As a soccer coach, Coach Kelly brings a lot of knowledge, experiences, energy and passion for the sport of soccer, and for the student athletes. His coaching experiences spans over 18 years in the academic setting and over 14 years of successful and progressive coaching at the youth levels, ODP level (Olympic Development Program), high school and collegiate levels, for a total of well over 22 years of combined soccer coaching experience. He has also served as DOC (Director of Coaching) and operated several soccer camps and clinics across the US working with, and preparing advanced and elite soccer prospects for ODP, collegiate level play and simply just improving & developing their game at any age.
Along the way, Coach Kelly has garnered several accolades & made successful runs at winning 3 College Showcase Championships, 2 Conference Championships & 2 State Finalist, and had the wonderful opportunity to produce 68 All-Academic, 37 All-Conference, 29 All-Region, 24 All-Star, and 3 All-Americans in college teams that he has coached. Most recently, he led the PPU Women’s Soccer Team to two back-to-back playoff berths, winning the conference regular season championship in 2022 and runners up in 2023, with one win away to making it to Nationals. He’s also led the PCC Women’s Soccer Team to two, back-to-back playoff berths in 2018 & 2019, making the Elite 8 in 2019, helped the Northern Michigan University women’s soccer team qualify for the GLIAC championships playoffs in 2017, and have led the TVC Women’s soccer program to 2 back-to-back winning seasons (2014 & 2015), earning a spot both years in the NWAC Championship playoffs. He’s also led the TVC men’s soccer program to a winning season with only 1 point away from making the NWAC Championship playoffs in his first year with the team in 2015. Coach Kelly holds several USSF & NSCAA licenses.
