Kathryn Desilets enters her third season as an assistant under head coach Bobby Desilets and will work primarily with player development and recruitment.  In 2010, she helped the Nighthawks to their first winning conference season with a 4-3-1 record and a New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) post-season berth for the second consecutive year.

Prior to Newbury, Desilets has served as an assistant coach to the U19 girls team of the Burrillville-Glocester Youth Soccer Association in 2006-2007, following two seasons with the U16 division. 

A native of Rhode Island, Desilets received both her bachelors and masters degrees from Rhode Island College in Secondary Education/English (2000) and English (2009), respectively.  She currently resides in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and is a full-time English teacher at Burrillville High School in Harrisville, Rhode Island.