Kailyn Hardin was named the assistant women's lacrosse coach in August 2023.
In 2024, her first season as the Panthers assistant coach, Hardin helped guide the team to a 7-10 overall record with a 1-6 SSC record. She managed to help lead the Panthers past #18 Saint Anselm on Thursday, March 14th by a score of 17-15 while allowing Tech to receive a No.19 ranking in the IWLCA polls the following week, the Panther's highest rank in the national poll since the 2021 Preseason Poll.
Hardin came to Florida Tech after serving as a substitute teacher and varsity girls lacrosse coach at Saint Edwards School in Vero Beach, Fla, since August 2022. As the head coach of the Pirates, Hardin led the girls to a 9-6 record in 2023, having guided the team to the second round of playoffs. She has also worked as the high school head coach of Legacy Club Lacrosse.
Prior, Hardin was a Life Fit Intern at Charlotte Christian School from January 2022 to May 2022, as well as a Training Intern with Queens Athletics from August 2021 to December 2021.
A successful Division II Scholar Athlete, Hardin was a four-year member at Queens University of Charlotte from 2019 to 2022
Playing at attack, she appeared in a total of 44 games, starting 24, recording 77 goals, and 40 assists for a total of 114 points. She had a .507 career shooting percentage with 117 shots on goal for a .770 shots on goal percentage, with four game-winning goals, 45 ground balls and 18 caused turnovers.
A 2022 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American, IWLCA All-Region, and SAC First team all-conference honors, Hardin etched herself in the Royals single season record books, recording the third most points (100) and goals (66) in a single season. In the classroom, she was a scholar-athlete earning IWLCA Academic Honors from 2020-2022.
From 2019-2022, the Royals appeared in three NCAA appearances, earning National Runner-up in 2021 while making appearances in the final four in 2019 and 2022.
Hardin, a native of Leesburg, Virginia, earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise and Sport Science with a minor in Business Administration from Queens University of Charlotte in 2022.
