Derin mcmains biography

Former professional baseball player and mental skills coach joins Open XDR leader to unlock peak performance amid rapid growth

TAMPA, Fla. — April 7, 2021 —ReliaQuest, a global leader in cybersecurity, today announced the appointment of Derin McMains as its Director of Mental Conditioning, a strategic role as the high-growth cybersecurity company continues its rapid global expansion. A former professional baseball player, McMains pairs his sports psychology education with extensive experience as a mental performance coach for Major League Baseball teams, including the Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants and Seattle Mariners, as well as top-tier organizations. He leverages his past experience to train ReliaQuest on using the power of mindset to drive desired outcomes.

Using proven psychological theories and applied mental skills practices that helped the Giants win three World Series championships in five years, McMains focuses his mental conditioning work at ReliaQuest on three key areas:

• Teaching the psychological components of high performance, centere
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  On this week's episode of the Building Championship Mindsets podcast, Dr. Amber Selking speaks with Derin McMains, Director of Mental Performance for ReliaQuest. Amber and Derin discuss what drives individual high-performance excellence and how the best teams and organizations operate to achieve consistently high performance. Derin talks about the power of clarity in setting goals and values. He challenges listeners to "refuse to snooze" and honor their commitments with the first decision of their day. Listen this week as Dr. Selking and Derin explore how cultivating a championship mindset is all about making decisions based on long-term commitments rather than immediate emotions. 

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  Meet the MHHS Athletic Hall of Honor inductees

  The Mountain Home High School Athletic Hall of Honor ceremony will be held at noon Saturday at the high school cafeteria.

  Two state championship golf teams, one state baseball tournament MVP, one all-state football player, and two long-time supporters comprise this year's group.

  Here are the 2018 inductees:

  Derin McMains

  Derin McMains was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and moved to Mountain Home in 1986. He began attending Mountain Home School District when he was in the first grade and graduated from MHHS in 1997.

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  As a Bomber, he was a three-year member of the basketball and baseball teams. During his athletic career, he earned many honors: 1996-1997 AAAA-Central All-Conference basketball; 1995 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette All-Arkansas sophomore team baseball; 1996 and 1997 AAAA-Central All-Conference baseball; and all-state during his 1997 senior baseball season. McMains helped lead the baseball team to its only state championship while being named state tournament MVP. In