Jaelyn Cunningham joined the Harvard Women's Soccer staff in the Summer of 2025 and enters her first season with the Crimson in 2025. In he role, Cunningham works with the Crimson goalkeepers.
Cunningham comes to Harvard after a two-year tenure as the Goalkeeper Coach at the University of Houston, where she helped guide the group to success after a jump from the American Athletic Conference (AAC) to the Big 12 Conference. The Cougars enjoyed success under Cunningham and the staff, as the group helped lead the team to a 6-0-1 start in 2023, which went down as the best start to a season in program history.
In addition to the University of Houston, Cunningham brings a wealth of coaching experience from the University of Toledo, Queens University of Charlotte, and the HTX Soccer Club in Texas.
While at the University of Toledo, Cunningham played a key role in developing several standout players, including a MAC Freshman of the Year, a single-season program record holder, and a goalkeeper who ranked fourth nationally in shutouts. Her contributions helped the team post a 10-6-4 record in 2021 — the program’s best season since 2017.
At Queens University of Charlotte, Cunningham served as the Goalkeeper Coach, helping the team to a 5-1-1 record. Under her guidance, the team’s goalkeeper earned Conference Player of the Week honors three times and was named First-Team All-Conference with a 0.903 goals-against average.
Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Cunningham is a graduate of the University of Illinois, where she was a three-year starting goalkeeper. She ranks second in school history for most saves in a single season and was named All-Big Ten in 2017.
Cunningham also has experience at the professional level. She competed with three women’s soccer clubs, the Seattle Sounders Women, The Chicago Red Stars, and The Orlando Pride over the course of her career.
