Kiley Anderson - Lacrosse Coach - James Madison University Athletics

Kiley Anderson

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
ande23kx@jmu.edu
Phone:
540-568-3618

Kiley Anderson was appointed an assistant coach with the JMU women's lacrosse program in June 2024, ahead of the 2025 season.

In Anderson's first season, the Dukes posted a 14-5 record, including an unblemished 6-0 mark in American Athletic Conference Play. The Dukes ranked in the IWLCA Top 25 all season, ranking as high as #11. Her work with the draw unit earned JMU consistent national attention in draw controls per game (17.84) and draw control percentage (.648), ranking fourth and third in the country respectively. Maddie Epke, JMU's draw specialist, broke multiple program and conference records, highlighted by her becoming the Dukes' all-time leader in draw controls (477). Epke set new single-season (235) and single-game (23 vs. Charlotte) draw records while setting a new AAC Tournament single-game record (13 vs. Vanderbilt). She became the first player in JMU history to record over 200 draws in a single season and 400 draws in a career.

In conference play, JMU outscored its six opponents by a 107-44 margin, winning by an average of 10.5 goals. The Dukes led the league in goals per game (17.83), goals allowed per game (7.22), draw controls per game (22.67), shots per game (38.83), and save percentage (.511).

Anderson, who was a standout student-athlete at UMass-Amherst, joins the Dukes after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Harvard (2023-2024).

During her two seasons with the Crimson, Anderson aided the team in going 18-12 overall, putting together 4-3 marks in Ivy League games in each season. That included Harvard being ranked for the first time ever in 2024. Anderson was the leader of the draw unit, developing and executing individualized practice plans for all drawers and circle players. She also coached the offense, collaborating with the staff to create daily practice plans and scouting reports.

In 2024, in which Harvard went 10-5 (program-record wins), she helped the Crimson rank top 10 nationally in six categories. That included ranking second in points (24.73), fourth in assists (8.73), fifth in shooting percentage (.493), seventh in scoring offense (16.0) and eighth in both scoring margin (+6.13) and shots on goal (25.0).

She coached a pair of student-athletes to USA Lacrosse All-America status in Riley Campbell and Callie Hem, who combined for 119 goals. Additionally Caroline Mullahy led the country in assists per game (3.67) and Maddie Barkate, the Harvard all-time leader in draw controls, ranked 10th nationally in that category (7.93). As a team, Harvard set the school single-game record for draw controls (23).

In her first season in 2023, Harvard finished 8-7 overall. In the circle, Barkate ranked 13th in Division I in draws per game (6.8). In total she coached 11 Harvard players to All-Ivy League status between the 2023 and 2024 seasons.

Prior to Harvard, Anderson spent two as an assistant at UConn (2021-2022). During her time in Storrs, Anderson helped the Huskies record two of their most successful seasons, as the team made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Championship for the first time ever and went a combined 25-12.

Coaching the offense, Anderson oversaw a UConn attack that ranked 11th nationally in scoring in 2022 with 15.72 goals per game. That attack included All-American Sydney Watson, who led the way with 58 goals and 23 assists. During that season, UConn set program records in goals (283), points (397), shots (598) and draw controls (316) while going 13-5 overall and 3-2 in Big East play.

In 2021, UConn finished 12-7 overall and 7-3 in league play, reaching the NCAA Championship for just the second time ever. In that campaign, Watson became the program’s inaugural IWLCA First Team All-American.

She began her coaching career at Yale, where she was a volunteer assistant for the 2020 season. She assisted the Bulldogs in planning and conducting skill-specific individual lessons with players and worked on the draw control to improve their skills. In the pandemic-shortened season, Yale went 4-2.

Prior to Yale, she was a coach at the Nor’easter Premiere Lacrosse Club, Nor’easter Next, and UMass Amherst and Yale lacrosse camps. Anderson also helped as a coach at the Northwestern and Salve Regina Nor’easter lacrosse camps.

Anderson was a former IWLCA First Team All-Northeast Region and First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection at UMass-Amherst (2016-19). She also began her career at Boston College (2015). Anderson served as team captain for the Minutewomen in 2019 and holds the program record for most goals in a game (9). Anderson is also second all-time in career draw controls (208) and tied for the most goals in a single season (67). She finished seventh nationally in goals per game (3.94) while helping the Minutewomen rank No. 1 nationally in draw controls per game (19.11) and No. 2 nationally in scoring offense (17.47 goals per game).

Anderson graduated UMass-Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology in May 2019. Before college, she was a USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American and US Lacrosse Academic All-American at Haddam-Killingworth High School.