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Kyle Christensen Associate Head Coach PhotoKyle Christensen
Associate Head Coach

Kyle Christensen enters his eighth season with Utah Valley and his second as the Associate Head Coach. He also serves as the team's recruiting coordinator. Christensen has helped the Wolverines to three NCAA Tournament appearances (2015, 2017, 2020-21), three WAC Tournament titles, and a WAC regular season championship.

Christensen helped the Wolverines to their third straight WAC Tournament championship match in 2021. The team finished the 2021 season with an impressive 13-7-2 overall record, including a 6-2-2 mark in WAC play. Lemay led the Wolverines to an 8-1-1 record at home. Eight Wolverines were named to the All-WAC team, including a school-record four first team honorees in Amber Tripp, Heather Stainbrook, Sadie Brockbank, and Jenna Shepherd. UVU's four first team All-WAC honorees in 2021 also earned All-Pacific Region honors--the most all-region honorees in team history.

Christensen helped UVU to a record-breaking season in 2020-21 where the Wolverines claimed their first-ever WAC regular season title, a third NCAA Tournament berth, and the team's first-ever NCAA Tournament win with its 1-0 first-round win over No. 25 Memphis. The 2020-21 Wolverines are the first team in UVU athletics history to win both a WAC regular season title and WAC Tournament championship in the same season. The team also became the first program in UVU athletics history to win an NCAA Tournament game. A program-record 10 players earned All-WAC honors in 2020-21 and for the first time in program history, UVU had two players earn United Soccer Coaches Association All-Region honors.

Christensen helped Utah Valley earn its sixth-straight appearance in the semifinals and third showing in the championship match of the WAC Tournament in 2019. During that season, the Wolverines had the best RPI ranking in the WAC after playing one of the most difficult non-conference schedules in the nation. The Wolverines played three teams that finished with a top-15 or better national ranking during the 2019 season.

In 2019, Christensen helped the Wolverines to an impressive 8-1-1 record at home.  UVU held the ninth-best attendance in the country last season, bringing in an average of 1,319 fans per game. UVU broke the school record for attendance in 2019 with 13,189 fans. The team also broke the single game attendance record at Clyde Field against BYU with a school-record 3,952 fans. The game was the 12th highest attended game of the season in the entire nation.

In 2019, UVU had an impressive 14 players earn academic all-WAC honors in 2019, including Bruce who also earned all-district academic honors and USC Division I Women’s Scholar All-West Region honors. Bruce was a finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford and signed a professional contract with the Puerto Rico Sol.

In 2018, Utah Valley picked up three wins at home during WAC play, including one of the most memorable victories in the history of Clyde Field as UVU defeated Chicago State, 6-0, in front of a school-record 3,211 fans at Clyde Field. UVU had three players earn awards in 2018 as both Hannah Bruce and Madeline Moore earned second team All-WAC selections and Brockbank earning WAC All-Tournament team honors.

In 2017, Christensen helped Utah Valley to its fourth-straight 10-plus win season, compiling a 10-12-1 record in 2017. The team won its second WAC Tournament title with Christensen on the staff and earned the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where it took on top-ranked Stanford.

In 2015, Christensen was a part of history as the Wolverines enjoyed their best season in school history, winning a school-record 14 matches. Christensen helped the Wolverines to the WAC Tournament championship match where UVU snapped Seattle U's NCAA-leading 13-match unbeaten streak to claim UVU's first-ever WAC Tournament title and its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Christensen grew up in Utah and played club soccer in Layton. He was recruited and played for the University of Denver where he earned Sun Belt Player of the Year honors as a senior. Following his play at DU, he was drafted in the MLS Superdraft by Chivas USA.

Christensen played semi-professional soccer for several years before starting his coaching career. He has been coaching now for seven years and is in his first season as a coach for Utah FC. During the last seven years he has coached club soccer, high school and at the collegiate level with Weber State and now Utah Valley.

 

Bailey Bailey Assistant Coach PhotoBailey Bailey
Assistant Coach

Bailey Bailey enters her first season as a volunteer assistant coach for Utah Valley.

Bailey most recently served as an assistant coach at Salt Lake Community College where she helped guide the Bruins to a semifinal appearance at the NJCAA Tournament, a No. 5 national ranking, and a Region 18 championship. A Utah native, Bailey was a prep coach at Pleasant Grove High School where she earned the 2019 Utah Valley Coach of the Year. Bailey has extensive club coaching experience in Utah, coaching four years with Utah Arsenal FC and earning serving as Director of Coaching. She holds a USSF C License.

As a player, Bailey starred as a center midfielder for Iowa Western Community College, helping the program to the 2014 NJCAA runner-up spot. She also played with the Utah Arrows, a pro team in the WPSL.

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