Kyle (45), who coached the Otago Spirit women's team for the past four years, has been named as the Black Ferns' assistant coach for this year, with the team set to tour England for three games later in the year.
The three-match tour at the end of November is part of an agreement between the New Zealand and England unions to play tests against each other for the next three years.
With last year's successful Black Ferns head coach Brian Evans standing down, assistant coach Grant Hansen has been promoted to the top job and Kyle has been appointed to the assistant's role.
Kyle was asked to have a go at the assistant's role by officials at the Otago Rugby Football Union and met with success.
"I'm pretty rapt to get the opportunity. It's something that I've thought about for a few years now. Then to get the chance to do this when this came along is pretty pleasing," Kyle said.
But he admits the pressure will be on the side.
The Black Ferns have won four World Cups in a row, winning the latest tournament in England last year.
"So there have definitely been standards to live up to and we'll have to be on top of our game. We've had a few retirements from the team after the World Cup last year so we're maybe looking at up to a dozen new faces, or returning faces, who were not selected last year."
Kyle said the side would start building for the next World Cup in France in 2014.
He had already been to two games around the country and was looking forward to viewing more games in the national provincial championship, which is on again this year after being put on hold last year by the New Zealand Rugby Union.
Kyle, a planner with Mitchell Consultants, has never coached a male team, and said he enjoyed the style and freshness of the women's game.
A hooker who played to provincial B level at Manawatu and Northland, Kyle first became involved with women's rugby about 10 years ago.
He helped out with the tight forwards at the University club and eventually took over as head coach for the top women's side, guiding the University team to five championships.
He then became assistant to Hayden Finch with Otago in 2006, taking over as head coach the following year.
The father of three football-loving sons, he said the women's game was quite different from the what the men played.
"Generally, the women do not have the same propensity to kick the ball as much as the men. It is more of a running game. They have never done any analysis but the ball seems to be in play a bit longer and it is more of a continuous effort.
"To me the women's game is the way it used to be. I quite like the fact it is still amateur, and the players are in for the love of it and nothing else. The girls really give their all and there is that real mateship there."
