Andy Kelley is entering his 5th season at the helm of the Women's Basketball program at the University of Saint Mary. Since being appointed head coach in 2021, the Spires have had unprecedented success, winning their first-ever KCAC Tournament Championship in 2023, as well as making their only two appearances at the NAIA National Tournament in program history in 2023 and 2024. Kelley has recruited and coached sixteen All-KCAC Athletes, including Tanea Sims, who was named KCAC Player of the Year in 2024. In 2022-23, the team won 21 games, breaking the single-season record for wins, and followed up the next season with 25 wins, establishing a new standard for Spire Women’s Basketball.

 Prior to coming to USM, Coach Kelley spent 4 seasons on the sidelines as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Baker University. During his time at Baker, he helped guide the team to an overall record of 90-36, and won the Heart of America Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championship in 2017. The Wildcats also made three NAIA National Tournament appearances – two Sweet 16’s and one Fab Four appearance along with a National Runner-Up finish in 2016. He also coached and recruited four NAIA All-Americans, 10 All-Conference selections, a two-time conference Defensive Player of the Year, and one conference Player of the Year.

 Kelley was also the head men's and women's golf coach at Baker for three seasons where he had six tournament victories and coached the 2021 Women's Golf Heart of America Newcomer of the Year. Coach Kelley has also been the head coach of the Mokan Girls 16u EYCL team for the past 8 summers.

 Kelley is a 2014 graduate from Baker University and was a three-time All-Heart of America Conference First Team member on the Wildcats' golf team. He currently resides in Bonner Springs, Kansas, with his wife Jess, who is the assistant girls basketball coach at Desoto High School, and their daughter Lindsey.