Coaching, Competing, and Battling Cancer: Kat Conner Truly Does It All

Cancer. No one thinks it will ever be them… but when it is, how do you even react? Especially when all eyes are on you. Head coach for the Texas State soccer team Kat Conner, knows a thing or two about dealing with this deadly disease while in the spotlight.

On the pitch, Conner was a feisty player not ready to give up the game, so when she retired from grinding, she started coaching on the sidelines. In 1999, at just 29 years old, she started building the soccer program at Texas State University. As the years went on, the team only continued to get stronger and more comfortable with each other. Conner was making a name for herself as the head coach at TXST, but she had no idea that in a few…