Micheal is currently pursuing his Ph.D in Human Performance at Middle Tennessee State University.  He has worked with people from all walks of life in multiple disciplines, encouraging and guiding them to find their unique voice in life, redefining and reconnecting leadership, while pinpointing and overcoming gaps to execution that prohibit them from being successful.

At 31, Micheal Burt retired as the head coach and athletic director at Riverdale High to pursue new challenges. He now travels the country educating and motivating people and stimulating companies to build cultures that win. He is the Chief Leadership Officer of Maximum Success. He connects, communicates, educates, and inspires his audiences to attain their dreams.

Micheal Burt is the founder of www.CoachMichealBurt.com, a group of signature brands offering businesses and individuals the tools to building winning cultures. By founding Maximum Success he has helped companies such as Cumulus Broadcasting, Phillips Mortgage Planning, and FirstBank build and achieve objectives with a system that Burt uses to build winning cultures in multiple disciplines.

Prior to his latest book (www.anatomyofwinning.com), Burt penned three other books (Changing Lives through Coaching, The Inspirational Leader, and This Ain’t No Practice Life- how to live and work everyday with purpose, passion, and intention),  As championship coach and athletic director at Riverdale High School (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), Burt produced a culture that won. His record of 221-77 combined with four conference titles, three sub-state appearances, numerous scholarship players, two Miss Basketball finalists, and the first Class AAA State Championship in over 83 years in the city of Murfreesboro represented ultimate achievements for this 31 year old coach

Burt created daily “Success Academies”, teaching the principles of effectiveness and bringing an average of four additional wins per season as a result. Through these academies, his players became more connected, more passionate, more intelligent, and more capable of adapting and adjusting based on their knowledge and skill sets.

Burt began coaching at the age of 15 as a junior pro basketball assistant. At 18, Burt won his first of many championships, leading Woodbury Grammar School to a 31-5 record and won the Class A state championship. Two years later, he accepted a position as the freshman head coach at Riverdale High, one of the largest schools in Tennessee. Finishing 17-0 in his first season, Burt advanced quickly, becoming the offensive coordinator by the age of 20.  Burt became the youngest head coach in the state at the age of 22 and continued his coaching prowess.

Burt wrote his first book, Changing Lives through Coaching and began traveling the country, educating people and companies on how to build cultures and people that win. He has since written The Inspirational Leader and his most expansive personal growth book, This Ain’t No Practice Life.