Alan O’Mara is a Mental Performance Coach and best-selling author. He competed as an athlete and Head Coach at the elite level in the US and Ireland. In 2013 he was the first active athlete in Ireland’s Gaelic Football league to go public about experience then, and in 2016 he published the best-selling memoir ‘The Best Is Yet To Come’. Originally from Ireland, he now lives in Pennsylvania with his wife Mary Kate and is focued on working with collegiate and professional sports teams.
Below are some helpful links to help you get to know Alan better!
- Alan’s Book – The Best is Yet to Come
- Alan’s life as a head coach
- Alan’s work as a Mental Performance Coach
- Alan’s journey with with depression as an athlete
- Developing mental skills in others


Organisations Alan has collaborated with include…
Aer Lingus, Allied Irish Bank, Athlone IT SU, Barnardos, Blackrock College, Cavan GAA, Cavan County Council, Cornmarket, Cycle Against Suicide, Donegal Sports Partnership, Gaelic Players Association, Gaelic Athletic Association, Gaisce, HSE, Inspire Wellbeing, Jacobs Engineering, Kelly Bradshaw Dalton, Monaghan County Council, Pieta House, PJ Hegarty & Sons, SOSAD Ireland, Terenure College, Zeminar