CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Kiley Anderson, an accomplished player and coach with many ties to New England, will join the Harvard women's lacrosse coaching staff this fall, Devon Wills, The Carole Kleinfelder Head Coach for Harvard Women's Lacrosse, announced today (Sept. 7).
 
A native of Killingsworth, Conn., Anderson was a standout student-athlete at UMass-Amherst and Boston College and continued her success in lacrosse as a coach at Yale and UConn.
 
Over the last two seasons with UConn, Anderson helped the Huskies record two of their most successful seasons in program history, as the team made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever.
 
Coaching the UConn offense, Anderson oversaw a Huskies attack that finished 11^th in the nation in scoring in 2022 (15.72 goals per game). That attack included senior Sydney Watson (58 goals, 23 assists), who was named an IWLCA All-American. Anderson also guided the Huskies to new team records in goals scored (283), points (397), shots (598) and draw controls (316). UConn finished the year at 13-5 overall with a 3-2 mark in Big East play. In 2021, UConn made its second-ever NCAA Tournament appearance after going 12-7 overall and 7-3 in conference play. Watson became the first player in program history to be named an IWLCA First Team All-American.
 
Anderson arrived at UConn after spending a year as a volunteer assistant coach at Yale University. She assisted in planning and conducting skill specific individual lessons with players and worked with drawers and circle players to improve their specific skills.
 
Prior to her time at 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.
 
A former IWLCA First Team All-Northeast Region and Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference selection, Anderson had a successful playing career at UMass-Amherst and Boston College. She served as captain for the Minutewomen during the 2019 season and holds the record for most goals in a single game (9) in program history. Anderson is also second all-time in career draw controls (208) and tied for most goals in a single season (67). She was also selected to the Atlantic 10 All Championship Team in 2017 and 2019. 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 B.A. in sociology in May 2019. She attended Haddam-Killingworth High School and was an honorable mention US Lacrosse All-American and a US Lacrosse Academic All-American.