Andy is a soon to be retired Army LTC and is currently serving as a Mental Performance Coach for the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball team, a Professor of Practice at Texas A&M University’s Coaching Academy, and a Management Consultant with several companies. His expertise is in the evidence based best practices of Sport and Performance Psychology and applied Behavioral Science Disciplines. Over his 20 year career he’s served in a variety of leadership positions highlighted by multiple combat tours, five years with two Special Forces units and teaching Psychology and leadership at West Point and the Air Force Academy. He has been married to his wife Katie for over 17 years and they have four children. He also contributes to several VSOs that help Veterans and their families successfully reintegrate and transition to the civilian sector and he is a published author. On this episode we discuss:
• the difference and overlap of mental health and mental performance
• Army vs Navy!!
• sports psychology
• military transition
• bouncing back and growing from adversity
• coaching academy at Texas A&M
• The book he coauthored, Deliberate Discomfort
Find Andy by checking out the hashtag #coachingmatters, connect with him on LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/andyriise, and on www.mission6zero.com.
