Coach Kirk is entering his eighth season as Assistant Coach for the University of Charleston women’s soccer program. Coach Kirk served as the assistant coach with the men’s soccer program for three years prior to joining the women’s soccer program. During his time with the men’s soccer program, the men won three consecutive regular season conference championships, three consecutive conference tournament championships and advanced in the NCAA tournament twice reaching the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight rounds. The women’s program has made the conference tournament five out of the last six years, advancing to the finals and semi-finals most years. During this period the women’s program has competed in the NCAA tournament twice. Jim has coached youth soccer winning at the state, regional and national levels for the last sixteen years.

He has had the privilege of coaching several players named to the All-Conference team, NSCAA All-Region team, Freshman-of-the-Year, Daktronics All-Region and Daktronics All-American. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems from Bellevue University and a Chemistry degree from West Virginia State University. Jim is certified through the ISSA Strength and Conditioning Association and serves as a strength and conditioning coach and goalkeeper coach within the women’s soccer program. Coach Kirk has been a long standing member of the United Soccer Coaches Association and holds Goalkeeper Certification.