Kelly Findley

Not to be confused with Kelly Rae Finley.

Kelly Findley

Biographical details
Born	(1970-09-08) September 8, 1970
Playing career
1988–1991	Judson
1992–1996	Charlotte Eagles
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992	Judson (assistant)
1997–1998	Charlotte Eagles (assistant)
1998	Miami (OH) (assistant)
1999–2000	Mars Hill
2001–2005	Charlotte (assistant)
2006–2010	Butler
2011–2016	NC State
2018	Davidson (assistant)
2019–2025	Liberty

Kelly Findley (born September 8, 1970) is a former American soccer coach, having retired as the head coach for the Liberty University Men's Soccer Program at the end of the 2025 season. Findley Previously coached at North Carolina State University. He formerly held the same position at Butler University where he guided the 2008 squad to the fourth highest win total in school history with 13 wins, going 13–3–4. The Bulldogs won the Horizon League championship, and posted their best win–loss ratio since 1998. With a 5-0-3 league record, Butler became the first Horizon League team to post an undefeated conference record since 2003. One of Butler's wins came against fourth ranked UIC.

He previously served as an assistant coach at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 2000 to 2004. From 1999 to 2000, he served as the head soccer coach at Mars Hill College going 17–22 in two seasons.

He attended college at Judson University in Elgin, Illinois. He was a four-time all-American soccer player at midfielder there. From 1989 to 1991, he was named Northern Illinois Intercollegiate Conference Player for three consecutive seasons. He was also named Judson's athlete of the year in 1990. He helped the program win its first ever NCCAA National Tournament championship in 1991. He remains fifth place on the school's all-time assists leaderboard with 48 career assists. He is a 2005 inductee to the school's athletic hall of fame. He later spent six seasons as a professional for the Charlotte Eagles.

External links

• "Kelly Findley – Butler". butlersports.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
• Liberty Flames bio
• "Findley Announces Retirement from Coaching Men's Soccer Program". Liberty Flames. September 30, 2025. Retrieved July 11, 2026.