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WHO WE ARE
Kids & Pros has crisscrossed the United States to teach proper football techniques and life skills to more than 80,000 young athletes.
Founded in 2002 by former Atlanta Falcons Buddy Curry and Bobby Butler, Kids & Pros is a non-profit corporation and character-based youth sports organization that engages current and retired NFL Players in communities across the nation to teach football fundamental skills & character lessons to youth ages 7 – 13.
Buddy Curry was a University of North Carolina, four-year football letterman and ACC All-Conference performer at linebacker. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1980, and was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Buddy spent eight years with the Falcons where he was a team captain and a two time All-Pro in 1980 and 1982. Following his professional career on the field, Curry spent 9 years in Operations Management & 11 years in Sales/Fundraising experience with business organizations in North Carolina and Georgia.
In 2002, Buddy founded Kids & Pros, a non-profit 501c3 corporation and character-based youth sports organization that engages retired NFL Players in their communities to teach football fundamental skills & character lessons to youth ages 7 – 13.
Under Buddy’s leadership, Kids & Pros has conducted over 390 interactive community programs throughout the country using an approach that emphasizes football fundamentals, position specific training, and character development.
The program features one-day clinics led by Curry and his former Falcons teammate, Bobby Butler, along with current and former NFL players who provide hands-on-teaching of skill fundamentals, as well as instruction in the character values engendered by football that are the key to success on and off the football field.
In 2013 Buddy became a Master Trainer with the USA Football Heads Up Program, the Official Youth Football Development Partner of the National Football League, where he joined some of the premier high school football coaches in the nation as well as former NFL and college players. As a Master Trainer, Buddy is trained to create a new standard in football by preparing Youth Coaches to learn and teach safer techniques and protocols within their organizations.
Bobby Butler played Defensive Back for Florida State from 1977-80, where he starred on some of the finest defensive teams in Florida State history. He posted 11 career interceptions which ranks among FSU’s Top 10. Butler, who was a consistent starter while at FSU, was named third team AP All-American as a senior. He led an FSU defense that helped the Seminoles finish 39-8 over his career with berths in two Orange and one Tangerine Bowl.
Bobby also earned All-America honors in track while at FSU, helping to lead his team to a third place finish nationally in 1980. In 1987 Bobby Butler was elected into the FSU Hall of Fame. He was a first-round pick of the Atlanta Falcons in 1981, Butler played 12 years in the NFL, all for the Falcons, earning the reputation of one of the top defensive backs in the league.
In 2002, Butler helped Buddy Curry launch Kids & Pros that engages retired NFL Players in their communities to teach football fundamental skills & character lessons to youth ages 7 – 13.
Buddy Curry was a University of North Carolina, four-year football letterman and ACC All-Conference performer at linebacker. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1980, and was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Buddy spent eight years with the Falcons where he was a team captain and a two time All-Pro in 1980 and 1982. Following his professional career on the field, Curry spent 9 years in Operations Management & 11 years in Sales/Fundraising experience with business organizations in North Carolina and Georgia.
Buddy Curry was a University of North Carolina, four-year football letterman and ACC All-Conference performer at linebacker. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1980, and was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Buddy spent eight years with the Falcons where he was a team captain and a two time All-Pro in 1980 and 1982. Following his professional career on the field, Curry spent 9 years in Operations Management & 11 years in Sales/Fundraising experience with business organizations in North Carolina and Georgia.
Buddy Curry was a University of North Carolina, four-year football letterman and ACC All-Conference performer at linebacker. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1980, and was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Buddy spent eight years with the Falcons where he was a team captain and a two time All-Pro in 1980 and 1982. Following his professional career on the field, Curry spent 9 years in Operations Management & 11 years in Sales/Fundraising experience with business organizations in North Carolina and Georgia.
Buddy Curry was a University of North Carolina, four-year football letterman and ACC All-Conference performer at linebacker. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1980, and was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Buddy spent eight years with the Falcons where he was a team captain and a two time All-Pro in 1980 and 1982. Following his professional career on the field, Curry spent 9 years in Operations Management & 11 years in Sales/Fundraising experience with business organizations in North Carolina and Georgia.
Buddy Curry was a University of North Carolina, four-year football letterman and ACC All-Conference performer at linebacker. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1980, and was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Buddy spent eight years with the Falcons where he was a team captain and a two time All-Pro in 1980 and 1982. Following his professional career on the field, Curry spent 9 years in Operations Management & 11 years in Sales/Fundraising experience with business organizations in North Carolina and Georgia.
Buddy Curry was a University of North Carolina, four-year football letterman and ACC All-Conference performer at linebacker. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1980, and was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Buddy spent eight years with the Falcons where he was a team captain and a two time All-Pro in 1980 and 1982. Following his professional career on the field, Curry spent 9 years in Operations Management & 11 years in Sales/Fundraising experience with business organizations in North Carolina and Georgia.
EVENTS
Clinic
Led by USA Master Football Trainer Buddy Curry, The K&P staff of current and retired NFL Players incorporates safe tackling techniques and position fundamentals training, along with character-based lessons for athletes 7-13. Our football curriculum challenges experienced players while effective introduces newcomers to the game.
Want to host a Clinic in your community? We will work with you to customize a clinic that fits your needs as well as funding options. We have over 23 years of experience, resources and proven processes to set your clinic up for success.
Information Session
Parent Information Session In conjunction with the youth clinics, Kids & Pros hosts Parent Information Sessions. Co-Founder Buddy Curry offers expertise and experience as a way to teach parents about equipment fitting, concussion avoidance, and head out tackling techniques designed to increase safety. In addition, Buddy outlines his own parenting challenges to raising his four children to have fun, love competitive sports and to utilize sports to help build confidence and maturity.
Through these sessions, parents are gaining the same knowledge as their children’s coaches and their own kids about how to play safer, smarter football.
Game Changer
Playing football teaches athletes more than skills and competition, but also life lessons that build character. That’s why Kids & Pros started a speaker series called “Game Changers for Life,” focusing on the values that are integral to success on and off the playing field.
Sharing inspiring stories at these #GameChangers sessions, current and former NFL professionals provide schools and youths with important lessons, focusing on our core values of teamwork, excellence, perseverance, integrity and sportsmanship.
Interested in the Game Changer speaker series?
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Academy
The K&P staff of current and retired NFL Players and college athletes are paired with small groups (5-10 kids) to provide individual on-field instruction. Each academy offers a 6-8 week curriculum to build resilience, confidence and the love of competition while inculcating football fundamentals, position training and life lessons.
Want to host an Academy in your metro Atlanta community?
SPONSORSHIP
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Why Sponsor Kids & Pros? With your support, we can…
- Offer life changing interactions, football skills and character lessons to youth athletes.
- Provide an opportunity for youth athletes to meet and be coached by current and retired NFL players.
- Educate parents on proper equipment fitting, concussion awareness and football parenting challenges in the age of sports specialization and increased money and status lures.
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Kids & Pros has crisscrossed the United States to teach proper football techniques and life skills to more than 80,000 young athletes.
Founded in 2002 by former Atlanta Falcons Buddy Curry and Bobby Butler, Kids & Pros is a non-profit corporation and character-based youth sports organization that engages current and retired NFL Players in communities across the nation to teach football fundamental skills & character lessons to youth ages 7 – 13.
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KIDS & PROS, INC. 3616 Bogan Springs Drive, Buford, GA 30519
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