Dr. Michael Spino has vast experience in coaching and teaching on the international level. He has organized coaching programs for the IOC through Olympic Solidarity and researched mind/body topics within academic perimeters. He was a teacher and administrator of the Esalen Sports Center and directed numerous international programs at the University level at Georgia Tech, and Life University, where he coached cross-country and track teams that won 12national championships. He has coached world champion Master’s runners and Esalen founder Michael Murphy to world-class distance running status. Dr. Spino directed the only US hosted UN conference for sport, development and peace at Kennesaw State University.A Ph.D. graduate of Lille2 University in Lille, France, his research on mental rehearsal with Kenyan distance runners broke new ground on specific mental focusing for various sports which is featured in the company True Champion: the mind & body online sports training system of which he is the Founder and CEO.