University of California Athletics

Kelly Knapp returns for her fifth year as a California field hockey assistant coach after a successful era as a goalkeeper for the Golden Bears from 2001 to 2004. For 2010, Knapp transitions into a volunteer assistant coach's role. A 2005 Cal graduate who majored in sociology with a minor in education, Knapp spent the 2005 season as head coach of Westview High School in San Diego before making her return to Berkeley.

Knapp's career as a student-athlete was replete with honors, including the NorPac Defensive Player of the Year award in 2004, when she led all Division I goalkeepers with 1591:51 minutes played. Her goals-against average led the NorPac conference for three straight seasons (2002-04).

She played every minute of every game for three consecutive seasons (2002-04). Born in San Diego and raised in Escondido, Calif., Knapp was a four-year letterwinner in soccer and a three-year letterwinner in softball at San Pasqual High School, where she also lettered in field hockey as her team won four consecutive North County league titles.