The Coach

From the mound to the mind

John Lannan spent 13 years competing professionally in baseball, including 8 years as a Major League pitcher, before moving into coaching, where he's spent another 8 years working with professional organizations on the mental side of the game.

Across seven organizations and every kind of pressure a season can bring (releases, send-downs, slumps, injuries, big moments in front of big crowds), John learned firsthand that talent alone doesn't decide who performs when it counts. The athletes who last are the ones who've trained their mind as deliberately as their body.

He's since paired that experience with formal training, earning two master's degrees, one in sport psychology and one in mental health counseling, to ground his coaching in both what he lived and what the research shows actually works.

That's the coaching John brings to every athlete he works with now: practical, grounded in real competitive experience, and built around the idea that mental toughness, leadership, and confidence are skills, not traits you either have or don't.

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John Lannan pitching for the Washington Nationals
John Lannan delivering a pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies
John Lannan pitching for the New York Mets

20+ Years, 7 Organizations

2005
Drafted, 11th Round
Washington Nationals
2007-2012
Washington Nationals
Major League Pitcher
2013
Philadelphia Phillies
Major League Pitcher
2014
New York Mets
Major League Pitcher
2015-2017
Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies
Minor League Pitcher
2019
Cincinnati Reds
Mental Skills Coach
2020-2026
Toronto Blue Jays
Mental Performance Coach

What coaching is built on

01

Real Experience

Every strategy John teaches is one he used himself, under real pressure, in real games, at the highest level of the sport.

02

Real Education

John's master's degrees in sport psychology and mental health counseling give his coaching a research-backed foundation. He takes what he learned in the classroom and translates it into tools that hold up on the field, in the dugout, and in the moments that actually matter.

03

Real Skills

Mental toughness, leadership, and confidence are trainable. John's job is to make that training as concrete as any drill on the field.

Let's build your mental game plan

A free 20-minute consultation to talk through where you're at, what's getting in the way, and whether coaching is the right fit.

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