Kim Denne is in her first season as the director of operations with the Vanderbilt soccer program.
Denne, a native of Fremont, Calif., comes to the Commodores after spending the 2014 season as a volunteer assistant coach on veteran head coach Paul Cairney’s staff at UNC Wilmington.  

Denne attended Foothill College in Los Altos, Calif., for two seasons before transferring to DePaul University in Chicago. At Foothill, Denne helped the team to the first of two straight Coast Conference championships as a freshman. As a sophomore, she was team captain and collected First Team All-Conference honors. Denne, a two-year recipient of Foothill College Scholar Athlete Award, 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 two matches before a season-ending injury cut her senior campaign short.

Denne earned her bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and Advertising from DePaul in June 2014 and received her NSCAA National Diploma in January 2015.