About Us

Ryan McAdoo

Founder & Executive Director

Ryan has a vast amount of experience working with children. In the education world, Ryan has worked as a paraprofessional in multiple K-5 and middle school behavioral special education programs in both Southington and Plymouth School districts. McAdoo is also currently working as a physical education teacher at Children’s Community School in Waterbury, CT where Holistic Athletics is offering daily physical education classes for students in grades K-8.

Coach McAdoo’s coaching career started at Ajax Premier Soccer where he played a role in the development of players ages 5-18. After his time at Ajax, McAdoo took the reins as head coach of the Terryville High School Boy Soccer team in 2018 and is still currently at the helm for the Kangaroos. Ryan also founded Mac’s Football Club in 2020 and has served as a professional trainer for multiple youth soccer clubs in Northwest, CT in addition to hosting/directing both 5-14 and high school aged soccer camps.

Ryan’s time as an older brother to a sister with autism has also crafted his passion for working with soccer players with developmental and cognitive disabilities. Coach Ryan has coached with the special olympics and directed numerous special needs soccer programs.

Coach McAdoo’s passion for coaching and youth development stems from his love for sports and natural inclination for empathy and teaching. Ryan founded Holistic Athletics with the mission of enhancing the state of today’s youth through the use of sports as a developmental and therapeutic vessel within the athletic, mental health, and educational fields.