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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam David Rhodes Kay | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-03-01)1 March 1992 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Bath, England | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Des Moines Menace (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | Southwestern Christian Eagles | 92 | (30) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | →Accrington Stanley (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | →Chester City (loan) | 5 | (x[1]) |
| 2009 | Stalybridge Celtic | 31 | (7) |
| 2012–2013 | Oklahoma City FC | 13 | (4) |
| 2014 | Vermont Voltage | 14 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016-2019 | Mid-American Christian (Assistant) | ||
| 2017–2022 | Oklahoma City 1889 FC | ||
| 2019-2021 | Southwestern Christian | ||
| 2022- | Des Moines Menace (Assistant) | ||
| 2021-2023 | Davis and Elkins (Associate Head Coach) | ||
| 2023- | LSU Shreveport | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adam David Rhodes Kay (born 1 March 1992) is an English formerfootballer and head coach for theLSU–Shreveport Pilots men's soccer team and assistant coach forUSL League Two sideDes Moines Menace.
Kay was born inBath, Somerset, attendingWellsway School.[2]
He was promoted to the senior squad during the2007–08 season after progressing through the youth ranks at the club and was handed the squad number 25 and named as a substitute on 29 December 2007 for the home game againstBristol City.
He moved toLeague 2 sideAccrington Stanley on 20 March 2009 until the end of the season.[3] On 21 August 2009, Kay joined Chester on loan until January 2010 along with Chris Lynch.[4] During his loan spell with Chester, he played 15 league matches and scored no goals.
On 17 September 2010, Kay signed a contract withConference North sideStalybridge Celtic and made his debut for the club the following day in the 1–3 defeat away atSolihull Moors.[5]
He joinedRadcliffe Borough on loan in December 2011.[6]
In 2011, Kay went America to study atSouthwestern Christian University, studying at the college for four years.[7]Kay, also spent time withUSL PDL and NPSL teams, which saw him play for Vermont Voltage (2014), Oklahoma City FC (2012, 2013), setting a record number of appearances in the USL PDL for Vermont Voltage in a single season.
In 2017, Kay was appointed as head coach ofNational Premier Soccer League side Oklahoma City 1889. In 2019, Kay became the head coach ofNAIA teamSouthwestern Christian University after serving from 2016 to 2019 as an assistant atMid-American Christian University. On 15 March 2022, Kay announced that he was stepping down from OKC 1889. On 19 April 2022, SCU announced that Kay would be stepping down as head coach. He would spend the 2022USL League Two season with Des Moines Menace. In May 2022, Kay was given the Associate Head Coach job atDavis and Elkins College.Louisiana State University Shreveport announced that Kay would be the new head coach of their men's soccer team on April 13, 2023.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| OKC 1889 | 21 February 2017 | 15 March 2022 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 064.86 |
| SCU Eagles | 10 December 2019 | 19 April 2022 | 41 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 087.80 |
| LSUS Pilots | 13 April 2023 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 084.62 | |
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