Kevin Coale
Leadership & performance coach for founders, teams, and high performers
Davidson, North Carolina
Summary
Executive and founder coach specializing in technical founders and early-stage AI teams. Kevin positions his coaching as practical and direct, focused on decision-making, accountability, team alignment, and execution, and has worked as a founding coach embedded with multiple AI startups. kevincoale+2
Background as an educator and independent-school leader. He spent nearly 15 years in high-performing schools in roles including dean and director of student leadership, bringing an education-first approach and systems thinking to his coaching practice. kevincoale+1
Athletics and team-excellence inform his approach. As a former University of Virginia men’s lacrosse player and member of a national-championship program, he cites lessons from high-performance athletics as foundational to his ideas about teams and leadership. virginiasports+1
Credentialed coach with professional certifications and community affiliations. He is an ICF-credentialed coach (Professional Certified Coach), Birkman Certified Professional, holds Mochary Method affiliation, and is a member of Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches Community. kevincoale+2