Aug 25 2024 57 mins 3
Kim Russell has started and coached lacrosse teams for girls and women at every level - youth through international. Her nickname, "The Hippie Love Coach" - was given to her by former players. She is currently the Head Women's Lacrosse Coach & Director of National Teams for the US Virgin Islands and an appointed member of The Women in Sport Commission for World Lacrosse. Kim was removed from her job as Head Women's Lacrosse Coach at Oberlin College last fall. She was, in her own words, "Burned at the Stake" after re-posting a post on her Instagram story in 2022 that congratulated Emma Weyant, the REAL WOMAN winner of the 500 Freestyle (When Leah Thomas, a male was given the gold medal in the 2022 NCAA 500 yd freestyle):
https://www.iwf.org/female-athlete-stories/kim-russell/
Kim now spends most of her time traveling around the country advocating for girls and women as an ambassador for the Independent Women's Forum. Kim is also the mother of four adult children, Maddie (29), Sam (27), Anna (24) and Charlie (19).
