Bev Kearney
Track and Field Coach
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.”
Videos
By Roadtrip NationBev Kearney
Milestones
My road in life has been direct.
Lost her mom at a very young age, had to go into "survival mode," worked while she was going to high school.
Was homeless by the time she graduated; luckily got a full track and field scholarship for junior college, then college.
Graduated with a degree in social work but didn't know what to do, was working three jobs, still not making enough money.
Decided she needed to go back to graduate school; cold-called schools, Indiana State offered her a scholarship / coaching job.
Says our generation worries too much about consequences, that fear keeps us from rewards.
By the time she was 28, she was the youngest head coach in the University of Florida's history.
While coaching track at the University of Texas, she got in a serious car accident; was told she'd never walk again.
Refused to accept that diagnosis; went through several major surgeries, worked hard on her rehab; can walk again, working on running.
Keep following my journey
Education
High School
Career
Track and Field Coach
I'm the head coach of the University of Texas women’s track and field team.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Non-Profit Organizations
Sports
Teaching / Mentoring
Hurdles
Challenges I Overcame
Financial
Interviewed By
Santa Fe - Austin
: In New Mexico, the Roadtrip Nation team interviews Baron Wolman, the first photographer for Rolling Stone magazine. Wolman went to spy school during the Vietnam War to avoid the draft and was stationed in Berlin when the Wall went up. In Austin, TX they interview Mike Henry, poetry slam artist, and Bev Kearney, head track and field coach at UT Austin.
