Bev Kearney
UT Austin
Austin, TX USA
"One thing that I think distinguishes myself from everyone else around me is I wanted to be somebody. I didn't want to be nobody."
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Bev's work combines: Non-Profit Organizations, Sports, and Teaching / Mentoring
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Social Work
Auburn University
Graduate Degree
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General
Indiana State University
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
Lost her mom at a very young age, had to go into "survival mode," worked while she was going to high school.
2.
Was homeless by the time she graduated; luckily got a full track and field scholarship for junior college, then college.
3.
Graduated with a degree in social work but didn't know what to do, was working three jobs, still not making enough money.
4.
Decided she needed to go back to graduate school; cold-called schools, Indiana State offered her a scholarship/coaching job.
5.
Says our generation worries too much about consequences, that fear keeps us from rewards.
6.
By the time she was 28, she was the youngest head coach in the University of Florida's history.
7.
While coaching track at the University of Texas, she got in a serious car accident; was told she'd never walk again.
8.
Refused to accept that diagnosis; went through several major surgeries, worked hard on her rehab; can walk again, working on running.
Defining Moments
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
My mom passed away... and my father had already moved out and there were 7 of us so we were actually on our own. Basically before I could graduate High School I was homeless, we didn't have anywhere to go.