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Kelly Rider

This season marks Coach Kelly Rider’s fourth season with the LumberJills. She was hired as Northland College’s first ever Women’s Hockey Coach in July of 2015. Since then Rider has continued to strengthen the program, including a victory over #2 nationally ranked, Adrian College, in just the 29th game in program history. At the conclusion of the 2018-2019 season, goaltender Gabby Suhr was named to the NCHA All-Conference Team and awarded the Northland College Female Athlete of the year. Additionally during Rider’s tenure, seven players have been named AHCA All-American Scholars.
 
Prior to moving west to Northland College, Rider spent much of her career in the Northeast. She spent two years, the first as an assistant and the second as the Head Coach, at Neumann University. There she helped lead the Knights to an ECAC West Semifinal appearance in 2013 and had a player named to the ECAC West All Rookie Team in 2014. She also served as an assistant for one season at UMass-Boston. Additionally, Rider spent three seasons coaching high school and prep school hockey in Massachusetts at Canton High School and the Southfield School.
 
Rider is also active in USA Hockey as a coach, evaluator, and as an instructor in the coach education program. She has served as an evaluator for the Central District and coach at the Central District Development Camp. Additionally, she has been an evaluator for New York State. She also served as an intern coach for the USA Hockey U18 Developmental camps in Lake Placid and St. Cloud. She continues to speak at coaching clinics throughout the country. She currently holds a level 5 USA Hockey coaching certification.
 
Rider played for Quinnipiac University from 2003-2007 and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s in Athletic Training. She then went on to receive her Master’s in Education with a specialization in Coaching from Boston University in 2010. She is a Certified Athletic Trainer (NATA/BOC) and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA). In 2015 she served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Albany Academy Baseball team, helping to lead them to a NYS Section II Championship. 

She is a native of Glenmont, New York and currently resides in Ashland.