Episode 376: Coach Kevin Abrams- "“Coaching in the Digital Era: Spotlight on Coach-Portal”

Kevin Abrams is the Co-founder and CEO of Coach Portal, a platform built by coaches, for coaches, designed to give every coach visibility, access to career opportunities, and a chance to be discovered.Before founding Coach Portal, Kevin spent 11 seasons as a Division 1 college football coach—first as a student assistant and quality control coach at the University of Illinois (2009–13), then serving as a graduate assistant at the University at Buffalo (2014) and Vanderbilt University (2015–16), working on both offense, defense special teams. In 2017, Kevin joined Indiana State University as the Special Teams Coordinator and Recruiting Coordinator, guiding an FCS unit that ranked among the national leaders in multiple Special Teams categories and producing multiple all-conference specialists.These years on staff brought firsthand perspective on what works—and what doesn’t—in coaching, recruiting, career progression, hiring transparency, and day-to-day operations.Since stepping away from on-field coaching, Kevin has served as the managing partner of Conroad Associates, L.P., a family office investment firm focused on commercial real estate and public/private equity investing. He's also an angel investor in early-stage sports technology startups, bringing business, finance, and entrepreneurial insight to his leadership of Coach Portal to benefit coaches across the country.Using the Coach Portal platform, Kevin and the Coach Portal Team continues to help, guide, and empower coaches to achieve their career goals, which is ultimately the mission of Coach Portal.