Dr. Colleen Hacker has served as a member of the United States coaching staff for four Olympic Games as a Mental Skill Coach and Performance Enhancement Specialist.

Dr. Hacker began her National Team service in 1995 working with the U.S.

Women’s National Soccer Team.

During her tenure, the National Team won the first Gold Medal awarded in women’s soccer at the 1996 Olympic Games.

As part of the most watched women’s sporting event in world history, the Team was again crowned World Champions with their dramatic overtime victory over China in the 1999 World Cup.

Named as an Assistant Coach in 2000, the National Team won a Silver Medal at the Sydney Olympic Games and a third place finish in the 2003 and 2007 World Championships.

Dr. Hacker was a member of the coaching staff for 2004 Olympic Team where they won their second Gold Medal in Athens, Greece.

Most recently, in the most watched Games in Olympic history, the National Team won their third Gold Medal in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing China.

The United States is the only country in the world to finish in the top three of every major world championship in soccer history.

Hacker also served as the Mental Skills Coach for the Olympic Field Hockey Team at the 2008 Olympic Games in China.

Most recently, Dr. Hacker is the Mental Skills Coach for USA Hockey in preparation for both the World Championships and the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi.

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