Kim McCloud (born May 8, 1968) is an

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coach and former

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who is currently a Defensive Analyst for the University of Montana. He was previously the cornerbacks coach at

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and then interim cornerbacks coach at the

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Playing career

McCloud played

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from 1987 to 1990. During his time at Hawaii, he earned an honorable mention in All- WAC honors, as was also named a All-WAC academic selection in 1990. He signed with the

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in 1991 following the end of his college career, and also spent two seasons with the

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of the

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(CFL).

Coaching career

After his playing career concluded, McCloud worked at a bank, but spent time as the

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at Kaiser High School in Hawaii, mostly as a favor to one of his former UH teammates. From there, his interest in coaching took off and he accepted a graduate assistant position at

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in 1997. He joined the coaching staff at

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in 1998 as their defensive backs coach. He was one of the assistants that Idaho head coach

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brought over when Tormey accepted the head coaching position at

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in 2000. He was retained by

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after Tormey was fired in 2004, and was promptly reassigned to coaching wide receivers. He was then reassigned back to coaching cornerbacks the following season. He was named the secondary coach at Baylor in 2008. He was named the defensive backs coach at

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in 2011. McCloud joined the coaching staff at

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in 2012 as their defensive coordinator, working under

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, who he was an assistant with at Baylor from 2008 to 2010. He followed Babers to Bowling Green in 2014, once again as defensive coordinator before being asked to move to wide receivers in 2015. McCloud was named the assistant head coach & receivers coach at

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in 2016, joining Babers once again. He was reassigned to coaching cornerbacks in 2018. McCloud did not have his contract with

renewed after the 2019 season. McCloud was named a defensive analyst and quality control coach at his alma mater

in 2020. He was elevated to interim cornerbacks coach on August 2, 2021.

References

External links

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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors profile

Syracuse Orange profile

Bowling Green Falcons profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCloud, Kim 1968 births Living people Coaches of American football from California Players of American football from Los Angeles American football defensive backs American football wide receivers Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football players San Diego Chargers players Saskatchewan Roughriders players High school football coaches in Hawaii Missouri Tigers football coaches Idaho Vandals football coaches Nevada Wolf Pack football coaches Baylor Bears football coaches Akron Zips football coaches Eastern Illinois Panthers football coaches Bowling Green Falcons football coaches Syracuse Orange football coaches Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football coaches Sports coaches from Los Angeles Players of Canadian football from Los Angeles