Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Mikado Hinson, Director of Player Development
Mikado Hinson is entering his 5th season with the Texas A&M football team after joining the Aggies as the team’s Director of Player Development in 2014.
The Olathe, Kansas, native comes to College Station after serving on staff with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in Houston since 1998. Hinson served at the University of Houston, where he spent 14 years as the Team Chaplain and Character Development Coach for the Cougar football program. During that time, Hinson was also the Team Chaplain for the Houston Rockets from 2000-08, and served on the FCA National Chaplain’s Task Force from 2010-13. He became a licensed and ordained minister in 2005.
Hinson earned a BS in mass communications with a concentration in broadcast and journalism from Norfolk State University in 1998. He enjoys spending time with family, boxing, ring announcing, reading, teaching and preaching.
Hinson is married to Shaundra Hinson and the couple has three children: daughters Maya (20) and Kendall (17), and son MJ (14).