Kate Perry M '20 joined the North Central College coaching staff prior to the 2018-2019 academic year as a graduate assistant coach for the Cardinals women's soccer program and was promoted to head assistant coach prior to the 2020-2021 season.

Since Perry joined the coaching staff, the Cardinals have gone 40-27-8 while advancing to the CCIW Tournament Championship game in both 2021 and 2022. 

Perry assists with the coaching of North Central's goalkeepers while also playing a lead role in the Cardinals' recruiting and fundraising efforts as well as running all social media accounts for the program.

Perry was a four-year member of the women's soccer program at Carthage College, earning Academic All-College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) accolades as a junior and serving as a team captain as a senior.

In February 2020, Perry was named the head girl's soccer coach at Montini Catholic High School in Lombard, Illinois, while also serving as a junior academy coach for the Chicago Rush Soccer Club in Oswego, Ill.  She gained coaching experience previously serving as an assistant coach for Indian Trail High School and the Kenosha Area Soccer League and as the goalkeeper coach for the Kenosha Crew Soccer Club. 

Perry also serves as the athletic events and facilities coordinator.

A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Perry graduated from Carthage in May 2018 with a bachelor's degree in marketing and graduated in 2020 from North Central with a master's degree in leadership development, with an emphasis in sports leadership.