Richard Kim is entering his first season as the head coach of the Whittier College Golf Program.  He graduated from Whittier College in 1992 and was a football and track and field star for the Poets.

Kim has spent the last eight years as the head coach of the Upland High School golf team and the last five years as the Baseline League Golf Manager.  He led Upland to their first ever CIF Central Region Championship in 2005.  The team was the Baseline League Champions in 1999 and won four straight titles from 2002-2006.  He was also an assistant football coach for Upland from 1994-98, leading the school to its first CIF Division VI Championship in 1995.  He also spent time as the head girls' track and field coach from 1995-97. 

As an athlete at Whittier College, Kim earned All-SCIAC honors in 1989 and 1991 as a lineman for the Poets football team and was a four-time all-conference performer in track and field from 1989-1992.  He was also named the Whittier College Athlete of the Year in 1990, a three-time Lineman of the Year (1989, 1990, 1992) and a four-time Field Athlete of the Year (1989-1992).  He was a graduate assistant for the football and track and field teams in 1993.