About us
Research-informed.
Rooted in lived experience.
Coach Crisis exists because the person leading others through loss may be living through the same loss, too.
Meet Brooke Brittain
Brooke Brittain is the founder of Coach Crisis. Her background spans education, coaching, athletic administration, and military service as an operations sergeant in a combat zone.
In both military service and education, Brooke saw leaders care for others while carrying the effects of the same loss. Those experiences shaped her interest in the person doing the leading: what they carry, what the role asks of them, and what meaningful support can look like.
Her doctoral research at Creighton University explored the lived experiences of high school coaches who led teams through violent loss. The image of Spaghetti Junction emerged from that work: responsibilities, emotions, relationships, and lasting effects overlapping rather than following a predictable sequence.
Why Coach Crisis
Coach Crisis brings that research and lived experience together to make space for the coach’s own experience, offer practical starting points, and help the people around them provide thoughtful, sustained support.
Prepare, but do not prescribe. There is no single way to grieve or lead through loss. Our aim is to offer language, useful questions, and room for judgment—not a script for someone else’s experience.
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