Allison Kempainen begins her second season at Alabama State as the assistant soccer coach, bringing with her an extensive history of coaching at the club and high school level.
This past season, she helped lead Alabama State through an unprecedented COVID-19 spring season in which the team won their third conference title in five years with an undefeated run through the conference regular season and tournament. The Lady Hornets pitched three shutouts during conference play on their way to the NCAA Tournament against nationally-ranked Penn State
Over the last decade, Kempainen has coached for the Minnesota Thunder Academy (2009-15) and the Eagan Wave Soccer Club (2006-10). In addition, she joined Blast South (2020) as a coach and club administrator.
Along with coaching club soccer, she was an assistant coach and co-Head Coach at Bloomington Kennedy High School (2011-18), earning Assistant Coach of the Year accolades in 2017; and she served as an assistant varsity coach at Eagan High School (2019).
Kempainen has been involved in coaching numerous summer and winter camps, including the University of Minnesota Soccer Camp, Elite Feet Soccer camp, and Residential camps with Coerver Coaching.
Kempainen played four years at Minnesota, and was an integral part of rebuilding the program from 2004 to 2007. She earned a Bachelor of Communciation degree from Minnesota in 2008.
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