Performance Coaching in Professional Esports

Written By Evan Burk

Presenting to the Sentinels Valorant team on 'Eliminating Ego'

This past year I worked with professional esports organization Sentinels as a strategic advisor to ownership and as performance coach to the team and players. This work consisted of advising the organization on team building efforts, meeting 1-on-1 with players and coaches, and daily "mental management" workshops while in-person for team bootcamps.

Here is a short video that gives a little insight into my work with the Sentinels Valorant team as their performance coach during 2022's LCQ tournament.

Check out the full video of my work from the bootcamp with Sentinels.

Evan Burk

Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures.

Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years, and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU.

After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level.

Evan received his B.S. in business management from the University of Colorado, and his Master of Liberal Studies degree from Southern Methodist University. He also hosts his own weekly sports leadership podcast, The Highest Level, where he reveals how championship team cultures are built and the keys to leadership excellence at the highest level.

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