Sara Kile joined the Bellarmine University women’s soccer staff as a graduate assistant prior to the 2026 season.
A former standout goalkeeper at Bellarmine’s ASUN colleague Lipscomb University, Kile was the girls’ middle school and boys’ high school head soccer coach at Mount Juliet Christian Academy in Tennessee in 2025-26. She was an assistant coach/goalkeeper coach at Centennial (Tenn.) High School in 2024 and served as a goalkeeper coach for Tennessee Soccer Club in 2024-25.
Kile was also a physical education and strength and conditioning teacher at Mount Juliet. Prior to that, she was a physical education and wellness teacher at Independence Academy.
After transferring from Purdue University, Kile had a decorated junior campaign for Lipscomb in 2023, earning second-team All-ASUN and United Soccer Coaches third-team All-Region accolades. She was a two-time ASUN Goalkeeper of the Week while recording a 13-5-1 record in goal and posting a 0.92 GAA, a .764 save percentage, nine shutouts and one combined shutout.
Kile was a two-time first-team All-State, All-Central Region, first-team All-District and first-team All-Conference selection while helping lead Noblesville (Ind.) High School to back-to-back state championships in 2019 and 2020.
Kile obtained a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Master of Education at Lipscomb.
