R.I.P..: KVET-AM Austin Morning CoHost Sean Adams

Sean Adams

Sean Adams, a business-trained, California-born athlete who transformed himself into a motivational speaker and one of Austin’s most unique, unstoppable sports radio voices at iHM's KVET 1300 AM, died Thursday after an apparent heart attack.

He was 46, according to The Austin Statesman.

Adams was widely admired for his dogged perseverance to stay on the air through the years with various Austin stations in the rough-and-tumble sports talk industry.

Adams got his first shot at radio in June 2007 and landed with 1300 The Zone in July 2014. He currently worked as the morning host with Chip Brown, another longtime Longhorns reporter. Together, Adams and Brown hosted “The Bottom Line” from 6-9 a.m.

A message posted on The Zone’s Twitter account said, “Sean Adams was an amazing colleague, an admired talent and a respected member of our Austin family. Our hearts are grieving. We will miss him dearly, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

Adams wrote two books. His first was published in 2006 titled “Sports for Life: Daily Sports Themes for Life Success.” His second book was published in 2010 titled “It’s Okay to be Crazy” and focused on keeping a positive attitude.

Over the years, Adams he was a regular on various UT-related media outlets, including the Longhorn Network, ESPN.com and Inside Texas.