The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men’s soccer team announced on June 1 that it has hired Kyle Timm, who spent last season as an assistant coach with the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC of the USL Championship, as an assistant coach.

Timm brings over 10 years of coaching experience at four different levels. After spending a year in the USL Championship with the Switchbacks,Timm spent three seasons with Coastal Carolina University (2017-19), two seasons with the Myrtle Beach Mutiny of the USL 2 (2017-18), and five seasons with Tyler Junior College (2012-16). 

Timm helped Coastal Carolina to NCAA Tournament berths in two of his three seasons with the program as they reached the Sweet 16 in 2017 and the Round of 32 in 2019. Timm made a major impact in the recruiting at Coastal Carolina, including the recruitment of Yazeed Matthews who was named the Sun Belt Conference’s Co-Offensive Player of the Year. 

Timm guided the Mutiny to a pair of Southeast Conference Championships as an assistant coach in 2017 and as the head coach in 2018. 

Timm started his coaching career Tyler Junior College where he helped the program to three National Championships in 2012, 2014, and 2016 and two national runner-up finishes in 2013 and 2015. Timm was named the NSCAA National and Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in 2016 while guiding Yazeed Matthews to becoming NJCAA National Player of the Year. 

Timm has recruited over 15 players that have gone on to play professionally, including Oniel Fisher, who played with the LA Galaxy, and Mohammed Kamara, who is currently playing for Hatayspor in the Turkish Super Lig and was the NJCAA 2016 National Player of the Year. 

Timm, the native of Johannesburg, South Africa, played soccer at Tyler Junior College where he earned First Team All-American honors, runner-up to the National Player of the Year, and All-Region honors. Timm was enshrined in the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 2014. 

After his time at Tyler Junior College, Timm played two seasons at Clayton State University, where he was the 2009 Peachbelt Player of the Year while also earning All-Region honors. Timm was also a member of the South African U17 National Team while also earning a call-up to the U23 National Team. 

Timm graduated from the University of Texas at Tyler with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.