Brian Kim named Men's and Women's Cross Country Head Coach

Whiting, IN – Calumet College of St. Joseph announced Brian Kim as the next Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Cross Country programs. 

The cross country program at CCSJ hasn't competed since 2023 and won't begin competing until the fall of 2026. Kim brings nine years of coaching experience at the high school level and has the luxury of nearly a full year to recruit. 

Kim stepping into his first collegiate head coaching opportunity is looking forward to working with a more focused and enthused student-athlete.

"I've been coaching high school for almost 10 years now and I just wanted more," Kim said. "I wanted to coach a more motivated, driven student-athlete. At the high school level, it's a wide range of student-athletes and I just want to coach kids that have that drive to want to win and you have that more at the college level." 

Most recently, Kim was the boys and girls head cross country and track & field coach at Bishop Noll Institute for the past two years.

From 2018-23, he was the boys and girls head cross country and track & field coach at Calumet High School. 

Prior to that, Kim was the assistant boy's track & field coach at Munster High School as well as the assistant boy's cross country coach at his alma mater Portage High School.

Kim understands that moving up from the high school to collegiate level will make him adjust his recruiting tactics, but as a native from Gary, Indiana, and a local coach that is familiar with the area around CCSJ, he believes he can construct a group that can build a culture and eventually win.

"I have good relationships with a lot of the coaches in the area, and I've already contacted potential recruits at several schools already," Kim said. "We've already signed two kids from Bishop Noll that I have familiarity with, and I think that will allow us build a culture with whomever the new additions will be much quicker."

Kim was a distant runner himself as he ran when he was a student at Portage High School. He continued to run in college and eventually trained to compete in marathons. In 2015, he was a Boston Marathon qualifier as he ran 26.2 miles in three hours and 48 seconds.