Lynn Comer Kachmarik

Founder and CEO of True Brand Sports LLC

Lynn is the founder and CEO of True Brand Sports LLC, which provides workshops around the world to improve the sport culture at the youth, high school, and collegiate level. Lynn is also the Vice President of Equilibria in Sports. Our purpose at Equilibria Sports is to elevate personal, professional and organizational performance through understanding, embracing and leveraging diversity of thought and behavior.  Lynn has developed workshops on exceptional leadership, teamwork, and other topics that resonate with coaches, parents, teachers, students, student-athletes, and corporate executives. Lynn has served as a keynote speaker and presenter at state, national, and international conferences on the need for character-based leadership from administrators, coaches, teachers, parents, and student-athletes for the past 8 years. Lynn was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the International Association of Athletic Administrators and Coaches (IAAAC).

Lynn has 47 years of experience at all sport levels. Lynn was an All-American water polo player and swimmer at Slippery Rock University where she earned her BS and MS Degrees in Physiology and Education. She was a 10-year member of the United States National Water Polo team, and then served on their Executive Committee. Throughout an 18-year career at Bucknell University, Lynn held various coaching positions, including serving two decades as the head coach for the Men’s and Women’s Water Polo and Swim teams. Lynn served as the Athletic Director at Saint Mary’s College for 10 years, and moved on to become the Vice-President and General Manager of the South Bend Silver Hawks Minor League Baseball Team. Lynn worked for the University of Notre Dame and served as the National Outreach Director for Play Like a Champion Today . Under her guidance, the program was transformed from a small organization focused on Catholic youth coaches and parents into one of the top educational programs serving public and private elementary and high schools around the world. Lynn has been inducted into 6 Athletic Halls of Fame, including the United States Water Polo Hall of Fame, Bucknell University Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Collegiate Water Polo Coach Hall of Fame.

Lynn Comner Kachmarik