Jeff Thomas is a head football coach, leadership author, and founder of Field & Forge Press. He serves as the Head Football Coach at the University of Puget Sound, where he leads young adults through one of the most formative seasons of their lives. Long before he wrote about leadership, he lived it daily in locker rooms, classrooms, and difficult conversations.

Jeff’s writing grew from a simple but often forgotten truth: two things can be true at the same time.

In high-performance environments, leaders are constantly pulled between standards and empathy, results and relationships, growth and identity. Jeff’s work challenges the false comfort of binary thinking and invites leaders into a more durable posture — one that holds tension without collapsing it.

His first book, The Power of And, launched a 12-book leadership series exploring paradox, pressure, presence, and resilience. Through frameworks like B.A.T. (Both Are True), the Anchor Model (Pause → Anchor → Expand), Layered Leadership, and the Growth Alignment Map, Jeff offers practical tools leaders can apply immediately in boardrooms, schools, nonprofits, and homes.

What sets Jeff’s voice apart is its grounding. He does not write from theory alone. He writes from moments when the pressure was real. From conversations that did not resolve cleanly. From lessons learned in public and in private. His stories reflect leaders who grow through complexity, not around it.

Beyond writing, Jeff is building a leadership ecosystem that includes digital companion tools, workshops, facilitator guides, and future books in the Power Of series. His goal is not just to inspire reflection, but to build practical capacity in leaders who influence others every day.

Jeff lives in Tacoma, Washington with his wife and children. When he is not coaching or writing, he is building programs, mentoring young leaders, and working to leave every room better than he found it.