Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Athletics

Tyler Yelken enters his first season as the Head Women's Lacrosse Coach at SCAD for the 2025-26 season.

Prior to SCAD, Yelken was the Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach at Reinhardt University (four years), where he boasted an impressive 43-5 overall record, including a NAIA National Championship Title in 2022, and a Runner-Up finish in 2024.
 
While at Reinhardt, Yelken coached 25 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes, eight NAIA All-Americans, two NAIA Players of the Year, 14 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) All-Conference honorees, nine AAC All-Tournament Team members, two AAC Players of the Year, and one AAC Offensive Player of the Year.
 
Yelken began his collegiate coaching career at Kennesaw State University as the Offensive Coordinator and then Head Coach for the DII Southeastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC) Club Men’s Lacrosse Team. While at Kennesaw State, Yelken established a winning culture, improving from a 13-16 record to a 50-17 record after taking over as Head Coach. Yelken was named the SELC Coach of the Year twice and coached Goalie Connor Hanson, who was drafted to the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) in 2017 by the Atlanta Blaze.
 
Yelken has gained experience on multiple committees throughout his years as a coach, serving as the AAC Lacrosse Sport Chair, the Vice President & Division II Director of the Southeastern Lacrosse Conference, as well as an Executive Committee Board Member with Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association.
 
Yelken graduated from Kennesaw State University with a B.S. in Integrative Studies with a concentration in American History and a minor in World History in 2019. He also holds an Associate's degree in Liberal Arts – Humanities and Social Sciences from SUNY Cayuga.