Yale

Kerry Kiddoo, who helped Delaware to an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in 2019, joined the Yale field hockey staff as an assistant coach in 2022. She was the first hire for Melissa Gonzalez, Yale’s Caroline Ruth Thompson ’02 Head Coach of Field Hockey.

In each of the last two seasons, Kiddoo helped Yale get within one win of making the Ivy League Tournament. The Bulldogs ended both seasons strong, winning four of their final six games. Last season they had one All-American, four NFHCA all-region honorees, six All-Ivy League honorees and the Ivy League Rookie of the Year. In 2023 Yale had two NFHCA all-region selections and five All-Ivy League honorees.

In 2022 Kiddoo helped the Bulldogs to nine wins, including wins in three of their final four games -- a span in which they allowed a total of four goals. The Bulldogs had three All-Ivy League honorees, one NFHCA all-region selection and one All-ECAC selection.

Yale has excelled in the classroom, with a total of 47 NFHCA National Academic Squad selections and five NFHCA Scholars of Distinction. Yale earned the NFHCA's National Academic Team award each year.
 
Kiddoo spent the 2021 season as an assistant at Hofstra, her alma mater, where she helped coach the CAA Rookie of the Year, three second team All-CAA selections and three CAA All-Rookie Team selections.

Prior to returning to Hofstra Kiddoo was an assistant at Delaware in 2019 and 2020, working primarily with the defense. She helped the Blue Hens advance to the NCAA’s Sweet Sixteen in 2019. Delaware went 16-4 overall and 6-0 in conference play, winning the CAA regular season and tournament championships. The team was ranked in the top 20 nationally, including two weeks in the top 10. Kiddoo helped coach a two-time first team All-American and a USA Field Hockey U-21 National Team member.
 
Kiddoo also coached at Appalachian State for four seasons as the team’s primary goalkeeping coach, helping the Mountaineers make a pair of Mid-American Conference Championship appearances. She started her collegiate coaching career as a volunteer at Limestone University in 2014, helping the Saints to an ECAC Division II Conference Championship.
 
A USA Field Hockey Level II certified coach, Kiddoo was a USA Field Hockey Olympic Development Pipeline Coach from 2017 through 2020 and worked with numerous youth and Junior Olympic teams within USA Field Hockey. She also has coaching experience with the Carolina All-Stars Field Hockey Club, Empower Field Hockey Club, and numerous clinics and camps across the country.
 
Kiddoo graduated from Hofstra in 2013 with a B.A. in communications and public relations with a minor in sociology. She was a two-time NFHCA All-Academic Squad honoree, a four-time CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll selection and a four-time Hofstra Athletics Honor Roll selection. She is originally from Chapel Hill, N.C.