Former DePaul center back Kimmy Denne joined the UNCW coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach for Paul Cairney’s club for the 2014 season.
Denne, a native of Fremont, California, is a 2010 graduate of Irvington High School in Fremont, Calif., and attended Foothill College in Los Altos for two seasons before moving on to DePaul.
She served as team captain at Irvington during her junior and senior seasons and was a three-time All-League performer for the Vikings. Denne was a scholar-athlete all four years and was named Student-of-the-Year in 2010 for her work in the classroom.
Denne continued that success with the Owls at Foothill College. She helped the team to the first of two straight Coast Conference championships as a freshman and was then team captain and collected All-Conference honors as a sophomore. Denne closed out her career at Foothill with six goals and a pair of assists.
Denne was a two-time member of the Big East Conference All-Academic Team at DePaul. She led the Blue Demons to victories over Ohio, Pittsburgh and Villanova as a junior and then played in matches vs. Saint Louis and the College of Charleston until a season-ending injury in her senior campaign.
Denne earned her B.A. Degree in Public Relations and Advertising from DePaul last spring.
