 400 meter and silver medal in the 200 meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore. Together with his teammates, he also holds the junior world record in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Grant is also the former captain of the Stanford University Men’s Swim Team.

  • Dr. Laurel Mines, PT, DPT, OCS

    Dr. Laurel is a physical therapist, coach, and speaker. She is the founder of The Mines Method, an elite athletic training and rehabilitation service. She helps athletes, from high school to extreme sports, develop their outer game physically - turning their weaknesses into strengths, performing at their peak and preventing season-ending injuries - while also developing their inner game mentally - vision, focus, confidence and resilience - so they can succeed both on and off the court. Dr. Laurel is the one-stop shop for the physical and mental training athletes and parents need to support athletes’ sports careers whether they are playing for fun, trying to play D1 sports, try out for the Olympics or make a profession out of sports.

  • Victor Johansson

    Victor Johannson is a Swedish Olympic Swimmer who moved to the US for college (USC) in 2018 where he graduated in 2022 with a Bachelor’s in Economics. In the beginning of 2020, he was diagnosed with overtraining syndrome, which put him out of the sport for four months. In December 2020, he was put on a ventilator, due to a bacterial infection in his throat. Six months later, he got 10th at the Olympic games in the 800m freestyle.

  • Lucie Hanes, MS

    Lucie Hanes got her start in the athletic industry as a youth climbing coach in the Front Range on the side of teaching elementary school. She now writes for a variety of publications throughout the outdoor industry while pursuing her Master’s of Science in Applied Sports Psychology through Adam’s State University, recently included in the Top 20 Sports Psychology higher education programs nationwide. Lucie hopes to use her skills in Mental Strength Coaching and Sports Psychology to offer athletes and performers the capacity to view themselves in a comprehensive light.

  • Julie Doyle

    Julie Doyle is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Doyle spent her collegiate career with the Santa Clara Broncos and was part of the 2020 National Championship winning team before being drafted 11th overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft by Orlando Pride.