KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Chiefs announced Dr. Tyler Bradstreet as the club's Vice President of Performance Psychology on Tuesday. Bradstreet joins the club with over a decade of experience at the professional, Olympic and collegiate levels.
"We are pleased to welcome Tyler as Vice President of Performance Psychology and are confident his deep experience supporting athletes and high performers at every level will be a valuable resource for our players, coaches and staff," said Chiefs President Mark Donovan. "Expanding in-house capabilities across the full spectrum of health and wellness is a critical part of how we – and the NFL – continue to evolve. We look forward to welcoming Tyler and his family to Chiefs Kingdom."
As a licensed psychologist and certified mental performance coach, Bradstreet will report directly to Vice President of Sports Medicine and Performance Rick Burkholder and will work with the entire sports medicine and performance team to ensure the highest level of care for Chiefs players, coaches, and club staff. Bradstreet will oversee the club's mental health and wellness strategies and will provide psychological tools and training that promote a high-performance mindset. Bradstreet is the club's second in-house clinician in team history. In 2019, the Chiefs became one of the first teams to hire an in-house clinician.
Most recently, Bradstreet served as the Milwaukee Brewers director of performance psychology for four seasons. After joining the Brewers in 2023, Bradstreet oversaw the team's mental health and performance services. Among his duties for the club, Bradstreet helped establish an integrated health and performance system and built out programming to ensure that psychological tools and principles were key aspects of the team's player development and performance strategies.
Prior to his time with the Brewers, Bradstreet spent six years at Texas Tech University (2018-23). Bradstreet first served as director of sport psychology (2018-21) and later was named associate athletic director of psychological health and performance (2021-23). At Texas Tech, Bradstreet was the lead administrator of the sport psychology program, providing mental health services, mental skills training and wellness and development support to athletes and coaches across 17 NCAA Division I varsity sports programs.
Bradstreet's experience also includes a private practice, where he has provided performance psychology coaching services to high performers across sports and business. He also is a co-founder of Strength With Heart – a program that is deeply committed to advancing the mental health and wellness of boys and men.
Before launching his career, Bradstreet completed his psychology residency at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Prior to earning his doctorate in counseling psychology from Texas Tech University (2013-18), Bradstreet completed his master's degree in kinesiology at the University of North Texas in 2013 and graduated from Baylor University in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology.
Bradstreet joins Chiefs Kingdom with his wife, Dr. Bailey Tackett, and his children, TJ and Addie.
