Kayla Bacon

Biography

A former Drexel captain, Kayla Bacon begins her third year on staff and her second as an assistant coach with the Dragons. In 2023-24, Bacon helped guide the Dragons to their third CAA Title after completing a seven-game win streak to end the season. In part, Drexel pushed its postseason streak to 10 straight years. The Dragons completed its historic run by defeating No. 10 Delaware in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals, where they would have a postseason rematch, with the No. 2 Monmouth Hawks defeating them, 58-56, to earn a spot in the conference semifinals against Towson. In the semis, Drexel hit a buzzer-beater with three seconds remaining to down the Tigers and face the top-seeded Stony Brook. The Dragons defeated the Seawolves 68-60. Drexel entered the NCAA Tournament as the 16th seed and played the top-ranked Texas Longhorns in Austin, Texas. In her first season on the Dragons’ bench, Drexel posted its sixth consecutive full season with 20 or more wins and went to their ninth consecutive national postseason tournament while multiple players earned All-Conference and national honors. A native of Owings Mills, Md., Bacon was a team captain for the Dragons and appeared in 101 games in her career from 2018-21. She scored in double figures three times as a senior and was a key member of the Dragons' run to the 2021 CAA Championship, averaging better than 27 minutes per game during the tournament. She was also a founding member of the Black Student-Athlete Unio