Twila Kilgore, who served as the United States women’s national team’s interim coach for nearly nine months ahead of the arrival of head coach Emma Hayes in May, has departed U.S. Soccer “to pursue other coaching opportunities,” the federation said on Tuesday.
Kilgore’s tenure as interim coach, and her collaboration with Hayes ahead of the head coach’s arrival, was crucial to the USWNT ultimately winning the 2024 Olympic gold medal. She stayed on as assistant coach after Hayes took over the head coach role.
“Twila stepped into a difficult situation when she took over after the World Cup,” Hayes said in a statement.
“Her contributions to our team were invaluable. I am a big proponent of opportunities for female coaches, and we need more coaches in the United States like Twila. She is a role model for many other women following in her path and whichever team is her next one, they will be getting an excellent coach and human.”
U.S. Soccer did not specify where Kilgore’s next coaching opportunity would be.
Kilgore oversaw the USWNT for 14 games from August 2023 to May 2024, the longest interim tenure in program history.
She guided the team to victory in the rebranded Concacaf W Gold Cup in March. Kilgore took over the interim coaching tag following the USWNT’s…
