Texas State University FCA

TXST FCA Staff

Texas State FCA Team

Pat Ford

Collegiate Director

Pat Ford has been on staff with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for over 30 years. Currently, he is the FCA Campus Director for Texas State University. He and Kim relocated to Central Texas in the spring of 2016 He previously served as the FCA Chaplain/Character Coach for the West Texas A&M University Athletic Department in Canyon, TX, for 9 years. Prior to this he served as the Panhandle FCA Director for 14 years. Pat’s wife, Kim, has worked alongside him for the past 9 years working with the WT coaches’ wives and female athletes. She will continue in this role at Texas State.

Pat has been married to Kim for 37 years. He enjoys golfing, hunting, movies with his family and spending time with his three grandchildren and his new FCA family in Central Texas. Pat and Kim have two daughters, Kinsey, who is married to Matthew Olson of Childress, TX. Matthew coaches and Kinsey is in the insurance industry. They have a 6 year old girl, Paisley Rae, and 1 year old girl, Wrenley Kate. Katie, is a 2014 graduate of WTAMU. She married Chris Whitehead of Edna, TX. Chris and Katie have an almost 4 year old boy, named Tate Carter. They moved to New Braunfels in 2022. Chris works for BSN Sports, and Katie stays home with Tate and is now the TXST FCA Admin Assistant.

For more information on Texas State FCA, contact Pat Ford at 806-681-6409 or at pford@fca.org.

Kim Ford

Collegiate Representative

Kim has worked with Pat for FCA for 9 years. Her heart is to encourage and disciple female coaches, athletes, and coaches' wives as they become firmly rooted in Jesus Christ and in the living Word of God.

Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

James Sherman

Texas State Football Director of Player Development

FCA Volunteer

James Sherman is in his 2nd year as the Director of Player Development for the Texas State Football Program. His role allows him the opportunity to create, develop and implement a student-athlete development program that fosters an environment of holistic well-being and achievement. Prior to taking this role, Sherman was a student-athlete at Texas State playing Football and earning two bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Economics. He was an active member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes for his entirety of his Collegiate playing career as well as his current involvement with FCA as the faculty advisor and board member.

"FCA has always been a part of my life starting in High School I learned about what it meant to implement my faith in sport. As I got to college, it was extremely easy to get distracted in all of the things we got to be involved in from school, football, relationships, and the list goes on and on. We got tugged in so many different directions, it was easy to get side tracked. Through Fellowship of Christian Athletes and specifically Pat Ford’s guidance, I was able to learn what it looked like to be truly authentic in my relationship with Christ and how that related to my sport and life. I learned the value of being authentic to myself, my relationship with teammates, and ultimately with my relationship to Jesus. I couldn’t speak enough to what FCA has done for me individually and for the family that I’ve met through my time at Texas State."

Philippians 2:13 “For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”