Kim Chaffin didn’t wait for permission to belong in a huddle. In 1996, as a seventh grader in Smyer, Texas, she walked onto a football field full of boys and tried out for the team — not to make a statement, but because she loved the game and believed she could compete. That moment became the seed of everything that followed.

From the Field and Court to the Classroom
Before she was an author, Kim was an athlete. A multi-sport competitor who excelled at every level she played, Kim went on to become a trailblazer at UT Permian Basin — joining the inaugural women’s basketball program and earning the captain’s role four times. She left college with Honorable Mention All-American honors and national records in free throw percentage and assists that still stand today. But Kim always knew her greatest impact wouldn’t come on a court or a field. It would come in a classroom.

Nearly Two Decades Shaping the Next Generation
Kim spent six transformative years as an elementary educator, meeting children exactly where they were — in the gym, in the classroom, and on the page. She then spent eleven years teaching high school English, including two years leading an entire English department, proving that the right words at the right moment can change the trajectory of a young person’s life.

She didn’t stop there.

Kim climbed every rung of athletic leadership — from Girls Coordinator to Assistant Athletic Director to Girls Athletic Director — before taking command as full Athletic Director over every sport in her program. Boys and girls. Every field, every court, every season. Along the way, she built a winning program as Head Basketball Coach, producing 200+ wins and state-level qualifiers in Cross Country, Tennis, and Track.

From the Corner Office to the Movement
Kim Chaffin didn’t leave education behind. She channeled it.

As Founder and Author of Breaking the Huddle Education, LLC, Kim is both the architect of the mission and the voice bringing it to life on every page. Nearly two decades of classroom experience and athletic excellence have converged into one bold movement — redefining how the next generation reads, leads, and sees themselves.

The central message of her debut children’s book says it plainly: Being yourself is your superpower.

Kim has lived that truth her entire life. Now she’s written it down for every child who needs to hear it.

Breaking the Huddle Education — A Sports Literacy & Leadership Movement.