Steele, who began working with New York University Athletics in September 2026, brought nearly 15 years of experience coaching, facilitating, consulting, and guiding individuals, leaders, teams, and organizations to improve performance and well-being.
As the founder of Steele Coaching, he has worked with a wide range of clients including publicly traded educational organizations, small four-person commercial management firms, executive leadership teams, college teams, and both professional and collegiate athletes.
Steele’s philosophy is that approaching all aspects of life with a mastery-focused mindset, makes for more productive and more engaged leaders and team players primed to achieve peak performance and genuinely be much happier and more fulfilled in life.
Holder of a Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University, Steele completed all doctoral work in Sport & Exercise Psychology from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
As a coach, Steele is certified in - and strongly believes in - the incredible transformational power of the Co-Active Coaching Model. When he is not solving a Rubik’s cube, swimming, playing the guitar, biking, running, or drawing, Steele is likely off seeking adventure and fun with his sons, Ezekiel and Henry, who reminds him on a daily basis of the wonders of childhood, curiosity and, most importantly, the incremental developmental process of peak performance.
