Daron K. Roberts

Background

About Daron K. Roberts

My sole mission is to help humans wage war against their status quo. I am a word trafficker. I spend my days crafting keynotes and writing stories. During my third year at Harvard Law School, I realized I wanted to become a football coach so I wrote a letter to every team in the NFL. My direct mail campaign to 32 NFL teams yielded a 99.0325% failure rate. 31 teams rejected me. I was in debt. No job offer. Two months before graduation. And I finally got the call. That plunge into the Deep End led to seven years coaching in the NFL and college. Today, I serve as founding director of the Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation (CSLi) at the University of Texas. CSLI is the first university-based institute dedicated to developing leadership and character curricula for high school and collegiate athletes. I also teach one of UT's most popular courses - Gameplan for Winning at Life. This course is a deep dive into vulnerability, empathy, grit, failure management and rejection immunity. How May I Add Value to Your Journey? Speaking - Each year I deliver over 50 talks worldwide to Fortune 500 companies, school districts and professional sports teams. Former clients include Coca-Cola, New York Giants, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Chik-fil-A. Coaching - Each year I take ten clients on a 6-month journey. Using my I³ approach, we will delve into the worlds of introspection, iteration and influence. Consulting - I work with venture capital and private equity groups on the sourcing, valuation and vetting process associated with sports startups. Let's take the plunge. Stay In The Deep End.