"At Mental Mettle Coaching, the passion is to share knowledge and experience that empowers others to play, live, grow, and thrive. The mission is to instill a resilient and spirited mindset in our clients, enabling them to confidently face any obstacle they encounter or challenge they pursue, regardless of the situation."

How can Mental Mettle Coaching help you?

Build your confidence.

Mental performance coaching will help you set, reach, and celebrate small goals that will ultimately make big changes in your life. Along the way, you will learn to build confidence to tackle all of life's adversities. 

Develop your tool box.

Facing challenges is a fact of life, but struggling while facing these challenges doesn't have to be.  Coaching will help you learn mental tools that you will use for the rest of your life.

Unlock your potential.

If anxiety and lack of confidence keep you from doing great things, then coaching may be the key to opening life's doors. Learn to move through your mental barriers and thrive.

Mental Mettle Coaching Services

  • Helping athletes of all shapes and sizes learn to face adversity with mental toughness. Learn more.

  • “Live your 100” is an inspirational and motivational presentation suited for any group. Learn more

  • Coaching in a group session for your athletic or business team. Learn more

  • The Mental Mettle Academy is for coaches and adults looking to help themselves and help their athletes. Learn more

  • If you need help reaching your goals and miss having a a coach push you to be your best, I’m your guy. Learn more

  • Actually useful PD. Seriously. Good for you, your life, and your classroom. Learn more

About Coach Thomann

After more than a decade working in public education as a teacher, coach, and administrator Matt was faced with a few major setbacks that caused him to evaluate his career and even his life. The obstacles Matt faced (and overcame) taught him that a positive mindset is not just helpful in life, it is essential. The result is that now his purpose in life is to help individuals develop a positive mindset when dealing with life’s inevitable setbacks and failures.

Matt has quickly become a highly regarded sports mental performance coach for athletes of all shape and size.  Using proven coaching techniques, he has helped athletes from middle school girls' rec basketball to Division 1 football and in every sport in between.  Regardless your sport and your age, Mental Mettle Coaching can help you and your athlete positively focus on progress.    And, now due to increases in virtual meeting possibilities, you will never have to search to find a "mental performance coach near me".  To date, Matt has worked virtually with student-athletes in over 15 states! In addition to coaching student-athletes Matt also coaches educators, athletic coaches, and business teams.  While athletics and education are full of opportunities for adversity, Mental Mettle Coaching works for anyone that has the desire to improve.   

Mental coaching for athletes and for business teams is a service that has helped dozens of individuals, but it is not the only method by which Matt spreads his positivity.   Matt also travels to speak to teams, businesses, and schools to help them "Live your 100".   A personal message that helps others learn to use adversity to their advantage. 

If you want to know more, make sure to check out our About page!

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What People Are Saying

“Matt has been working with our kids, and it has been a great experience all around. They have been able to set goals and work on them throughout the semester. The kids went from being a bit uncertain about what coaching would be to quickly looking forward to their sessions. Their time has helped them to set up strategies to be successful in school, sports and life in general. We’ve seen increased self-confidence and ability to look at situations in a different way.”

— Julie H.

Student Athlete mother

“My early morning sessions with Coach Thomann were a huge part of my 2022. He pushed me to think beyond the “woe is me” attitude I had in my head all revolving around our sweet boy. Pushing past that wall truly helped me see things in a different view. I wish that was something I had as a teen or in college to prep me for life. 100% worth it!

— Becky Dee

Educator, wife, and mother.

“We were fortunate enough to have Coach Thomann speak to our athletes. His powerful message of not only getting through adversity but using adversity to make us stronger was inspiring. His personal stories and inspirational examples have stayed with our student athletes and with me. I have known Matt for decades--he is a person of integrity and someone who makes others better.”

— Dave Feeney

Normal Community High School. Educator and Head Girls Basketball Coach