Adam James Skoda was born on November 24, 1974 at Seward, NE to Steven and Sharon (Liska) Skoda. Adam attended elementary school in Kearney for two years and Lincoln Public Schools, graduating from Lincoln High School in 1993. He participated in the East/West Shrine Football Game. Adam attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he was a member of the Husker Football team as a middle linebacker, and was on the 1994 and 1995 National Championship teams. He received his B.A. in Education from UNL and began teaching and coaching in Marshalltown, IA. Adam also taught in Lincoln at Culler Middle School and Lincoln Northeast. He was involved in coaching football at Lincoln High and girls’ soccer coach at Lincoln Northeast. Adam was currently teaching science at West Point-Beemer Public Schools and was serving as an assistant football and track coach.

On August 23, 2003, he was united in marriage to Leigh Hahn in Omaha, NE.

Adam was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in West Point. He enjoyed fishing, playing poker, watching sports, coaching at the YMCA and youth sports that his children participated in. Adam was inducted into the Lincoln High Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.

Adam cherished the time he got to spend with his children and family.