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Daron K. Roberts is a former NFL coach and currently serves as the founding director of the Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation (CSLi) at the University of Texas—which he created in the fall of 2014. Daron also lectures in Texas’ Liberal Arts Honors Program, where he focuses on issues of leadership and innovation in the sports industry. Coach Roberts also created a course - A Gameplan for Winning at Life - that he teaches to nearly 300 incoming freshmen student-athletes at the University of Texas. Daron is also the author of, "Call an Audible: Let My Pivot from Harvard Law to NFL Coach Inspire Your Transition, which was named a #1 New Release and Best Seller by Amazon and Sports Illustrated selected the book as one of its "Best Sports Business Books of 2017." Upon graduating from Harvard Law School in 2007, Roberts coached for the Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions, West Virginia Mountaineers and Cleveland Browns. He holds a B.A. in Plan II Honors and Government from the University of Texas and an M.P.P. from Harvard's Kennedy School. At the University of Texas, Roberts served as Student Body President and prior to entering graduate school, Roberts worked as an assistant to Senator Joe Lieberman. In 2010, Daron launched a nonprofit football camp - 4th and 1, Inc. The nonprofit provides free SAT prep, life skills development and football training to at-risk youth across the country. 4th and 1 has served nearly 500 student-athletes since 2010. Roberts has been featured in ESPN the Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek and Sports Illustrated and contributes to Forbes.com. His articles have appeared in The Dallas Morning News, Fortune, Houston Chronicle, and Time. Be sure to follow & connect with Daron on social! Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachDKR Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachdkr/?hl=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daronkroberts/ You can connect with me as well: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorStark Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctastark LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-stark-6803ab43/