Allen Kuiper enters his second season as the Cairn Women's Basketball Head Coach in 2023-24.
Kuiper is the 23
rd Head Women’s Basketball Coach in program history. Additionally, Kuiper serves full-time in the department as Cairn’s Assistant Athletic Director for Internal Operations. Coach Kuiper is passionate about working with student-athletes to teach them core sports principles, teamwork, and lifelong strategies for success.
Prior to coming to Cairn, Kuiper spent the 2021-2022 season at Division II Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, NC as the Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach. Kuiper’s main responsibilities included skill development (both guards & posts), scouting, community outreach, fundraising and recruiting. That season the Lady Falcons were able to achieve second seed in the CIAA Southern Division. Kuiper was also able to assist freshman standout Lauren Banks in achieving All-CIAA Rookie Team mention.
From 2020-21, Kuiper served as the Head Girls Varsity Basketball Coach at Fayetteville Christian School in Fayetteville, NC. The Lady Warriors placed third in the NCISAA Sandhills Conference and earned a NCISAA playoff berth.
In 2016, Kuiper served as an Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach for The College of New Jersey’s under Head Coach Dawn Henderson. His responsibilities at TCNJ included skill development, scouting, and recruiting.
Kuiper also has 10 years of grassroots coaching experience in both New Jersey and North Carolina. He has most recently coached for the Carolina Flames EYBL program. Kuiper has been personally mentored and certified by NBA/WNBA skill trainer, Ganon Baker.
Kuiper played two seasons of college basketball at as a Scarlet Raider at Rutgers University - Newark where he was recognized on the Academic All-Conference Team, with his team reaching the semifinal round of the 2015 ECAC Division III Metro Men's Basketball Championship. He is a graduate of Thomas Edison State University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in English in 2018. Kuiper is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Social Work from University of Central Florida.
Kuiper is an alum of Spotswood High School (NJ) where he was recognized as a Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) All-Conference player as well as Honorable Mention All-Area in basketball and GMC All-Blue Division in football.
Coach Kuiper is married to Jessica Kuiper, and they have one dog, Rosco.
Kuiper's Record as Cairn's Head Women's Basketball Coach:
| Year |
Record |
Notes |
| 2022-23 |
4-20 |
1 All-CSAC Team Selection |
| 2023-24 |
16-11 |
United East Divisional Semifinal Appearance |
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| Total (2 Years) |
20-31 (.392) |
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