Sporting Kansas City Head Coach and Sporting Director Peter Vermes has made it no secret what his goal is for his club. He dreams of a day when all 11 starters on the field are players that have come through the pipeline from the SKC Academy up to the first team.
A key figure in trying to make that dream a reality is Academy Director Jon Parry. In a recent interview on the Sporting KC Show Parry provided a lot of interesting information about the evolution of SKC’s Academy.
Parry has been Academy Director for 11 years, which is the longest tenure of any academy director in the league.