Kaylee Dao Rodriguez

Biography

Kaylee Dao Rodriguez is in her third year as an assistant coach for the women’s soccer program, joining the team prior to the 2023 season. While at Tulsa, Rodriguez has helped coach four all-conference players, three all-freshman athletes and helped the Golden Hurricane reach back-to-back conference tournaments for the first time since 2014-15. Tulsa also set the all-time single-season assist record in 2024 with 43 total assists. TU put together seven wins in the 2024 season and made it back to the American Conference Championship. Leah Diaz took home AAC Second Team All-Conference, Blaine Schutte grabbed Third Team All-Conference and All-Freshman Team and Aniya Facen was tabbed to the All-Freshman Team. In 2023, Rodriguez helped lead the Hurricane to five wins and a spot in the American Athletic Conference Championship for the first time since 2015. Sophomore Jordan Frederick was named to the American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team, while Kaylyn Simmons - a second team all-conference selection - and Piper Szafranski received All-Rookie Team accolades. Rodriguez came to Tulsa after serving the last two years as a West Side Alliance Soccer Club coach. While at WSA, she helped identify key areas of development and designed training structures and practice plans for her players to implement during games. Rodriguez also served as an assistant to the head coach at Jenks High School (2021-22). In addition, she as coached at Tulsa 918 Futbol Academy (2021-22) and serv