John has played football for over 30 years and has been a high school and junior college coach for 7 years. John and his family have lived overseas in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Mexico. His vision is to inspire athletes and coaches to use their on-field success to help change lives off of it, both here in the U.S. and around the world. John has a passion to see athletes and coaches get their eyes off their own accomplishments and have a personal vision of using the talents and blessings God has given them to impact the world.
Diego serves in Puerto Morelos, Mexico developing the Puerto Morelos Tortugas Youth Sports Program as well as doing ministry to develop Coaches that are committed to integrity and character.
Kaka and his wife Jodi live in Uganda. Kaka has always had a passion for soccer and is now using that passion to train and disciple young men in Uganda.
Todd Carson has been coaching for 30 years. As a 16 year old he was selected to coach in the Kare Youth League (KYL.org) as part of the Kare Assistant Leadership Program, working with children ages 5-12 where he coached football, basketball, baseball, soccer and track. While attending College he became a head coach in Kare as a member of the Rio Hondo Leadership Academy in southern California. After graduating from Cal Poly University he was hired by Rio Hondo Prep school to teach and coach middle school athletes from 1998-2010 where he coached flag football, tackle football, soccer, basketball, volleyball. In 2010 he moved into the high school program where he head coached JV football, JV basketball and Varsity Baseball and assisted in the Varsity football and basketball programs. In 2018 he moved to Weed, CA with his wife and 3 children and currently is the Athletic Director and head basketball coach at McCloud High School.
Joey and his wife, Destiny, have six children and live in the mountains of Northern California. They love to see the best and bring out the most in each person while loving and empowering the world like a father to his kids—through value, love, purpose and belief. They founded The Culture Purple out of their years of experience traveling and living all over the world; speaking, training, writing, consulting and raising up emerging young leaders in sports, schools, organizations, churches, in the slums and on the streets. They have written a number of books and developed specialized curriculum and resources designed to mentor and empower youth in all aspects of society.
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