Kelly Komara was picking up groceries with her dad, Bob, at the local supermarket in Schererville, Indiana. A tall man shopping with his own kids approached the Komaras.
“Hey coach Komara, what’s going on man? You won’t believe what an influence you’ve had on my life,” the man said to Komara’s dad. By now, Kelly was used to these encounters — after all, Bob was a high school football coach.
At the age of seven, Kelly Komara had discovered her calling: becoming a coach.
Komara recalled, “As a young person, seeing these guys come up to your dad is like, ‘this is so cool,’ and I knew from that point on I wanted to have that influence.