Kelly Tarrant completed her first season as an assistant coach with the Ladyjack soccer program in 2011, perhaps the most successful campaign in SFA history. The Ladyjacks won the Southland Conference regular season title with a 15-3-1 (9-0) record and finished the season with a program-best ranking of 45 in the RPI. Tarrant helped oversee play both on the field and in the classroom, where a conference-leading five Ladyjacks were selected to first-team academic all-conference, including the Southland Conference Student Athlete of the Year, Kylie Louw.