JIM OLAYOS, Executive Director

    Jim Olayos, Executive Director of the Future Stars Children’s Foundation, has been involved in sports for over forty years as both a player and coach.  He was selected as America’s “Most Caring Coach” by USA Today Weekend Magazine for his development of his sports educational program and “Lessons of Life” Curriculum.  He was the recipient of the YMCA “Strong Kid’s Award”.  Jim was voted one of the top 100 most influential people in Connecticut High School Sports.  His Future Stars sports/educational program has been featured in the New York Times and he has lectured and presented his program for the Frank McGuire Foundation, The After School Corporation (TASC), the National Alliance For Youth Sports (NAYS) and Youth Basketball of America (YBOA).  His program has been featured in both the New York Times and USA Today.  In 2019 he was named as a Member of the World Kindness USA National Advisory Board for Athletics.

      Jim has authored two articles: “Parents, Children and Sports” and “Scholar Athletes” -published by the state governing agency, Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC).  He is also the author of the book “The Kindness Formula - Caring + Character = Success”.

     Jim is a graduate of Fairfield University and Quinnipiac School of Law.  During those years he was also the head coach of Masuk High School in Monroe, CT receiving the New York Daily News “Coach of the Year” Award.  After graduating from law school, he also served as an assistant coach at the University of Bridgeport under New England’s all-time winningest basketball coach, Bruce Webster.  He has been an assistant coach at St. Joseph High School under the State of Connecticut’s all-time winningest coach, Vito Montelli, and assisted in the McDonald’s All American game in Indianapolis, where he coached NBA All Star Grant Hill.  Since retiring from his law practice of twenty years he has devoted himself to the Future Stars Children's Foundation.

Jim and his wife Kim are the proud parents of four sons, Jimmy (1988-2019), Casey, Brett and Shea.