Kylian Kelly joined the Greyhounds coaching staff in the fall of 2025 after a collegiate career in which she served as captain of four different teams.
Kelly began her collegiate career at Becker College, where she played ice hockey, field hockey, and lacrosse, and was selected as a captain of all three teams. When Becker closed in 2021, Kelly transferred to Worcester State University to play her final two seasons, where she was chosen as a captain for the inaugural season of women's ice hockey and led the Lancers to back-to-back Eastern Collegiate Hockey Alliance (ECHA) championships. She concluded her 105-game career playing defense with four goals and 57 assists, while also setting the program records for the most assists in a season (21) and the most career assists by a defenseman (34).
Kelly began her coaching career while still a collegiate student-athlete. She served as the head junior varsity girls lacrosse coach and an assistant varsity coach at her alma mater, Shrewsbury High School, as well as an assistant varsity field hockey coach. Kelly also coached ice hockey with the WC Swans program. For the past two seasons, Kelly served as an assistant coach at Amherst College, where they compiled a 44-10-3 record and advanced to the Division III National Championship game in River Falls, Wisconsin.
Kelly earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Worcester State in 2022 and was inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma student-athlete honor society and the Psi Chi psychology honor society. She has also worked as a Title One Reading instructor for Shrewsbury Public Schools, helping children who struggle with reading and writing skills.
