October 11th, 2025 | by Alexa Coyle
Having a really inspiring mentor in sports is a gift. It’s a special relationship that can stay with you for your whole life! This is what today’s writer, Alexa Coyle, is trying to give other young athletes, the gift of mentorship and helping young women reach and exceed their goals in sport and outside of it!
Born and raised in Bozeman Montana, Alexa Coyle grew up a dual sport athlete as a downhill ski racer and soccer player. After high school, she continued her academic and athletic career at the University of Montana before going on to play professional soccer for Hibernian WFC in the Scottish Women's Premier League.
Today, Alexa works in sports marketing and entrepreneurship with the Seattle Seahawks and Lumen Field, while co-founding The Female Edge, a company dedicated to empowering female athletes through mindset mentoring, recruiting guidance, and personal development.
Having a really inspiring mentor in sports is a gift. It’s a special relationship that can stay with you for your whole life! This is what today’s writer, Alexa Coyle, is trying to give other young athletes, the gift of mentorship and helping young women reach and exceed their goals in sport and outside of it!
Born and raised in Bozeman Montana, Alexa Coyle grew up a dual sport athlete as a downhill ski racer and soccer player. After high school, she continued her academic and athletic career at the University of Montana before going on to play professional soccer for Hibernian WFC in the Scottish Women's Premier League.
Today, Alexa works in sports marketing and entrepreneurship with the Seattle Seahawks and Lumen Field, while co-founding The Female Edge, a company dedicated to empowering female athletes through mindset mentoring, recruiting guidance, and personal development.
If you’d told me years ago that the most meaningful part of my athletic career wouldn’t be the games or the trophies, but the chance to help others chase their dreams, I might not have believed you. But that’s where I’ve landed today - mentoring young female athletes through my business, The Female Edge.
It’s not about the stats anymore. It’s about impact.
Like many athletes, my journey was defined by sacrifice. Early mornings, long practices, missed events with friends, and a constant push to be better. The discipline, resilience, and persistence I built are what carried me through the highs and lows of competition.
But here’s what I’ve learned: all of those sacrifices weren’t just for me. They were preparing me for something bigger. They gave me lessons that I could eventually pass on, so that the athletes coming up behind me might have a little more clarity, a little more support, and maybe even a smoother path than I did.
If you’d told me years ago that the most meaningful part of my athletic career wouldn’t be the games or the trophies, but the chance to help others chase their dreams, I might not have believed you. But that’s where I’ve landed today - mentoring young female athletes through my business, The Female Edge.
It’s not about the stats anymore. It’s about impact.
Like many athletes, my journey was defined by sacrifice. Early mornings, long practices, missed events with friends, and a constant push to be better. The discipline, resilience, and persistence I built are what carried me through the highs and lows of competition.
But here’s what I’ve learned: all of those sacrifices weren’t just for me. They were preparing me for something bigger. They gave me lessons that I could eventually pass on, so that the athletes coming up behind me might have a little more clarity, a little more support, and maybe even a smoother path than I did.
A big part of why I believe so deeply in mentorship is because of my older brother. As a former professional football player, he was one of my greatest teachers, not just in sport, but in mindset. He showed me what it meant to compete with confidence, to handle setbacks with grit, and to see pressure as a privilege.
His guidance shaped the athlete and person I became, and now, being able to offer that same kind of mentorship to young female athletes feels like the ultimate way to honor what he taught me. Every time I help an athlete take a leap in her confidence, I think about how my brother did the same for me. That cycle of mentorship is powerful, and it’s the heart of why I do this work.
A big part of why I believe so deeply in mentorship is because of my older brother. As a former professional football player, he was one of my greatest teachers, not just in sport, but in mindset. He showed me what it meant to compete with confidence, to handle setbacks with grit, and to see pressure as a privilege.
His guidance shaped the athlete and person I became, and now, being able to offer that same kind of mentorship to young female athletes feels like the ultimate way to honor what he taught me. Every time I help an athlete take a leap in her confidence, I think about how my brother did the same for me. That cycle of mentorship is powerful, and it’s the heart of why I do this work.
It’s easy to think of sport as competition, but the truth is, sport is one of the best classrooms for life.
Yes, we train skill, speed, and strength. But the real lessons show up elsewhere:
These lessons shape who we become far more than any score ever will. When I mentor athletes, I’m not just helping them prepare for the next game. I’m helping them build tools for whatever challenges life may throw their way.
Because one day, their playing careers end, but the resilience they built, the confidence they found, and the leadership they practiced stay with you forever.
It’s easy to think of sport as competition, but the truth is, sport is one of the best classrooms for life.
Yes, we train skill, speed, and strength. But the real lessons show up elsewhere:
These lessons shape who we become far more than any score ever will. When I mentor athletes, I’m not just helping them prepare for the next game. I’m helping them build tools for whatever challenges life may throw their way.
Because one day, their playing careers end, but the resilience they built, the confidence they found, and the leadership they practiced stay with you forever.
Mentoring female athletes is my way of giving back to the sport that shaped me, to the people who supported me, and to the next generation of women who will go further than I ever could.
Every breakthrough, every shift in mindset, every small milestone reached, and every step an athlete takes toward believing in herself, that’s the reward. I never knew until now, that is what makes the years of sacrifice so worth it.
And if The Female Edge can leave a mark not only on the athletes I work with, but on the women they go on to become that much stronger leaders, mentors, role models in their own right and life in and out of their sport, that’s the most I could ever hope for.
Sport has always been about more than the true sport itself. It’s about the people it shapes, the lessons it teaches, and the communities it builds. And I’m grateful every day to play a small part in that.
Mentoring female athletes is my way of giving back to the sport that shaped me, to the people who supported me, and to the next generation of women who will go further than I ever could.
Every breakthrough, every shift in mindset, every small milestone reached, and every step an athlete takes toward believing in herself, that’s the reward. I never knew until now, that is what makes the years of sacrifice so worth it.
And if The Female Edge can leave a mark not only on the athletes I work with, but on the women they go on to become that much stronger leaders, mentors, role models in their own right and life in and out of their sport, that’s the most I could ever hope for.
Sport has always been about more than the true sport itself. It’s about the people it shapes, the lessons it teaches, and the communities it builds. And I’m grateful every day to play a small part in that.
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