September 19, 2014 University of St. Thomas Celts 1, Concordia University Texas Tornadoes 0 @ Houston Amateur Sports Park, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Friday September 19, 2014

University of St. Thomas Celts 1, Concordia University Texas Tornadoes 0
@ Houston Amateur Sports Park, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. 5:00 pm
Red River Athletic Conference vs American Southwest Conference
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics vs National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III (U.S.A.)

All photos by Kokoy.

Kokoy Severino has coached junior high school soccer in the public school system of the Greater Houston area for 21 years. He holds a National Youth Diploma and a Goalkeeping Coaching Certification from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and the United Soccer Association, two coaching certifications from the United States Soccer Federation, and a Master's in Educational Leadership from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on the relationship between interscholastic competitive soccer and the academic success of at-risk economically disadvantaged students. Kokoy returns regularly to his native country of the Philippines and works with fellow soccer coaches to conduct training sessions for underserved youths in impoverished neighborhoods. He is a member of Initiatives and Hearts for Indigenous People, a collective of soccer coaches in the Philippines who use the beautiful game to mentor youths out of poverty. 

Kokoy has most recently been the Associate Principal at Hyde Park School in Austin, Texas where he established the first middle school soccer program the school's history in 2015.

Kokoy is a lifelong traveler and has been documenting soccer matches through photographs in his native country of the Philippines, his adopted home state of Texas, as well as in Singapore, Vietnam, and Washington State, plus more parts of the world to come.

Check out The Adventures of Kokoy - A Travel Guide.

Read and view Coach Kokoy's blog about implementing the beautiful game as an academic and social-emotional intervention at an inner-city junior high school for new immigrants to the United States - Coach Kokoy's Las Americas Soccer Blog.

                 

"Life is not a journey, but a pilgrimage..."

- Kokoy Severino has been in a constant state of travel since he was four years old.

Photo by Dad.