San Diego State University Women's Lacrosse

Bio entering 2026 season Kylee White, a four-time member of Canadian World Cup teams, has been the SDSU head coach for the last 14 years and is the only head coach in program history. White has transformed San Diego State's fledgling program into a championship contender that won back-to-back MPSF conference titles in 2018 and 2019. During the 2024-25 season, White led the Aztecs through the inaugural Big 12 lacrosse season, playing a tough schedule where they faced four teams that were nationally ranked or receiving votes. San Diego State opened the season 4-0 for the first time since 2014 after earning four straight road wins. White guided her freshmen to successful debut campaigns in which two of them etched their names into the record book, including Bella Tan who led the team in goals with 46 on the season, and Keira Doyle-Odenbach who dominated in draw controls and ground balls, recording 54 and 32 respectively. In 2024, White was also an assistant coach for the U20 Canadian National Team, which won silver in the 2024 World Championships. Additionally, White is currently the head coach of the U17 Canada West Development Team. In 2022 while playing six teams that were ranked or receiving votes, the Aztecs went 7-8 and 5-5 away from San Diego, which tied a program record. Individually, Deanna Balsama set a school record for most points (73) and goals (62) in a season and became the first Aztec to be named the IWLCA All-Region Team. She finished fifth in the nation in goal

Bio entering 2026 season Brandi Padilla finished her 13th season at San Diego State, taking on the role of associate head coach after joining the Aztec coaching staff in August 2012. With Padilla serving on the SDSU staff, the Aztecs have garnered 77 conference all-academic honors and 35 all-conference selections. Under Padilla's leadership, the Aztecs opened up the 2025 campaign 4-0, which was their best record through four games since 2014. Facing four teams that were ranked or receiving votes in one of the toughest schedules in program history, San Diego State finished with a 5-11 record. In her role, Padilla works primarily with the SDSU attack and draw takers. Her work has proved vital to the team’s success, with the Aztecs posting consecutive winning seasons for the first time in program history in 2017 and 2018. Thanks in part to Padilla’s efforts, San Diego State won a school-record 11 games during the 2018 campaign, culminating in the Aztecs’ first ever MPSF championship with an 11-10 overtime thriller over UC Davis in the conference title game. In 2022, Padilla oversaw Deanna Balsama, who set school records for most points (73) and goals (62) in her first season on The Mesa and became the first Aztec to be named the IWLCA All-Region Team. Individually, Padilla was instrumental in the emergence of Harlowe Steele (38) and Jill Haight (37), who earned all-MPSF honors after becoming the first SDSU duo to score more than 35 goals apiece. In addition, the Aztecs landed fi

Cate Goodman enters her first season as an assistant coach with San Diego State Lacrosse. She most recently was the Head Coach at California Polytechnic State University for the 2024-2025 season. She led a major program turnaround, guiding the team from a losing record to a Top 20 national ranking (18th in the nation) in just one season. During her time playing at Cal Poly, she was a player-coach from 2021-2023. She served as Club President and Vice President, managing scheduling, operations, game-day logistics and contributed to practice planning and team strategy, while also playing on the team and receiving first league defensive awards. Cate has also served as Head Coach for True California Attack and as a Varsity Assistant Coach at Acalanes High School from 2023-2024.

Bio entering 2026 season In two seasons at San Diego State, Bray has assisted in the program's transition between conferences, helping lead the Aztecs through the inaugural Big 12 season after spending one year as a part of the Pac-12. Under Bray's leadership as an assistant coach, the Aztecs opened up the 2025 campaign 4-0, which was their best record through four games since 2014. Going on to face four teams that were ranked or receiving votes in one of the toughest schedules in program history, San Diego State finished with a 5-11 record. Bray came to the Mesa prior to the 2023-24 season, bringing with him 30 years of lacrosse coaching experience, including 23 in women’s lacrosse. In the spring of 2000, Bray was named the head coach of field hockey and women’s lacrosse at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He helped lead them to three straight NCAA tournament appearances between 2001-2003, with the 2002 squad finishing 20-1 and ranked 4th in the country. In the summer of 2003 Bray moved west to help build the program at the University of Oregon, rising to associate head coach in 2007, a post he held through the 2016 season. In the fall of 2018, he joined the staff at Vanderbilt, helping them to double digit wins in 2019, an NCAA berth in 2021 and an AAC tournament championship game berth in 2022. Bray has been married to his wife Angie for 20 years and has two daughters, Lila and Hallie.