Now in his seventh season at the helm of the women’s tennis program, Alvin Kim led the Falcons to their first CCCAA Team State Championship since 1983 and posted a 25-1 record with their only loss coming to an NCAA Division III program. Along with leading his team to the state title and South Coast Conference championship, Kim was named the conference’s Women’s Coach of the Year for all sports.

During the 2015 year, he led the Falcons to a 19-7 record and reached the second round of the CCCAA Team Playoffs after coming in third place in the South Coast Conference. Individually, the doubles team of Taylor Heath and Mariia Yatsenko reached the quarterfinals of the state tournament. In addition, Kim has spent the last 12 seasons as the Cerritos College men’s tennis coach. Prior to taking over the program, Rosanna Chatman was the women’s program head coach and won six South Coast Conference championships. In his six seasons as the head coach, Kim has registered a 77-50 (.606) overall record and 36-27 (.571) conference mark.

Prior to the start of the 2014 season, Samantha Judan, who went on to Cal State Northridge, became the first Cerritos women’s tennis player to win the USTA/ITA Southern California singles championship. She advanced to the Small Colleges National Championship, where she finished in seventh place.

In his career as the Falcons men’s head coach, Kim has posted a 188-69 (.732) career record including an 86-9 (.905) conference record and nine championships and has been named the conference’s Coach of the Year six times. Individually, he coached Nathan Eshmade, who became the first player in school history to win the state singles and doubles championship. Eshmade is now the #1 player at UC Santa Barbara. Back in 2009, Kim saw his doubles team of Doug Edwards and Jason Wall win the Ojai Tournament championship, while they also advanced to the semi-finals of the state championship after reaching the championships in their freshman year. It also marked the first time a Cerritos men’s tennis doubles team had ever reached the state championship match.

In his initial season with the men’s program, Kim led the Falcons to their first conference championship in over 20 years. In eight of his 11 years with the men’s team, they have advanced to the Southern California Regional Team Playoffs.

Kim came to the program with 15 years of high school coaching experience and has enjoyed success throughout his coaching career. Kim has been a member of the United States Professional Tennis Association since 1998 and came to Cerritos after a very successful high school career. Kim spent eight years at Cerritos High School and three seasons at La Mirada High School. While at Cerritos High, Kim led his teams to the Suburban League championship each year and posted a 130-8 record. In his three seasons with La Mirada High, he guided his teams to a 54-6 record.

Kim attended Sunny Hills High School, where he was an all-league tennis player. He then attended and played tennis at both Cypress College and Vanguard University. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies from Vanguard University. Kim is married and he and his wife have three children, Aidan Ian (10), Tobin Samuel (8) and Brennan Sang (6).