Mentoring · Team Consulting
Perspective.Judgment.Trust.
Built in hockey.Applied across sport.
Colin works with coaches, athletes and sporting organisations across competitive sport. Drawing on decades in professional hockey, he offers independent perspective, practical insight and experienced judgment on leadership, team dynamics and the challenges of high-level competition.
Let's Talk- 17
- Seasons as a professional player
- 20+
- Years of coaching experience
- International Experience
- Swiss Men's & Women's National Teams
- Olympic Games · IIHF World Championships
- Swiss National League
About Colin
A career in ice hockey built around people, teams and performance.
Colin Müller is a Swiss ice hockey coach with more than 20 years behind the bench in high-performance hockey. He has coached in Switzerland's National League, in Germany's DEL and with Swiss national teams at Olympic Games and IIHF World Championships. Before that, he played 17 professional seasons and won the Swiss championship in 1998.
Most recently, he led the Swiss Women's National Team to Olympic bronze at Milano Cortina 2026.
Those years taught him that games are rarely decided by tactics alone. They are decided by people: how they talk to each other, how they respond when a game turns, how leaders make calls under pressure and how trust holds a group together.
"Every role has strengthened my belief that lasting success comes from people working together with purpose, trust and a commitment to getting better every day."
Today, drawing on decades of experience in elite sport, Colin offers independent advice, mentoring and consulting to coaches, athletes and sporting organisations. Hockey has been at the centre of his life for more than 35 years, and he is glad to pass on what it has taught him.
Approach
Experience you can use.
Two decades in high-performance ice hockey bring a perspective no textbook can teach.
This isn't life coaching. It's experience-led mentoring and consulting, built on decades of working with athletes, coaches and teams at the highest levels of sport.
Colin mostly listens first. Then he asks questions, sometimes uncomfortable ones, and tells you honestly how he sees it. He has been a player, an assistant and a head coach, so he usually knows how a situation looks from the other side too.
Perspective
What he brings from decades of experience.
Judgment
His ability to assess situations, ask difficult questions and offer informed advice.
Trust
The foundation of the relationships he builds with coaches, athletes and teams.
Services
Mentoring · Team Consulting
Mentoring for Athletes
An experienced view on the decisions that shape a career.
Choosing the next club, weighing an offer, moving abroad or stepping up a level. Colin gives athletes a straight, informed opinion from someone who made those decisions as a player and has seen them from the coach's side for more than 20 years.
- Choosing the next club or league
- Weighing offers and timing
- Moving abroad or up a level
- Your role in the team and how coaches see it
- Working with coaches and staff
- The step from playing into coaching
THE VIEW FROM BEHIND THE BENCH.
Mentoring for Coaches
A second opinion from someone who has made the same calls.
Head and assistant coaches use Colin as an experienced sounding board: for roles and line-ups, staff decisions, difficult situations in the room and their own next career step. Confidential, direct and grounded in more than 20 years behind the bench.
- Roles, line-ups and ice time
- Leading a coaching staff
- Difficult situations in the room
- Working with management and the board
- Preparing for big games and tournaments
- Your next career step
FOR HEAD COACHES AND ASSISTANT COACHES.
Team Consulting for Clubs, Academies and Federations
An independent view of your hockey program.
Colin takes on defined projects for clubs, academies and federations: an independent review of a team and its coaching staff, support when hiring a head coach, or advice on how a program is set up and develops players.
- Review of a team and its coaching staff
- Hiring a head coach or staff
- Structure, roles and responsibilities
- Player development pathways
- Preparing for a season or tournament
- Advice to management and the board
THE GOAL ISN'T TO IMPOSE SOMEONE ELSE'S SYSTEM. IT'S TO HELP YOUR TEAM FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOUR TEAM.
Experience
A coaching record built behind the bench.
More than 20 years as a head coach, associate and assistant, from Switzerland's National League to the Olympic podium.
Olympic Bronze Medal, Milano Cortina 2026.
Head Coach, Swiss Women's National Team
IIHF World Championship Silver, 2013.
Assistant Coach, Swiss Men's National Team, followed by the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games
Champions Hockey League winner, 2009.
ZSC Lions
Victoria Cup winner, 2010, against the Chicago Blackhawks.
ZSC Lions
Swiss Champion, 1998.
As a player, in a 17-season professional career
ZSC Lions · EV Zug · Adler Mannheim · Kloten Flyers · Fribourg-Gottéron · Rapperswil-Jona Lakers · EHC Olten · Swiss U20 National Team
Testimonials
What players and coaches say
"In my three years as Colin's assistant coach, he became an invaluable mentor, and he still is. He pushed me to look beyond the immediate result, to understand what a team truly needed and to trust my own judgment. He sees both the individual and the bigger picture: how people think, communicate and work together under pressure. He asked thoughtful questions, gave honest guidance and left me room to find my own voice as a leader. Now that I'm a head coach myself, he continues to help me build on my own strengths. His influence on me goes well beyond hockey."
"Colin brought me into the team as mental coach ahead of the Olympics. That says a lot about him: he knows performance starts in the mind, and he gives specialists the room to do their work. He trusted me from day one and encouraged the players to open up to the mental side of the game. You could feel the impact across the whole team. Colin doesn't lead through control but through trust, and that is exactly what helps people grow beyond themselves."
Who Colin Works With
- Athletes
- Coaches
- Clubs
- Hockey Academies
- National Federations
- High Performance Programs
Clubs and federations looking for an experienced head coach or staff member are welcome to get in touch.
Work With Colin
Let's Talk
Maybe you're an athlete weighing an offer, a coach who wants a second opinion, or a club planning a change in its staff or program, or looking for an experienced head coach. Tell Colin briefly what it's about, and he'll get back to you.