Jessica Kischko joined the Wittenberg coaching staff in August 2012. She serves as the assistant coach for both the field hockey and women's lacrosse teams, in addition to her duties as the assistant to the director of athletics and recreation.

Kischko came to Wittenberg from Ithaca College, where she served as assistant coach for the field hockey team during the 2011 season. She was involved in all aspects of the program, from planning practice sessions to recruiting to scouting. She took the lead in goalkeeper training.

Her first coaching experience came in 2010, when she worked at Oswego State University as assistant field hockey coach and assistant sports information director. She analyzed and developed team strategy, trained the team's goalkeepers, participated in fundraising activities and performed various administrative tasks.

Kischko played four years of collegiate field hockey at Elmira College, earning NFHCA All-Academic Team honors in 2008 and 2009 as well as the team's Sportsmanship Award in 2009. As a team, Elmira ranked No. 1 in all of NCAA Division III in saves per game in 2009.

Kischko, who was a player, team manager and student assistant coach for the Elmira women's lacrosse team during her undergraduate career, earned her bachelor's degree in psychology in 2010. She also minored in sociology and earned a coaching certificate.