Parkside Athletics

Lesley Kiesling joins the coaching staff with exceptional experience as a collegiate player and youth coach. She currently serves as the Girls Director for Red Start Soccer Club. Outside of coaching, she maintains a private practice through Sunshine Counseling LLC as a Mental Health Counselor (LPC-IT) specializing in work with student-athletes.

Lesley’s soccer background includes 3 years playing at UW-Milwaukee, where she won three horizon league titles and was named Horizon League Tournament MVP in the 2021 season. She continued her career as a graduate transfer at the University of Kentucky where she was a part of the first team to go back to the NCAA tournament at Kentucky since 2014 as well as advance to the second round of the SEC tournament. Lesley served as a captain of her team at the University of Kentucky. 

Her experiences as a student-athlete inspire her commitment to developing players’ love for the game while supporting their mental health and overall well-being.