John Kukitz has been selected as the assistant women’s soccer coach for the new program at PSULV.   He has been coaching in the Lehigh Valley for more than three decades and has extensive experience in creating, developing and maintaining new soccer programs through his work with the US Soccer Federation, US Youth Soccer, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, the US Soccer Foundation, the Eastern PA Youth Soccer Association and the Allentown Youth Soccer club.  He coached girls soccer at Southern Lehigh high school for 19 seasons and currently supports the Lehigh Valley Tempest of the Women's Premier Soccer League as their Director of Community Outreach. He was inducted into the Lehigh Valley Soccer Hall of Fame in 2010.

He and his wife, Carol have been married for 47 years and have three sons, Jeff, Dan and Mike who are all Penn State Alumni!

"I am truly looking forward to working with Coach Missmer, the staff and administration at Penn State Lehigh Valley to expand the opportunities for student athletes, bring additional recognition to the institution and assist in its growth and development”