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{{Short description|American soccer player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Kevin Nylen
| fullname       = Kevin Nylen
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| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1981|8|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Ipswich, Massachusetts|Ipswich]], [[Massachusetts]]
| height         = {{height|ft=6|in=3}}
| currentclub    = [[Boston University Terriers]] (head coach)
| position       = Defender
| youthyears1    = 1999–2002
| youthclubs1    = [[Saint Anselm Hawks]] 
| years1         = 2003–2006 
| years2         = 2006–2008
| clubs1         = [[Wilmington Hammerheads]]
| clubs2         = [[Charleston Battery]]
| caps1          = 42  
| caps2          = 45  
| goals1         = 4  
| goals2         = 0 
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| manageryears1 = 2009–2010
| managerclubs1 = [[Amherst College|Amherst College Lord Jeffs]] ''(assistant)''
| manageryears2 = 2010–2012
| managerclubs2 = [[Boston College Eagles men's soccer|Boston College Eagles]] ''(assistant)''
| manageryears3= 2012–2015
| managerclubs3= [[FIU Panthers men's soccer|FIU Panthers]] ''(assistant)''
| manageryears4=2016
| managerclubs4=Orlando City (scout)
| manageryears5=2017–2020
| managerclubs5=FIU Panthers
| manageryears6=2020–
| managerclubs6=Boston U. Terriers
}}

'''Kevin Nylen''' (born August 14, 1981) is an American former soccer defender and current head coach of the [[Boston University Terriers]] men's soccer team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerwire.com/news/boston-university-hires-kevin-nylen-as-mens-soccer-head-coach/ |title=Boston University hires Kevin Nylen as men's soccer head coachr |publisher=soccerwire.com |date=January 16, 2020 |accessdate=18 January 2020 }}</ref>

==Playing career==
Nylen attended [[Saint Anselm College]] from 1999 to 2003. During this time he earned the school's Male Athlete of the Year honor, awarded annually to one student-athlete who best exemplifies the Saint Anselm spirit in leadership, scholarship and athletic achievements. Nylen played four seasons for the Hawks, serving as team captain in 2002. Upon graduating, Nylen began his professional career, spending three seasons with the [[Wilmington Hammerheads]] of the [[USL Second Division]], before joining the [[Charleston Battery]] of the [[USL First Division]] for three seasons.<ref name="media">{{cite web|title= Media Guide|url=http://www.fiusports.com/documents/2015/8/18/2015_Media_Guide.pdf#page=7|year= 2015|work= 2015 FIU Men's Soccer Media Information Guide|publisher=[[Florida International University]]|format=PDF|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Nylen began his coaching career in August 2009 as an assistant coach at [[Amherst College]]. After one season, Nylen joined the [[Boston College Eagles men's soccer|Boston College Eagles]] in a similar role. During his first season at Boston College in 2010, the Eagles advanced to the semifinals of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] Tournament and earned one of the 27 at-large berths to the [[NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship|NCAA Championship]]. Nylen's 2011 season at BC was even more of a success, as the Eagles advanced to the finals of the ACC Tournament marking the fifth-straight time that the squad made it to at least the semifinal stage. BC earned a berth into the NCAA Championship for the fifth-straight year. Nylen joined [[FIU Panthers men's soccer|FIU]]'s coaching staff in 2012 and has been with the team for four seasons. Nylen holds a [[United States Soccer Federation]] "A" coaching license as well as an [[NSCAA]] Advanced National diploma.<ref name=media/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110225130649/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/history_pregister.asp?pid=1891 Kevin Nylen profile] at the Charleston Battery official website

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[[Category:1981 births]]
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[[Category:People from Ipswich, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Essex County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Soccer players from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Saint Anselm College alumni]]
[[Category:Wilmington Hammerheads FC players]]
[[Category:Charleston Battery players]]
[[Category:USL First Division players]]
[[Category:USL Second Division players]]
[[Category:FIU Panthers men's soccer coaches]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:American men's soccer players]]
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[[Category:Boston University Terriers men's soccer coaches]]