Rick Wolff (writer)

Rick Wolff has edited and published for a number of bestselling authors in a variety of genres. In 2021, Wolff joined Kevin Anderson and Associates, where he serves as Senior Executive Editor at Large. Before joining Kevin Anderson and Associates, Wolf served as Senior Executive Editor of a new business book imprint at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Prior to landing at HMH, he was a Vice President, Executive Editor of Grand Central Publishing which is part of Hachette Book Group USA. He joined this house in 1993, after being at Macmillan/Collier for eight years as a senior editor.

A few of Wolff's bestselling authors include former General Electric CEO Jack Welch (JACK: Straight from the Gut, which was on the New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller list for six months); personal finance guru Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad, which was on the New York Times Bestseller list for close to seven years); famed golfer Tiger Woods (How I Play Golf); former Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson writing about the 2008 financial crisis (On the Brink), Stanford University professor Robert Sutton's provocative management bestsellers (The No Asshole Rule and Good Boss, Bad Boss); Ted Turner's autobiography (Call Me Ted), humorists James Finn Garner (Politically Correct Bedtime Stories), Bill Geist (Little League Confidential); long-time Ohio politico John Kasich (Stand for Something); Japan-based journalist Robert Whiting (You Gotta Have Wa); economist Stephen Leeb (The Coming Economic Collapse); US Navy Captain Mike Abrashoff (It's Your Ship); and retirement expert Doug Andrew (Missed Fortune 101).

Wolff has also penned a number of sports titles himself, his most recent effort being a collaboration with Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr on sports parenting (Parenting Young Athletes the Ripken Way, which was published by Gotham Books in 2006). On the humor side, Wolff's writing efforts have included Golf Dirty Tricks (Andrews McMeel) and the parody Sports Illstated (Andrews McMeel).

Building off his interest in the field of sports psychology, Wolff has become an expert on sports parenting issues. He was the co-founder of the Center for Sports Parenting (2005-2011), and has hosted The Sports Edge, a show dedicated to sports parenting issues, on WFAN Radio in New York City since 1998.

Wolff was also a co-founder of the Peekskill Robins baseball team (Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League) in 2002.

In 2001, Wolff founded the Warner Business Book imprint. Since its inception, Warner Business (now known as Business Plus) has posted close to four dozen bestselling titles on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week bestseller lists.

In 1989, Wolff was hired to serve as a roving sports psychology coach by the Cleveland Indians. He was on their staff for five years, and was awarded a championship ring when the Indians won the American League pennant in 1995.

In 1986-1988, Wolff worked for ESPN, doing color commentary on college baseball games, including the 1986 College World Series. He also worked for the MSG Network covering Big East baseball.

Wolff served as an assistant baseball coach at Pace University (Pleasantville, NY) in 1977. From there, he was hired to be the head baseball coach at Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, NY), and was there from 1978-1985. By the end of his tenure, the Flyers were nationally ranked in NCAA Div. II, and several of Wolff's players went on to professional careers. Wolff was inducted into the Mercy College Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University in 1974, Wolff's first book (What's A Nice Harvard Boy Like You Doing in the Bushes?) was a diary of his minor league baseball life and was published by Prentice-Hall. That unique writing experience ultimately led to his pursuit of a career in publishing.

Wolff was drafted after his junior year at Harvard as a second baseman by the Detroit Tigers in the 33rd round of the 1972 amateur draft. A top athlete at Edgemont High School (Scarsdale, NY) where he set numerous records in football and baseball, Wolff was an Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League All-Star and, as a sophomore, played in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

Rick Wolff (born 1951) is an American book editor, author, college coach, broadcaster, and former professional baseball player. He is the son of Hall of Fame Sportscaster Bob Wolff. He is currently Senior Executive Editor at Large with Kevin Anderson and Associates and hosts "The Sports Edge" on WFAN Sports Radio.