On this episode of Alumni Direct's show "ATHLETES TO ENTREPRENEURS: The Alumni Journey," we chat with Taj Dashaun, former college football player and Author, Speaker, and Athlete Transition Coach. 

Tell us about your journey growing up and playing sports. 

“My first sport was basketball, I started when I was five. Then I started playing soccer....And then I saw the movie "Remember the Titans", and I decided that I wanted to play football. I started playing football at the age of 10, and by my freshman year in high school, I was on a mission get a football scholarship." I ended up getting a scholarship at Stoneybrook in Long Island, NY, and I loved every minute of it."

Did Stoneybrook prepare you for life after college sports?

"I didn't necessarily do a good job of seeking out those resources, if they were available...but those resources were not put in directly in front of us as athletes, either. That's why I was telling you that I love what you guys are doing at Alumni Direct, because that sense of community is what I was missing. I walked across that stage and was just thrown out into the world...versus having a support system and a community of people who have gone before me to help pull me up. Hats off to what you are doing, I think it's needed for so many reasons."

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