Daron Roberts

Roberts is the author of the three books: Call An Audible: Let My Pivot from Harvard Law School to NFL Coach Guide Your Next Transition, A Kids Book About Empathy, Microwins: Go Small, Build Momentum, and Tackle the Goals that Actually Matter in Life.

Daron Roberts was born in Longview, Texas. He is a fifth-generation East Texan. His family moved to Mount Pleasant, Texas, when Roberts was 5, and he attended Mount Pleasant Independent School District public schools before graduating from Mount Pleasant High School in 1997. As a member of the varsity football team, Roberts earned 1st Team All-District Honors as a strong safety in 1996. During high school, Roberts served as class president all four years.

Roberts attended the University of Texas and double majored in the Plan II Honors Program and Government while being an active member of the Texas Cowboys.{{cite web |url=http://www.texascowboys.org/listallmemberpopup.cfm?id=1270200&s=LastName&svalue=Roberts&startrec=1 |title=Texas Cowboys Alumni Association |website=www.texascowboys.org |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705032832/http://www.texascowboys.org/listallmemberpopup.cfm?id=1270200&s=LastName&svalue=Roberts&startrec=1 |archive-date=5 July 2013 |url-status=dead}} During his senior year, Roberts won the student government presidency of the largest student body in the United States. After graduating in 2001, Roberts deferred entrance to the Harvard Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and worked as an intern for Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff before attending the Harvard Kennedy School beginning in the fall of in 2002[https://insider.espn.com/college-football/blog?name=feldman_bruce&id=5416467&action=login&appRedirect=http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/blog%253fname%253dfeldman_bruce%2526id%253d5416467, "Daron Roberts: Harvard Law to Gridiron." ESPN Insider.]

After graduating with a master's degree in public policy, Roberts entered Harvard Law School.

During the summer before his third year, Roberts volunteered at the Steve Spurrier Football Camp at the University of South Carolina.[https://docs.google.com/View?id=dg3j64x8_82f2gwzvc6 Six Easy Steps to Being an NFL Coach. ESPN The Magazine.] That experience prompted Roberts to pursue a football coaching job. He returned to Harvard and wrote 164 letters seeking an internship. After writing letters to the head coach and defensive coordinator of every NFL franchise and 50 FBS teams, Roberts received an offer to serve as a training camp intern with the Kansas City Chiefs.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/alumni/daron-roberts |title=Daron Roberts: For the Love of the Game. Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Profile. August 2010. |access-date=February 14, 2011 |archive-date=March 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325194226/http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/alumni/daron-roberts |url-status=dead }}

Kansas City Chiefs Coach Herman Edwards allowed Roberts to volunteer for the 2007 season before hiring him as a defensive quality control assistant in 2008. He assisted the defensive backs coach with off-the-field matters while in Kansas City.

In 2009, Roberts left the Chiefs to work as the assistant secondary coach with the Detroit Lions.

In 2011, Roberts left his position with the Detroit Lions to become the special teams and inside receivers coach at West Virginia University. For the 2012 season, Roberts was the Mountaineers' cornerbacks coach.

The following year he made the jump back to the NFL and was the assistant secondary coach for the Cleveland Browns. {{Cite web |url=http://www.msnsportsnet.com/staffDirectory.cfm?func=view&staffID=2255 |title=WVU Profile of Roberts |access-date=April 7, 2012 |archive-date=May 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506205148/http://www.msnsportsnet.com/staffDirectory.cfm?func=view&staffID=2255 |url-status=dead }}

In 2010, Roberts founded 4th and 1,[http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2011/07/moving-the-chains-on-and-off-the-field/ Moving the Chains, On and Off the Field. The Alcalde. July 7, 2011.] a nonprofit that provides free ACT prep, football skills training, and life skills development to high school students in Texas and Michigan. The first 4th and 1 Football Camp was offered at Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant, Texas.[http://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Texas_Bar_Journal&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=10460 Running, Sacking, Sewing. Texas Bar Journal. July 2010.] A select group of 35 student-athletes were chosen from four East Texas counties. Former Longhorn stars Derrick Johnson and Ahmad Brooks visited the camp. 4th and 1 held camps at Michigan State (East Lansing) and Mount Pleasant, Texas, in 2011 and 2012.

For his efforts. the University of Texas awarded him the 2011 Outstanding Young Texas "Ex."[http://texasexes.org/involved/oytex-current-recipients.aspx 2011 Outstanding Young Texas "Ex"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530015547/http://www.texasexes.org/involved/oytex-current-recipients.aspx |date=May 30, 2011 }} The Presidential Leadership Scholarship, a joint venture between three U.S. presidents selected him to its [https://www.presidentialleadershipscholars.org/story/a-gameplan-of-winning-at-life/ inaugural class] in 2015.

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