With the conclusion of his fourth season as the Cerritos College men’s tennis coach, Alvin Kim has yet to experience what it’s like to lose a South Coast Conference match. He led his team to their fourth straight undefeated SCC season and ran their undefeated streak to 33 in a row after posting a 9-0 mark this year. In addition to their success in conference play, Kim led his top doubles team all the way to the state championship match, where they were eventually defeated. It marked the first time a Cerritos men’s tennis doubles team had ever reached the state championship match. In addition to his 33-0 SCC record, Kim has compiled a 53-13 overall record, including an 18-2 record that saw them just one win away from competing for the Southern California Dual Team Championship. The only losses they suffered as a team were in the post-season against Grossmont College and against Ventura College, who won the team state championship.

    In his first season, Kim led the Falcons to their first conference championship in over 20 years and continues to improve on the school record with each conference win. In each of the previous years, the team was defeated in the first round of the team playoffs, until their success this year with an all-freshman team.

    Kim came to the program with 10 years of high school coaching experience and has experienced 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 110-5 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 welcomed their first child, Aidan Ian, in April, 2006.