Brian and Kathy Haugen, Turning Tragedy and Pain into Purpose - Episode 15

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In August of 2008, Brian and Kathy Haugen experienced the worst tragedy any parent could ever go through, the loss of their son. 15-year-old Taylor died on the football field playing the game he loved.

In his short 15 ½ years, Taylor Reid Haugen left an indelible mark on the community though his living faith and compassion for his friends, team, community, organizations and church. “T”, as he was known, was well-respected by his peers, teachers, congregation and family as an upbeat, positive, selfless yet self-confident young man whose, two passions were Jesus and football. T was a natural leader among his friends and teammates, a mentor to the young and a positive influence and inspiration to all who knew him and of him.

Brian and Kathy are the parents of Taylor. Kathy is the Executive Director of the Taylor Haugen Foundation. It's mission is to "build and recognize youth leaders and promote youth sports safety to honor the legacy of Taylor Haugen." You can listen to their story on the podcast below.

In this episode of the podcast, Jason Romano talks with Brian and Kathy about the legacy of their son, going through the tragedy of losing a child, and how they turned the pain of Taylor's death, into purpose.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith in sports
0:09.1	and sports collide.
0:10.0	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:13.4	Welcome, everyone, to episode number 15 of the Sports Spectrum podcast.
0:17.9	My name is Jason Romano.
0:19.6	It is great to have you joining us here today on the program. Today's podcast. My name is Jason Romano. It is great to have you joining us here today on the program.
0:24.1	Today's podcast is a different type of podcast than we've had before. This is a story of a young
0:31.6	man named Taylor Howgan, who was tragically killed at the age of 15, nine years ago.
0:39.1	And this podcast is his story and the legacy of Taylor Hogan.
0:46.6	And our guest today are Brian and Kathy Hogan, who are Taylor's parents.
0:51.6	And Kathy is the executive director of the Taylor-Hougain Foundation.
0:56.4	Its mission is to build and recognize youth leaders and promote youth sports safety to
1:02.8	honor the legacy of Taylor Hogan. Now, this was an especially difficult podcast for me
1:09.1	personally because I'm a dad and my daughter Sarah
1:14.2	is 13. She's our only child. And Taylor Hogan was Brian and Kathy Hougan's only child.
1:23.2	And they lost him. And I don't know what I would do if I lost my daughter.
1:32.5	But I read their story over the last couple months, came across the foundation.
1:38.3	And I thought it was an important story to tell.
1:41.0	I thought it was an important podcast to do.
1:47.1	And it's not your podcast where it's,
1:53.6	you know, a famous athlete or an analyst or somebody who you see on TV or read about or know a lot about. You may never have heard of Brian and Kathy Howgan. You may never heard of
1:59.4	Taylor Howgan. And on never heard of Taylor Howgan.
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