Kelly Coster was announced as the newest addition to the Buccaneers' Women's Soccer Staff on Wednesday afternoon. Coster joins Charleston Southern as the assistant coach for the program ahead of the 2025 season.
Coster arrives in Charleston after spending the past year as a graduate assistant coach at Anderson University. In her role with the team, she worked in many of the behind-the-scenes jobs including academic support, player development sessions, student-athlete mentorship, recruiting duties and management of CARA logos.
In her one season with the Trojans, they finished with a 9-7-2 record to go with an impressive 6-2 mark at home. They advanced to the semifinals of the SAC Championships after going 5-5-1 against conference opponents in the regular season.
Prior to beginning her career as a coach, she was a soccer student-athlete at The College of Saint Rose for three years and Southern Connecticut State University for a season earning Conference Honor Roll awards every year. During her career they won three NE-10 Conference Championships and lost just three games during her career at Saint Rose. They won the East Regional to advance to the NCAA Final Four and finish as the national runners-up in a season. She was a two-time recipient of the Elite-24 award which is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA playing in the NE-10 soccer championship.
In her final year, she transferred to Anderson University to be a member of the women's lacrosse team. She earned the role of captain for the squad and helped them to a SAC regular season championship and 15-3 record on the season.
She graduated from Anderson University in May of 2025 with her Master's of Science in Organizational Leadership. She received her Bachelor's of Science in Childhood Education and Special Education in May of 2024 from The College of Saint Rose.
