elevate your life beyond the game and design a future filled with joy, purpose, and resilience.

Steve Davis Jr. Strive Higher After Sports

I’m Steve Davis Jr.

Your Striving Higher Coach

As a former football player, a Master Certified Life Coach, and a Designing Your Life Certified Coach I am dedicated to helping athletes transition to life outside of their sport. I know firsthand how hard and isolating the transition is whether you are prepared for it or it comes suddenly. Through my life experiences, I have adopted the mantra I live by today; S.H.E.D. which stands for “Striving Higher Every Day”. This mantra is all about constant growth and evolution, which for athletes should feel familiar. It is also about seeking knowledge and building your way forward. Through Strive Higher After Sports, I am using the S.H.E.D. mantra along with a design thinking approach to help you envision and create a life beyond sports that aligns with your passions, skills, and purpose. Together, we will create space to uncover the limitless possibilities that await you and empower you to thrive in every aspect of life.

Let’s Strive Higher Together!

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I help athletes Design a fulfilled life after sports

Discover Your power

The jersey comes off, but the person remains. We peel back the layers to identify your values, strengths, and curiosities outside the lines. You aren't starting over. You are uncovering the skills that were there all along.

Start your transformation today

Design a winning game plan

You never went into a game without a strategy. Your life requires the same preparation. We use design thinking to build a flexible blueprint for your future. No guessing. Just clear vision, tangible goals, and a scheme that plays to your strengths.

Start living your dreams

Increase your reps

Confidence comes from action, not thinking. We treat your transition like practice. We test different paths, learn from the results, and adjust. You didn't get elite at your sport by reading about it. You won’t build your next chapter by sitting on the sidelines.

Build your endurance anew

Services include Athlete Transition Coaching, Life Design Workshops, and Speaking. Learn More

Feeling incomplete, lost, Unprepared, or dissatisfied after leaving sports? Your transition does not need to be isolating. If you are ready to discover who you are becoming and take purposeful steps forward, let’s connect and move toward that next chapter. Together we can strive higher!

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Your Growth. Your Pace.

GraB The Strive Higher Journal

Build the person you are becoming on your own terms. Choose the Strive Higher Journal if you thrive on consistent, 24-hour habits to win the morning and design your day. Or, choose the Strive Higher Weekly Reflection Journal if you need a strategic "time-out" to analyze your wins, learn from setbacks, and focus your intent for the week to come. No matter which path you take, the goal is the same: measure your reality and Strive Higher.

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What others are saying

“Steve is a gifted leader and a born winner. His Striving Higher mantra is infectious."

Former University of Minnesota Student-Athlete
“Steve is a nationally respected leader and trailblazer who's helping the next generation soar!"

NCAA
“Working with Steve was an amazing experience! He helped guide me to the answers I already had within myself and through that, I gained the clarity I needed. I am truly seeing things through a new lens after working with him! I would recommend Steve to anyone!"

Former Coaching Client
"Steve did an amazing job with our high school juniors and seniors. They had engaging conversations and some of our student-athletes were inspired to create their own business in addition to their degree.”

Black Men Teach
"We chose Steve as a guest speaker at our Q3 gathering and he captured their attention, they were highly engaged, and post meeting they had great feedback about how relatable and relevant his topic was. His presentation on the Joy meter dashboard and Flow was outstanding for all key components of your life."

Willow Bridge Property Company
"It's hard to describe myself without saying I'm an athlete, but you helped me start forming my story. I appreciate your guidance."

Caroll University Student-Athlete
“Steve helped guide me to the answers I already had within myself and through that, I gained the clarity I needed.”

Former Olympian
“Thanks for the impact. I left feeling inspired and challenged. Curiosity and connection aren’t just tools—they’re essentials.”

Ole Miss Student-Athlete
"Steve was phenomenal. His message hit home with a lot of the student-athletes."

North Texas Athletic Director
“His message about building community and navigating life after college athletics really resonated with me. It was a timely and inspiring reminder of the importance of purpose and identity beyond the game.”

Tulane Student-Athlete
"I learned what questions to ask and where I want to go because of Steve. Everyone is someone, even without sports. Just have to find the path that leads your there."

Minnesota High School Student-Athlete
"Working with Steve helped me think about who I actually am as a person and not just an athlete. It’s hard to take time to think about you and your values when you are so caught up in your busy season. Steve gave me time to reflect on my strengths and weaknesses and what makes me happy in my life outside of sports!"

MSHSL SALT Student Athlete
"I learned a lot about discovering who I am outside of sports and school and being confident in who that person is. This helped me rewire my brain into thinking positive thoughts in order to become the best version of myself."

Minnesota High School Student-Athlete

elevate your life beyond the game and design a future filled with joy, purpose, and resilience.

I’m Steve Davis Jr.

I help athletes Design a fulfilled life after sports

Discover Your power

Design a winning game plan

Increase your reps

Feeling incomplete, lost, Unprepared, or dissatisfied after leaving sports? Your transition does not need to be isolating. If you are ready to discover who you are becoming and take purposeful steps forward, let’s connect and move toward that next chapter. Together we can strive higher!

Your Growth. Your Pace.

GraB The Strive Higher Journal

clients & partners

Minnesota Athlete Community

“Steve is a gifted leader and a born winner. His Striving Higher mantra is infectious."

“Steve is a nationally respected leader and trailblazer who's helping the next generation soar!"

“Working with Steve was an amazing experience! He helped guide me to the answers I already had within myself and through that, I gained the clarity I needed. I am truly seeing things through a new lens after working with him! I would recommend Steve to anyone!"

"Steve did an amazing job with our high school juniors and seniors. They had engaging conversations and some of our student-athletes were inspired to create their own business in addition to their degree.”

"It's hard to describe myself without saying I'm an athlete, but you helped me start forming my story. I appreciate your guidance."

“Steve helped guide me to the answers I already had within myself and through that, I gained the clarity I needed.”

“Thanks for the impact. I left feeling inspired and challenged. Curiosity and connection aren’t just tools—they’re essentials.”

"Steve was phenomenal. His message hit home with a lot of the student-athletes."

“His message about building community and navigating life after college athletics really resonated with me. It was a timely and inspiring reminder of the importance of purpose and identity beyond the game.”

"I learned what questions to ask and where I want to go because of Steve. Everyone is someone, even without sports. Just have to find the path that leads your there."

"I learned a lot about discovering who I am outside of sports and school and being confident in who that person is. This helped me rewire my brain into thinking positive thoughts in order to become the best version of myself."