Making good development more accessible.
Academy79 exists to make high-quality football development, applied learning, and developmental evidence more accessible to young people.
Football as a classroom for life.
Young people who love football will show up to train. Academy79 uses that commitment as the entry point for something wider: structured sessions, applied learning, personal goals, reflection, and a record of what the learner actually developed — shared with the coaches, leaders, and families around them.
We work with the organizations that already hold young people's trust — schools, community programs, clubs, and foundations — rather than trying to replace them.
Five connected dimensions
- Football skill and game understanding.
- Discipline, confidence, and personal responsibility.
- Decision-making and problem-solving.
- Communication, teamwork, and leadership.
- Reflection and visible developmental progress.
Built at the intersection of coaching, education, technology, and global learning.
Academy79 was founded by Jeffry Steeven Magloire, an engineer, enterprise technology and product leader, youth coach, educator, and global traveler. His work connects structured development, access to opportunity, technology, and the belief that football can become a powerful classroom for life.
Background
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester.
- Experience leading enterprise AI, data, and product initiatives.
- Experience coaching youth football and basketball.
- Founder of education and youth-access initiatives.
- Experience traveling across more than 50 countries.
- Chicago-based founder.
Academy79 is based in Chicago and works with schools, youth organizations, clubs, foundations, and sponsors.
Current stage of the company
Academy79 is building its first generation of founding partnerships and program evidence. There are no published case studies, testimonials, or participant statistics yet, because no program has been delivered at scale. Credibility today comes from a clear operating model, sample program materials, a realistic implementation process, and transparent product status.
Responsible growth
Academy79 is based in Chicago and begins there. Programs elsewhere are described as available only when a partnership is signed and a cohort is scheduled. We do not claim to operate in markets where no program is active, and we do not present any organization as a partner without written authorization.
Built to grow beyond the first program.
These are directions, not current products. They do not form part of any current partnership offer.
Long-term vision. Availability depends on partnerships, funding, safeguarding review, and product development.
Talk to Academy79.
Founding partnership conversations begin with a short set of details about your organization.