Kelly Hester

Kelly Hester- Hester didn’t always want to be a coach, but at the same time, she never felt like she was the best player on any one of her teams. She never considered being a coach until she was asked to be the Assistant to her former coach here at UGA. One of her biggest challenges has been Time Management. She has held many offices on the national level and with all of those comes much paperwork. She spends most of her office time sending out letters to Recruits, and sending emails to her players. The highlight of her day, though, is 2:00pm when her team comes out to practice. She deals with such a small number of players, and gets the opportunity to meet them young, and watch them develop. She also stated that winning is not the main objective, but getting to know her players is. Though Hester is the “new kid on the block,” she feels that most of the coachers here respect her, and look out for her best interest as a coach. She also feels that there is no pressure on her to become a certain thing, because she is the only one that can place pressure on herself. When we asked Hester for her advice on how to be a great coach, she said work hard and go out of your way to meet people that can help you advance.