Biography Sports Coaches

Discarding the Mask reveals the man behind every title he carries. The words of this book uncover remarkable life lessons Kyle Adams learned throughout his tenure coaching women's basketball. He is an open book as he pens his journey of being a coach and the mentorship he embodies to provide a safe space for student athletes. He candidly shares his greatest influences, life and its challenges, and the transformational relationships that have shaped him over the course of his coaching and leadership journey.

Welcome to the true story of my life. From a modest upbringing in a town never before exposed to soccer, to the playing fields of competitive NCAA Division I soccer. From the plush grass fields, coaching next to farms in the suburbs, to the concrete courts and metal fences that surrounded them in NYC. I would be left to find my own way in a world where anything could happen and often did. The tragedy, the violence, the assaults, and the murders would all impact me. Soccer would expose me to a world many don't even know exists.

This is the story of Charles Hoffman "Hopper" Kennedy. He became a high school football and basketball coach in the early 1920s. He worked his way up the ladder by working with each of his players to help each of them to believe in themselves to become the best they could be and to help them form into a team.