It seems that people named Evan have the crazy bug. Centurion's story is surprisingly similar to mine and we both happen to be named Evan.
Back in 2008 I helped start my FRC team (2470) as a student in my Sophomore year. I graduated in 2010 as the president of the team and haven't been able to leave since.
I initially came back as a mentor for 2470 in 2011 and continued that into 2012. During 2010 and 2011 I was attending my local community college and I took the spring semester of 2012 off because I decided to transfer to Dunwoody College of Technology.
This meant I also had a ton of extra time to mentor during the spring of 2012, I ended up joining 2470's sister team, 3081 as a mentor as well to foster a relationship between the two teams.
That year the lead mentor/coach of 2470 resigned so I ended up in the position of lead mentor/coach.
I also worked on starting a joint FTC team between both 3081 and 2470. I became coach of this team as well, Erector Sets Gone Mad #5943.
My first semester at Dunwoody (Going for Electrical Engineering) this past fall was incredibly stressful, not only was I mentoring three FIRST teams but I was also taking 19 credits. I ended up giving all of my free time to robotics, in fact my entire life was pretty much robotics and STEM. At this point I like to think I entered a new phase in my life, I felt a need to re-image myself. I had fully realized my passion for FIRST and robotics.
I decided to start GOFIRST at Dunwoody, based off of GOFIRST at the University of Minnesota. I also started networking with other teams in the area (much thanks to FSM Renee Becker), helping create a strong team of mentors in my area. My goal is to create a higher level of competition in Minnesota, causing all teams to improve.
I have also been a software intern for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems since 2011, helping create a strong partnership for 2470.
To any graduating seniors, please be careful before you decide to mentor your team. Discuss with the mentors on your team and ask them what they think. If they believe it is appropriate go for it but if they say no please respect their decision as it is very hard to transfer from student to mentor. My first year as a mentor was spent learning from other mentors on my team, I was still pretty much a student.
TL;DR: Right now I am the "Senior Technical Mentor/Coach" for 2470, I mentor 3081 and have been asked to take the coach position, I coach FTC #5943, I am president and founder of GOFIRST at Dunwoody, I am currently have an internship at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (2470's primary sponsor) and I am attending college for 19 credits per semester. Let's just say I am glad FIRST is my passion and social life.
I was extremely lucky to have the students on 2470 write a Woodie Flowers essay for me this year, I received the award at 10K Lakes. You can read the submission
here.