Career
Adoboe, a native of Ghana, holds four world"s records demonstrating his speed including running the 100-yard dash backwards in 12.7 seconds when he was 19 years old in 1983. and speed juggling a soccer ball 141 times in 30 seconds on The Today Show on August 27, 2003. Adoboe has coached thousands of soccer players through his Soccer-Magic Skills Training Program & Academy, based in Amherst, Massachusetts. In addition to his own camps and programs, Adoboe has served as a soccer and track and field coach at schools including Mountain.
Holyoke College, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and South Hadley High School (Massachusetts), and in the United States Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program.
Players who have worked with Adoboe have gone on to play for United States Regional and National teams, National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I College teams, Major League Soccer, European professional teams, and the Union of European Football Associations Champions League. Notable alumni include: Robbie Russell, Jay Heaps, and Edson Buddle.
Adoboe was a Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd in 1983, and he is also an answer in the 1984 version of the popular trivia game Trivial Pursuit.
