Colorado State University Athletics
Women's Basketball
Bachand, Kyley
Kyley Bachand
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- kyley.simmons@colostate.edu
- Phone:
- (970) 491-6569
Kyley Bachand enters her second season at Colorado State in 202-23. She was named an assistant coach for Colorado State women’s basketball as part of Ryun Williams’ coaching staff in September of 2021.
Bachand comes to Colorado State after stops SMU, Eastern Illinois and Sioux Falls (SD).
Her stop in Dallas was short before coming to Fort Collins and during her four seasons at Eastern Illinois she spent the last as the associate head coach.
While at EIU, the Panthers improved each season and orchestrated the best two-year turnaround in the NCAA from 2017-18 to 2019-20 – all three of her seasons in Charleston, Ill. The win progression went from three (2017-18) to 11 (2018-19) to 19 (2019-20), making the nation’s best two-year swing at +16 wins.
Before EIU, Bachand landed her first coaching gig at the University of Sioux Falls for the 2016-17 season and proceeded to help guide the Cougars to a 22-8 record and an appearance in the conference tournament final. After the season, she was honored as one of the Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Associations’ Thirty Under 30, an honor created to recognize 30 up-and-coming women’s basketball coaches age 30 and under at all levels of the game.
The former Kyley Simmons split her four-year playing career between Missouri and Illinois. She graduated an Illini in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and then added a Master of Science in Recreation, Sport and Tourism a year later. On the court, she earned the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award in 2015, academic accolades in both the Big 10 and Southeastern Conference and averaged 12.3 points during her career. In her freshman year with the Tigers, she led the team in assists and was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team, becoming the first MU player to receive such award.
The Brookings, S.D. native went to Lewis High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa where she set records in career assists, single-season points and assists in addition to single-game points and assists. She married Seth Bachand in 2021.
Bachand comes to Colorado State after stops SMU, Eastern Illinois and Sioux Falls (SD).
Her stop in Dallas was short before coming to Fort Collins and during her four seasons at Eastern Illinois she spent the last as the associate head coach.
While at EIU, the Panthers improved each season and orchestrated the best two-year turnaround in the NCAA from 2017-18 to 2019-20 – all three of her seasons in Charleston, Ill. The win progression went from three (2017-18) to 11 (2018-19) to 19 (2019-20), making the nation’s best two-year swing at +16 wins.
Before EIU, Bachand landed her first coaching gig at the University of Sioux Falls for the 2016-17 season and proceeded to help guide the Cougars to a 22-8 record and an appearance in the conference tournament final. After the season, she was honored as one of the Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Associations’ Thirty Under 30, an honor created to recognize 30 up-and-coming women’s basketball coaches age 30 and under at all levels of the game.
The former Kyley Simmons split her four-year playing career between Missouri and Illinois. She graduated an Illini in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and then added a Master of Science in Recreation, Sport and Tourism a year later. On the court, she earned the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award in 2015, academic accolades in both the Big 10 and Southeastern Conference and averaged 12.3 points during her career. In her freshman year with the Tigers, she led the team in assists and was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team, becoming the first MU player to receive such award.
The Brookings, S.D. native went to Lewis High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa where she set records in career assists, single-season points and assists in addition to single-game points and assists. She married Seth Bachand in 2021.
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