Welcome to the team, Dr. Gilmore!

After almost 30 years with the University of Alabama, and most recently as Assistant Athletic Director Behavioral Health and Wellness, we are proud to announce Dr. Ginger Gilmore has joined OnBalance as Chief Mental Health Officer. Following the admirable work at Alabama helping thousands of athletes through difficult times, Dr. Gilmore will now combine her knowledge of mental healthcare management in collegiate athletics with how data converted to intelligence can improve outcomes. This new journey will now allow Ginger to help student-athletes in every conference and division across the NCAA.

In 2007, Alabama’s coach Nick Saban tapped Ginger Gilmore on the shoulder to build a world class mental/behavioral health program for his football team. While rolling out her program to all 17 Alabama teams, the football program went on to win six national championships and eight SEC championships. Former NCAA Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brian Hainline, determined that Dr. Gilmore developed and managed one of the premier programs in the NCAA. Do we need any further proof on the correlation between expected performance and an athletes’ mental health?

The statement that life sometimes comes full circle is certainly true for Dr. Gilmore and me. I was introduced to her through Coach Saban in late 2022 to collaborate on enhancing her program. Together, we worked on the development of a metrics-based software operating program dedicated to improving mental healthcare management through intelligence. This development began as my initial concept, and with Dr. Gilmore’s expertise, it evolved into the development and release of our Gen 1.0 solution. Because of this foundational collaboration less than two years ago, OnBalance is poised to introduce AI technology to provide trends, patterns, and predictors in a student-athlete’s care case.

With this reunion, Dr. Gilmore and the OnBalance team can lead this industry into the next era of mental healthcare management. We are excited for all those who believe proactive management will make a difference in getting student-athletes healthy and back into competition at expected performance levels.

Be well,