Mike O’Connell
Mike O’Connell serves as the executive pastor at Love Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He is also an entrepreneur, speaker and leadership coach.
Mike’s passion, energy and uplifting messages are impacting people around the world. In September of 2019 he and Todd Doxzon launched the Love Leadership podcast with a desire to help leaders around the globe.
Mike’s story has been marked by overcoming obstacles. After a near fatal football injury in 2004, he turned down multiple football scholarship offers to walk on at Iowa. One week after the decision he was denied admission because he wasn’t in the top 50% of his graduating class, even with a 3.3 GPA. While meeting with the provost regarding the situation, he was told statistics indicated he would fail out in his first semester if they granted him admission.
Knowing failure wasn’t an option, he made the bold decision to walk on at Iowa State. With all the odds against him, he survived three coaching changes and went on to earn a scholarship, become a team captain and earn all Big 12 academic honors.
After one season of professional football Mike decided to lay down his dream of playing in the NFL. He moved from Los Angeles, California to Omaha, Nebraska with no job or place to live. Mike went on to work for Stryker as a medical device representative for two and half years before leaving corporate America to pursue his calling as a pastor.
Mike lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his beautiful wife Jerica, and his three children Judah, Journey and Royce. When Mike is not leading, coaching or speaking he enjoys spending time with his family and friends.
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