Dave Ungrady
Dave is a motivational speaker, accomplishes journalist and best-selling author, public school teacher and professional youth soccer coach. He started GoGrady Media in December 2011 to help youth learn the skills necessary for making effective decisions and developing other leadership skills.
Motivational Speaker
GoGrady's programs draw on Dave's years of experience as a successful athlete and author. In addition to his own sports-related experience, Dave has conducted exclusive, personal interviews with some of the world's top athletes, including soccer's legendary Pele; swimming sensation Michael Phelps; basketball star Kareem Abdul Jabbar; and the track and field icon, Carl Lewis.
In those interviews, and others, top athletes shared their personal stories, including life lessons learned along the way ... and the things that helped them stay focused and effective.
Yet it was the story of Len Bias, who died of a cocaine overdose after being a top NBA draft pick, that Dave chose as the subject of his most recent book: Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias.
That mixed legacy offers powerful lessons about the choices facing all young people, not just athletes. As a result, GoGrady Media developed the Born Ready Project which teaches life skills, focusing on decision making and resilience.
More information:
general: http://www.gogradymedia.com/
speaking: http://www.gogradymedia.com/speaking
Born Ready Project: http://www.gogradymedia.com/bornreadyproject
News, Broadcasting, and Media
For more than 30 years, Dave was a journalist and editor at elite news and media organizations, including the Washington Post, AOL the Voice of America, NBC, and Travelchannel.com. As a contributing writer, Dave's works have been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA TODAY, the Wall Street Journal, Sport Magazine, Washingtonian Magazine and others.
As a broadcaster, Dave's experience has centered on sports reporting. He has produced segments for CNN and ESPN, and was the radio play-by-play voice for Major League Soccer's DC United team. On XM Satellite Radio, he has hosted World Cup soccer talk programs. He has produced radio stories for Only a Game and hosted live shows about soccer, health and fitness and general sports on Washington, DC area stations.
Author
Dave is a bst-selling author of four books:
(More information: http://www.gogradymedia.com/books)
Tales From the Maryland Terrapins, a Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told, an anecdotal history of University of Maryland athletics.
Unlucky: A Season of Struggle in Minor League Professional Soccer, chronicling his efforts to play professional soccer for the first time at the age of 40, received international acclaim.
Legends of Maryland Basketball, honoring the top 25 basketball personalities of the University of Maryland.
Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias - examines the legacy of the former University of Maryland basketball star, who died of a cocaine-related death in 1986.
School Teacher
Dave began his teaching career in August, 2015. He is a middle school and high school social sciences teacher at Douglass School in Leesburg, VA.
Athlete and Coach
A lifelong passion for sports – and commitment to fitness - has fueled Dave's career and personal life. He was a New Jersey high school all-state selection in both soccer and track and field; he is a two-time inductee into the Notre Dame High School Athletic Hall of Fame, for track and field and for soccer.
In college Dave continued to compete and lead. The track team captain for the University of Maryland's Terps in 1980, he was an all-conference middle distance runner (800 meters), and also played on the school's soccer team. His love of running continues, and in 2008 Dave completed his first marathons, in Boston and New York City.
Dave remains actively committed to youth sports and is a professional soccer travel coach with Loudoun Soccer (U14 boys).
Family and Community
A native of Trenton, New Jersey, he lives with his wife Sharon and son Cayden in Leesburg, Virginia.
Dave is a motivational speaker, accomplishes journalist and best-selling author, public school teacher and professional youth soccer coach. He started GoGrady Media in December 2011 to help youth learn the skills necessary for making effective decisions and developing other leadership skills.
Motivational Speaker
GoGrady's programs draw on Dave's years of experience as a successful athlete and author. In addition to his own sports-related experience, Dave has conducted exclusive, personal interviews with some of the world's top athletes, including soccer's legendary Pele; swimming sensation Michael Phelps; basketball star Kareem Abdul Jabbar; and the track and field icon, Carl Lewis.
In those interviews, and others, top athletes shared their personal stories, including life lessons learned along the way ... and the things that helped them stay focused and effective.
Yet it was the story of Len Bias, who died of a cocaine overdose after being a top NBA draft pick, that Dave chose as the subject of his most recent book: Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias.
That mixed legacy offers powerful lessons about the choices facing all young people, not just athletes. As a result, GoGrady Media developed the Born Ready Project which teaches life skills, focusing on decision making and resilience.
More information:
general: http://www.gogradymedia.com/
speaking: http://www.gogradymedia.com/speaking
Born Ready Project: http://www.gogradymedia.com/bornreadyproject
News, Broadcasting, and Media
For more than 30 years, Dave was a journalist and editor at elite news and media organizations, including the Washington Post, AOL the Voice of America, NBC, and Travelchannel.com. As a contributing writer, Dave's works have been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA TODAY, the Wall Street Journal, Sport Magazine, Washingtonian Magazine and others.
As a broadcaster, Dave's experience has centered on sports reporting. He has produced segments for CNN and ESPN, and was the radio play-by-play voice for Major League Soccer's DC United team. On XM Satellite Radio, he has hosted World Cup soccer talk programs. He has produced radio stories for Only a Game and hosted live shows about soccer, health and fitness and general sports on Washington, DC area stations.
Author
Dave is a bst-selling author of four books:
(More information: http://www.gogradymedia.com/books)
Tales From the Maryland Terrapins, a Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told, an anecdotal history of University of Maryland athletics.
Unlucky: A Season of Struggle in Minor League Professional Soccer, chronicling his efforts to play professional soccer for the first time at the age of 40, received international acclaim.
Legends of Maryland Basketball, honoring the top 25 basketball personalities of the University of Maryland.
Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias - examines the legacy of the former University of Maryland basketball star, who died of a cocaine-related death in 1986.
School Teacher
Dave began his teaching career in August, 2015. He is a middle school and high school social sciences teacher at Douglass School in Leesburg, VA.
Athlete and Coach
A lifelong passion for sports – and commitment to fitness - has fueled Dave's career and personal life. He was a New Jersey high school all-state selection in both soccer and track and field; he is a two-time inductee into the Notre Dame High School Athletic Hall of Fame, for track and field and for soccer.
In college Dave continued to compete and lead. The track team captain for the University of Maryland's Terps in 1980, he was an all-conference middle distance runner (800 meters), and also played on the school's soccer team. His love of running continues, and in 2008 Dave completed his first marathons, in Boston and New York City.
Dave remains actively committed to youth sports and is a professional soccer travel coach with Loudoun Soccer (U14 boys).
Family and Community
A native of Trenton, New Jersey, he lives with his wife Sharon and son Cayden in Leesburg, Virginia.
Decision Fitness
The Born Ready Project teaches ways to become Decision Fit. The key is to know the best ways to use your head and heart to help you make an effective decision. You can learn techinques that will improve in-the-moment decision making.
This session uses the...
Born Ready for Greatness - Decision Making Skills
This session uses the story of Len Bias, based on the book, Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias, as a teaching tool effective decision...
Born Ready for Greatness - Reilience
This session uses the story of Len Bias, based on the book, Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias, as a teaching tool for ways to be refilient.
