DR. ANDREW JACOBS

Dr. Jacobs works with youth athletes at both the recreational and competitive level, high school athletes, parents and coaches. His main focus with young athletes is to help them better understand the pressures and demands of their sport, identify their strengths and weaknesses and learn how to deal with the fears and distractions that can keep them from achieving their goals.

Dr. Jacobs has more than three decades of experience working with college athletes and coaching staffs. He was the first sport psychologist at University of Kansas and has also worked as the sport psychologist at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Dr. Jacobs has more than three decades of experience working with professional athletes — from Major League baseball, football and basketball players to soccer, hockey, golf and tennis pros. He was one of the first sport psychologists to work with a US Olympic team. During his years as the US Cycling Team’s sports psychologist, they won a record nine medals at the 1984 Olympics — the first cycling medals for the US in 72 years.​