Geoff Miller is responsible for development and management of sport programs and support for corporate training and teaming workshops at Winning Mind. From 2005-2009, he was the Mental Skills Coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. With the Pirates, Geoff was involved at the major league level, throughout the minor league system including work with Latino players in the US and at the Pirates Dominican Academy, and in the Scouting Department with evaluations of potential draft selections. Currently, Geoff works with professional athletes as a consultant to Major League Baseball teams and a resource to player agents with clients in professional baseball, football, and basketball.
Geoff helped found Winning Mind in 2001. He has consulted with such corporate clients as Fidelity, Putnam Investments, Chick-fil-A, and Colgate-Palmolive. He has lectured at national conferences of the National Fire Protection Agency, the Golf Coaches Association of America and the Gymnastics Association of Texas. He has led intensive academic skills training programs for NCAA football players, has headed up golf psychology duties at the Okemo Valley Golf Academy in Ludlow, VT, and is currently developing a program to teach young athletes how to become role models in their communities.
Geoff co-authored a chapter on Assessment in Sport Psychology in the Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology. He is an Adjunct Faculty member of the San Diego State University Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences. Geoff’s research includes the first scientific documentation of decision-making factors used by high school baseball players when faced with the choice of playing college or professional baseball.
He grew up in Riverside, CA and received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UC Riverside. He earned a Master’s degree in Sport Psychology from San Diego State University.
Geoff authors a blog on baseball psychology for players, parents, and coaches at www.thewinningmindinbaseball.com.