Kyle Findlay

Biography

Kyle Findlay joined the Blazers men’s soccer staff as an assistant coach in January 2024, following newly appointed head coach David Lilly from East Tennessee State University where he held the same role. Findlay joined an underachieving ETSU in December 2021 and helped turn the program back into a contender at the top of the Southern Conference immediately. During two seasons at ETSU the Buccaneers accrued an overall record of 17-11-6, finished 2nd in 2022 and won the SoCon title in 2023. The Buccaneers 7-1-2 conference record during this period was the best of any team in the conference. In 2023 Findlay helped direct an attack which ranked top of the conference in goals per game, and a defence which had the best goals against average. The team’s 0.755 GAA ranked 10th in the nation. Prior to ETSU Findlay spent four seasons as assistant coach at Milligan University, where the Buffs posted an overall record of 42-26-3, while making back-to-back appearances in the NAIA National Tournament. Over the final two years at Milligan, the Buffs went 27-6-1 and 20-3 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference, where Findlay helped direct a run to the 2020 regular season championship. In 2020, Milligan finished 12-3 overall and was ranked No. 22 in the final Top 25 Poll. In 2021, the Buffs went 15-3-1 overall and 11-2 in AAC play en route to setting program records in win percentage (.816), goals (76), assists (65) and shutouts (11). The 15 wins marked the second winningest season in program