ATHLETIC TRANSITION
NextChapter
You are more than the sport you played.
The end of competitive sport can feel freeing, difficult, exciting, disorienting, or several of those things at once. NextChapter is being created to help former college and professional athletes understand the whole-person transition and move forward with greater clarity.
The transition is bigger than a career decision.
Sport can shape how you spend your time, build relationships, understand your body, measure progress, experience belonging, and answer the question, “Who am I?” When competition ends, some parts of life continue naturally. Other parts need to be rebuilt with intention.
NextChapter will help former athletes reflect across six connected areas without assuming that every athlete is struggling or that every transition looks the same.
- Identity
- Structure
- Belonging
- Purpose
- Strengths
- Direction
A framework for understanding where you are and what may come next.
NextChapter will introduce a six-stage athletic-transition framework. The final stage names and definitions are still being developed and will not be published until approved. The framework will support reflection, not place former athletes into permanent categories.
Assessment and resources are coming soon.
NextChapter is still in development. There is no waitlist, countdown, registration, purchase, or institutional meeting at this time. When the assessment and resources are ready, this page will become the starting point.