Washington State football now has a mental performance director

February 13, 2025

By Jamey Vinnick, Cougfan.com: New Washington State football coach Jimmy Rogers‘ staff, both on-field and behind-the-scenes, is officially in place and a casual perusal of job titles prompts a rewind because one of them isn’t of the standard-issue variety. WSU football now features a director of football mental performance and his name is Kristofer Kracht.

“My job is to help our guys think right on the football field,” Kracht, 47, tells Cougfan.com. “We know from research that our thought life is a main driver of performance. And if we know that literally what we think on the football field drives a higher level of performance, then why wouldn’t we very systematically and intentionally train it?

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