Columbia University Athletics

Kim Wayne was reunited with Lion head coach Kerri Whitaker when she joined the Columbia coaching staff in the summer of 2006. Wayne was a student-athlete for Syracuse lacrosse while Whitaker was an assistant coach for the Orange.

Wayne comes to Columbia following a year as an assistant lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins University where she primarily worked with the Blue Jays’ attacking unit. Prior to JHU, Wayne spent two years at James Madison where she worked with the Dukes' defensive unit. Both JHU and JMU attained national rankings during
Wayne's tenure; the Blue Jays were ranked as high as No. 2 and the Dukes as high as No. 4.

She has coached at eight different lacrosse camps nationwide.

A native of Scarsdale, N.Y., Wayne was a four-year starter at Syracuse and earned third team All-America from Inside Lacrosse and first team Regional All-America. The Orange competed in the NCAA Tournament in each of her four seasons. Wayne holds numerous records at Syracuse, including assists in a season, assists in a
game, points in a game and career assists.  Whitaker was a Syracuse assistant in two of Wayne’s seasons.

Wayne earned her B.S. in information management technology from Syracuse in 2003. In 2006, she received her master’s in kinesiology with a concentration in sports management from James Madison.