Dr. Dan Krizan Psy.D., CMPC started with Lobo Athletics in August 2023 as the director of athlete mental health and performance, working directly with UNM student-athletes. His areas of expertise include performance enhancement and mental skills training, anxiety, stress and overwhelm, depression, adjustment, identity development, behavioral or emotional concerns, relational distress, and trauma.
In addition, he provides a multicultural diversity perspective while utilizing an integrative therapeutic approach, and specializes in the intersectionality of clinical mental health and sport psychology. He embraces the theory that clinical mental health and psychological performance in sport are not mutually exclusive and can often impact one another. Krizan is a licensed psychologist in the state of New Mexico and also a licensed clinical psychologist and certified mental performance consultant (CMPC®) with the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP).
Krizan is currently serving on the Mountain West Conference sub-committee for student-athlete mental health.
Prior to coming to UNM, Krizan previously served as the interim lead sport psychologist at Pepperdine University where he oversaw the building and development of the clinical and sport psychology program within the athletics department, while working directly with athletes, teams, and coaches. Krizan also served as a doctoral intern at Florida State University where he was liaison to athletics within FSU’s counseling center.
He is a professional member of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Division 47 (Exercise and Sport Psychology) and the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). He has provided consultation and trainings to multiple universities and athletic conferences on clinical mental health and sport psychology work, programming, and implementation with NCAA Division I student athletes.
Krizan completed his B.A. in biology and was a Division I swimmer at George Washington University. He completed his M.A. in sport psychology at Barry University and Psy.D. in clinical psychology at Nova Southeastern University.