Kevin Doyle - Men's Soccer Coach - Air Force Academy Athletics

Kevin Doyle

Title:
Associate Head Coach
Email:
Kevin.Doyle@afacademy.af.edu

Veteran men’s soccer coach Kevin Doyle has been elevated to the Interim Head Coach for the 2024 season. Doyle enters his 11th season with the Falcons after spending the last six seasons as associate head coach.

Doyle, who returned to the Academy following a two-year stint with Grand Canyon University, previously spent five seasons at Air Force and is a 29-year coaching veteran.

At the conclusion of the 2022 campaign, Doyle helped lead the Falcons to their seventh-straight WAC Tournament appearance since 2016. AF concluded the campaign as the WAC regular season champions, recording an 8-6-3 overall record with a 7-1-1 mark in the league. The feat marked the Falcons' third WAC regular season title since 2017.

The 2020 tournament run marked the league's first-ever six-seed to win the tournament, upending the top-three seeds en route to the title. Doyle then helped his Falcons to the program's 12th NCAA Tournament appearance, third in the last seven seasons. Doyle and company's success on the pitch yielded a 2020 United Soccer Coaches Far West Regional Staff of the Year honor. It was the third Staff of the Year honor for Doyle.

In his two seasons with GCU, Doyle helped guide the Lopes to two-straight Western Athletic Conference tournament visits, a 2018 WAC championship title and NCAA tournament appearance. In his first stint at the Academy, Doyle helped guide the 2016 Falcons to a 14-7-1 record and a WAC tournament appearance while also playing a key role in the Falcons’ recruiting success.

Doyle first joined the Academy staff after spending three years as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech. Prior to coaching at Virginia Tech, Doyle was the top assistant at Creighton University from 2001-2006, overseeing the recruiting process along with training goalkeepers and the team defense. The Creighton goalkeeping corps and defense ranked in the national top-25 in goals against average in two of his final three years with the program. During his stint with the Blue Jays, the team made the NCAA tournament each year, including three quarterfinals and a place in the 2002 College Cup.

Before joining the Creighton staff, Doyle spent time at Penn State as a top assistant from 1999-2000. He helped guide the Nittany Lions to a 13-6-2 mark and a second-place finish in the Big Ten Tournament in 2000. That year, Penn State also advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals. He also was an assistant coach at William & Mary (1997-1998) and Mercer (1995-1996).

Doyle received his NSCAA Premier Diploma in June 2014 and holds a USSF “A” license. He has been a part of the USSF Youth National Team Program and has coached at the state and regional level of the Olympic Development Program.

As a college player at Creighton, Doyle started three years in net for the Blue Jays before his career was cut short by a knee injury. In 1992, he was named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year and garnered first-team All-MVC and All-Midwest honors. He led the 1992 Blue Jays to a 16-2-1 mark and a No. 1 national ranking as a junior. He ranks among the school leaders in 12 categories. Originally from Katy, Texas, Doyle earned his bachelor’s degree in interpersonal communications from Bowling Green State University in 1996 and Master of Science in Sports Science from Ohio University in 2018. Doyle and his wife, Katie, have two children, Lucy and Liam.