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Kimberly Wyant (born February 11, 1964) is an American soccer coach and retired player. She is the head coach of the New York University men's soccer team, currently, the only women to lead a men's NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association soccer program (Julianne Sitch was at the University of Chicago in 2022). Since her appointment as coach of NYU, she has led them to postseason play in every season except one, including three NCAA National Soccer Championship Tournaments, 2018, 2021, 2022.
She is also currently the head coach for the Brooklyn City FC women's soccer team. In addition to winning two USL W-League Championships as a player, Wyant captured her first championship as a coach by leading the NYAC (New York Athletic Club) to the 2014 United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) Amateur Women's National Championship.
Wyant was the goalkeeper for the first United States women's national soccer team, appearing in the inaugural US game in Italy in 1985. She appeared 16 times for the United States and recorded the team's first shutout and win during a match against Canada in July 1986.
During its first international tournament, the United States women's national soccer team was a hastily collected roster of unknown players. There was little practice time, limited equipment to speak of, and unglamorous travel conditions. The first games consisted of a trip to Jesolo, Italy in August 1985 where the team played four games, losing to Denmark, England, and Italy, and managing a draw in their rejoinder with Denmark. Wyant was called back to the National Team the following summer (1986) for the first Women's International Soccer games (vs Canada) to be played on US land in Blain Minnesota. She was the goalkeeper when the team won its very first game during the initial game of the three-game series. Unfortunately, her national team career was interrupted on July 9, 1986, in just the team's 5th International game, when she tore her ACL in the second half of the match. Because all of the subs had been used, defender Lori Henry volunteered to play the remaining minutes in goal, thus leaving the US team to play a player down for the rest of the game. Despite the setback, Wyant made a full recovery and rejoined the team for matches in 1987 and played her final International match vs Canada on August 8, 1993, recording a shutout to secure the CONCACAF Gold medal.