WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State women's tennis head coach Jacob Eddins announced the addition of Michaela Kissell-Eddins to his staff as an assistant coach Monday afternoon.
 
Kissell-Eddins comes to Wichita with extensive coaching experience, including serving as an NCAA Division I head coach.
 
"I am thrilled to welcome Michaela to our staff," Eddins said. "We couldn't be more pleased to add someone with her extensive playing and coaching background to Wichita State."
 
She most recently was a volunteer assistant at West Virginia under head coach Miha Lisac in 2022-23, helping the Mountaineers to an 11-win season. In addition, she served as a junior tennis coach, privately coaching Lyla Byers who has risen more the 400 spots in recruiting rankings and earned a tennis scholarship to West Virginia. 
 
Prior to her time in Morgantown, Kissell-Eddins served as head coach at Western Carolina from 2013 to 2018. In her five seasons leading the Catamounts, she produced a remarkable turnaround, setting a program record with 12 wins in a single season in 2016. It also marked the program's first winning season since 1997.
 
Kissell-Eddins also had coaching stops at Pittsburgh as both assistant coach and interim head coach in 2012-13 and began her career as an assistant at Cornell in 2011-12.
 
As a player, Kissell-Eddins was one of the nation's top competitors from 2007-11, competing two years at Miami (Florida) and two at Marshall. She finished her playing career at Marshall with a combined singles and doubles record of 110-41, reaching rankings as high as No. 27 in singles and No. 15 in doubles. She went a perfect 19-0 in doubles her senior year and helped guide the Thundering Herd to the highest team ranking in program history at No. 28.
 
"Michaela's insight and experience will be invaluable to our student-athletes and I am confident she will help elevate our program," Eddins said. "She brings a deep passion for college tennis and a strong commitment to creating a positive, world-class environment with every program she has been a part of."
 
Kissell-Eddins graduated from Marshall in 2011 with a degree in business finance and a minor in management.
 
She is married to Shocker head coach Jacob Eddins and is the sister of assistant coach Chad Kissell.