Melissa Warner, M.A.

Melissa Warner is the Owner and Head Development Coach with Warner Athletics, & Co-Founder of Rise 8 Performance LLC a mindset coaching program for young athletes to focus on their health and wellness. Melissa specializes in Goalkeeper Training, Elite Level Field-Player Technical Training and oversees all player Curriculum Development. She holds a Bachelor’s & Master’s Degree in Psychology, a background that is strategically drawn upon throughout the Warner Athletics curriculum. Warner is USSF Licensed and has participated in thousands of hours of private 1-on-1 soccer training.

Coach Melissa played for Occidental College between the posts as goalkeeper from 2004-2008. She earned NSCAA All-Conference, NSCAA All-Far West, & All-League (SCIAC) honors for several years of play in addition to having the pleasure of being named Captain and MVP during her years at Oxy. She is a soccer alumna of University City High School in San Diego.

In addition to managing and coaching Warner Athletics athletes, Melissa is Head Coach at Mesa College where received “Coach of the Year” for the 2021 PCAC Conference, leading her team to a Conference Championship and post season play. She also coaches for WPSL Parceiro Ladies as an assistant coach.

After finishing a Master’s Degree in Psychology and applying her experience as a soccer athlete at Occidental College and coach, she noticed a need for a focus on mindset coaching and mental performance in youth soccer players SIMULTANEOUS with skills training. Central to Warner Athletics coaching philosophy, we grow our players confidence by teaching technical, tactical, and physiological skills along with our mindset curriculum. With this combination, Warner Athletics players become unstoppable, on and off the pitch.

Melissa’s favorite things are: strong coffee, a good steak, staying active by exercise any time she can carve out with her two pups, fiancée & family, and getting to coach this incredible sport for a living.