Keystone hires Rosselys Bare to lead second-year flag football team

Keystone College turned to an in-house voice for its next chapter in women’s flag football, naming Rosselys Bare its head coach as the program moves into its second varsity season in La Plume, Pennsylvania. Bare spent last season as a graduate assistant with the team, giving Keystone a familiar hand at a time when continuity matters as much as talent in a young sport.

Bare inherits a program that already has proof of concept. Keystone went 4-9 in its first varsity season, then broke through for its first varsity victory against Cedar Crest College before following with a 31-0 shutout of Lancaster Bible College. That stretch came with Stamps, Price, Hackett and Bibbins playing key roles on both sides of the ball, a sign that the Giants have already started to build a core capable of carrying the program forward.

The promotion fits the path Keystone has taken from the start. Bare was the graduate assistant coach for both women’s basketball and women’s flag football, and her background gives her a direct line to the athletes she will now lead. She played women’s basketball for the Giants from 2023 to 2025, appeared in 37 games with one start, and began her college career at SUNY Sullivan before transferring to Keystone. During the 2025 club season, she also suited up for the flag football team at wide receiver and defensive back, adding on-field experience to the coaching work she was already doing.

Keystone’s staff directory lists Bare, also known as Rose Bare, as a native of the Bronx, New York. She earned her bachelor’s degree in sport and recreation management from Keystone in May 2025 and is currently pursuing an MBA at the school. Those ties make her more than a new face on the sideline; they make her part of the same institutional base that helped launch the program in the first place.

The hire also comes as women’s flag football continues to spread across college athletics. Keystone entered varsity play in 2025-26 alongside Penn State Harrisburg, Cairn University, Cedar Crest College and Gallaudet University in the United East Conference, which said it was sponsoring the sport for five schools and becoming the fourth NCAA conference overall, and the second Division III conference, to do so. For Keystone, Bare now takes over a team that has already shown it can win, and a roster that will be judged on how quickly it can turn that first-year footing into something steadier.