Coaches

Kaillie Kelly

Kaillie Briscoe Kelly '09 was named Hamilton's head women's lacrosse coach in November 2024 after a standout playing career with the Continentals from 2006 to 2009.


Kelly had been the owner and director of Central Lacrosse since 2018 and the head coach of the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School girls' lacrosse team since the 2018 season. She turned Lincoln-Sudbury into one of the top teams in Massachusetts in the past six years as the Warriors won their first Division I state championship since 1988 in 2023, and also made the state semifinals in 2022 and 2024. Lincoln-Sudbury captured four Dual County League (DCL) titles during Kelly's tenure. She was named the 2024 DCL Coach of the Year and the 2023 Division I Coach of the Year by the Boston Globe.


In 2024 Kelly served as an assistant coach and the offensive coordinator for the German Women's National Box Lacrosse Team. She was the director of lacrosse for Bosse Sports (2014 to 2020), the master coach and recruiting coordinator for 3d Lacrosse (2015 to 2018) and the offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Smith College during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Kelly helped guide Smith to its first winning record in nearly 20 years, the quarterfinals of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference championship, an Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament runner-up finish, and team records for goals and draw controls in a season.


At Hamilton, Kelly helped lead women's lacrosse to the 2008 NCAA Division III title. It remains the only national team championship in the College's history. The Continentals also made the 2009 NCAA semifinals and the 2007 national quarterfinals during Kelly's career. Hamilton's record was 65-12 and the team won three Liberty League championships during her four years. She was a two-time all-American, a four-time all-region selection and a three-time all-league pick. Kelly was on the 2009 Tewaaraton Award Watch List, an annual award for the most outstanding American college men's and women's lacrosse players, and was the 2009 female recipient of the Jack B. Riffle Award for the most outstanding senior student-athlete at Hamilton. She still holds team records for most career goals (206), assists (134) and points (340), and points in a season (107).


Kelly hails from Orangeville, Ontario. She has a bachelor's degree from Hamilton in psychology and a master's degree from Smith in exercise and sports science.