Joining head coach Kristin Cox’s coaching staff bringing NCAA Division II soccer experience to East Texas Baptist University is Kiersten Ehler. She comes to Marshall, Texas, from the University of Texas Tyler where she was a grad assistant and former player.

Ehler coached the 2022 fall season at Texas Tyler in their second full year of NCAA Division II play. In that season, they won seven matches, started the season off 5-0, and made an appearance in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional rankings.

She played five seasons for the Patriots from 2017 to 2021 participating 64 matches scoring five goals. Her biggest goal came in the spring 2021 CoVID season netting the game winner over Stephen F. Austin on February 5.

Bringing a passion for sports ministry, Ehler worked two summers for Mission Athletes International in 2018 and 2019. She worked in Chicago and Brazil coaching summer camps, visiting public schools, playing soccer with the local children, and leading Bible studies. In 2022, while coaching at UTT, she was the Director of Soccer for the Tyler Athletic and Swim Club. For four months, she also assisted with the local FC Dallas U16 girls’ team and was the U10 girls’ team coach in 2021.

In the community, she has been a small group leader for Grace Community Church, on the Texas Tyler FCA Leadership team, and has taught private soccer lessons.

She received both her Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Kinesiology from Texas Tyler in 2020 and 2022.