Kelly Bushe completed her first year as an assistant women's soccer coach at Kutztown University in 2016.
In Bushe's first year at her alma-mater in 2016, Kutztown won its first-ever NCAA Atlantic Region Championship and advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the first time in school history. KU set school-records for overall wins (20), regular-season wins (15) and conference wins (13), and tied the school-record for shutouts (13) and longest winning streak (nine). KU won three NCAA Tournament games in 2016, its most in a season in school history.
For their efforts, head coach Erik Burstein and Bushe were named the Regional Coaching Staff of the Year by the NSCAA.
Bushe was a player at KU from 2007-10 and was part of head coach Erik Burstein's first recruiting class at KU back in 2007. She was recently the assistant coach at Division III Arcadia University in 2015. The Knights went 16-6 and won the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Championship.
The Neptune, New Jersey native arrived at Arcadia after two seasons at DeSales University, where she assisted in all facets of the Bulldogs' program, including practice planning, scouting, team travel arrangements and fundraising. DeSales had a total of seven All-MAC Freedom selections, including three First Team honorees.
Bushe helped lead DeSales to a record of 17-15-7 in her two seasons on the sideline, including 10 wins in her final year in 2014. The Bulldogs advanced to the MAC Freedom title game and were selected for the ECAC regional championship tournament.
Bushe spent the 2012 season on the coaching staff at The College of New Jersey, which went 15-2-3 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Lions had six all-conference selections, including two All-Americans and the New Jersey Athletic Conference Defensive and Midfield Players of the Year. She has additionally served as an assistant coach with New Jersey Youth Soccer's ODP U17 team since 2013.
Bushe was a four-year letter-winner and two-year team captain at KU. Bushe started in 68 of her 75 career games on defense for the Golden Bears, totaling nine goals and two assists for 20 career points while twice earning PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors. She led Kutztown to NCAA Tournament appearances her junior and senior seasons, which also saw the Golden Bears finish with a top-25 national ranking in the final NSCAA Coaches' Poll.
Bushe completed her bachelor's degree in psychology at Kutztown in 2011 before earning her master's degree in criminal justice at DeSales in 2015.
