Kathy Flores

Kathy Flores

Flores holding 2007 U.S. Club National Championship trophy, Florida
Date of birth	February 7, 1955 (1955-02-07) (age 62)
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	No. 8
Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Caps (points)
National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 1986-  United States
Coaching career Years Club / team     2002–2011 1998–2007 1995–2002  United States Berkeley All Blues Pacific Coast Regional All-Star

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1986-	United States

Coaching career
Years	Club / team
2002–2011 1998–2007 1995–2002	United States Berkeley All Blues Pacific Coast Regional All-Star

Kathy Flores (born February 7, 1955) is a former rugby union player from the United States and was the Head Coach of the U.S. Women's National Team until Jan. 2011 and currently Head Coach of the Brown Women's Rugby Team. Past coaching tenures include Bay Area Touring Side (BATS) Rugby Club, the SF FOG men and the Berkeley All Blues. She has played rugby from 1978 to 1998 for Florida State University, the Berkeley All Blues Women's Rugby Club and U.S. Women's National Team. She started coaching for the Berkeley All Blues 1998 and had been head coach and administrator for the U.S. Women's National team since 2003. She began coaching the women's rugby team at Brown University in the fall of 2013, following the retirement of the very successful coach Kerri Heffernan.

Flores was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and calls Tallahassee, Florida her hometown. She attended Monmouth Regional High School in New Jersey, where she played field hockey, basketball and ran track. During her undergraduate years at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, Flores played basketball (guard) and was on the track team (javelin). She earned a B.S. degree in physical education in 1977. In 1997 Flores was inducted into the ESU hall of fame for her athletic excellence during her undergraduate years.

In 1978 Flores started a masters program in exercise physiology at Florida State University where she discovered the Seminoles, FSU's Women's rugby team. Drawing from her experience as a basketball and track athlete, Flores had the finesse and strength for rugby. Flores played at Number Eight and scrum-half for the Seminoles and won a total of 4 National Championships.