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Academy Q&A: Get to know Sporting KC Academy Director Jon Parry

Throughout the summer, SportingKCAcademy.com is publishing a series of Q&A interviews with each member of the Academy's technical staff. In the first installment, we catch up with Sporting KC Academy Director Jon Parry.

Tell us about your background and where you are from.

My dad was in the Army, so I was an Army brat and lived everywhere. I was born in Ft. Benning, Georgia, lived in Stuttgart, Germany when I was young, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas and in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. I started high school in Ft. Dix, New Jersey, then I moved back to Ft.