Kristen Harold was announced as an assistant coach for the Gym Devils on October 1, 2024.
The 2025 season was the first season as a member of the Big 12 Conference for Arizona State, and Harold helped put together a solid season after losing half of the starting lineups from 2024. The Sun Devils qualified for NCAA Regionals for the last eight seasons in a row, this season going to the Washington Regional and placing fourth in the first session of the second round. The Sun Devils, who ended the season at No. 27 on Road to Nationals, ended the regular season with a 196.310 National Qualifying Score (NQS), the eighth season in a row with an NQS over 196.000. There were six scores over 196.000 this season, including a season-best 196.800 at Cal Quad 1 on March 14.
From 2017-24, Harold was on the staff for Texas Woman's University, first starting as a part-time assistant coach before and eventually earning an associate head coach title in 2022. She also was the recruiting coordinator. In 2024, Harold assisted in leading the Pioneers to a historical season, where they placed second in the USAG National Championship after advancing to the finals for the third-straight year. Harold was named the 2022 MIC Assistant Coach of the Year and the 2022 USAG National Assistant Coach of the Year. She helped coach the Pioneers to their 12th USAG National Championship in program history that year. Harold served as the Pioneers' floor routine choreographer and helped coach Isabel Goyco to her second USAG Floor National Championship. Goyco won the individual title in 2021 and 2022.
Harold was promoted to a full-time Assistant Coach in the Summer of 2018 after being named the 2018 NCAA Division II Co-Assistant Coach of the Year. She was essential to the Pioneers back-to-back USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships in 2017 and 2018 and has coached gymnasts to consecutive NCAA Regional competitions.
Harold moved up to the assistant role after working for two years as a graduate assistant under Bowerman. As a GA, Harold assisted the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Champions in various areas such as helping with the development of beam and bar practice plans, creating team conditioning workouts, recording practice reports, arranging team travel, and other areas as needed.
Before TWU, Harold was a student assistant coach and manager for Utah State, which is where she was a gymnast in college. The Missouri native has also aided as a Camp Coach for Utah State, TWU and Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Originally from Smithville, Missouri, Harold is married to La'Bradford and they have a daughter Tyleigh and a son Ariyon.