Kayla Duffey will enter her first year as Drury's Head STUNT coach and her sixth year as a collegiate head coach. In May of 2021, Drury announced the start of non-NCAA programs including men's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's rugby, women's rugby, STUNT, and men's triathlon.  
 
Duffey comes to Drury after serving as the head cheer and STUNT coach at Southwest Baptist University. In 2015 Duffey was announced as the head cheerleading coach at Southwest Baptist and continued until 2021. In 2018 Duffey became Southwest Baptist University's first STUNT coach. In her first season coaching STUNT, Duffey's team was ranked 15^th in the country. In Duffey's second competing STUNT season, her team was ranked 5^th out of all NCAA DII competing programs in the country.  Duffey's team continued to compete and rank within the top 10 division II programs in the country during her third year as the head coach. Duffey is AACCA national safety certified as well as a certified STUNT coach.
 
Kayla Duffey is a graduate from Southwest Baptist University earning both her Bachelors of Psychology and Counseling in 2015 and her Master's of Education in May of 2018.
 
Duffey is engaged to Sergeant Joshua Mackey who is currently serving an Active Guard Reserve position in the Missouri Army National Guard. Duffey has one child Gavin Bellah who is currently a senior at Bolivar High School and a member of the Liberator football team.
 
"I am humbled and excited to be named the head STUNT coach at Drury University," said Duffey. "I am grateful to Athletic Director Corey Bray, Associate Athletic Director Kevin Boyer and President Dr. Timothy Cloyd for the opportunity to relaunch the STUNT program. STUNT has been my life going on four years now and I am so excited to help create a program that provides female athletes that have a background in cheerleading, gymnastics, weightlifting or STUNT the opportunity to compete at the collegiate level. As a native of Southwest Missouri, my family and I are excited to fully immerse ourselves in the community and help contribute to Drury University's tradition of academic and athletic excellence".