Miami University head soccer coach Courtney Sirmans rounded out her coaching staff by adding Kim McGowan in May, 2018.
McGowan, a native of Cincinnati, serves as the RedHawks’ recruiting coordinator and academic liaison. She also assists in film breakdown and scouting the RedHawks' opponents. In her first season with the Red & White, she helped the team nearly double their scoring output to 17 goals as a team after they netted just nine the year before.
The 2019 campaign saw an increase in competitiveness in the MAC as the RedHawks entered the final game of the regular season with a chance at qualifying for the MAC Tournament for the first time since 2016 as MU’s three MAC wins represented the program’s most since that 2016 campaign.
McGowan brings three years of head coaching experience between stints at Thomas More College and Olivet College. In her lone season at Thomas More in 2017, McGowan guided the Saints to a 15-5-1 record and Presidents’ Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles with an accompanying berth in the NCAA Tournament. TMC went 8-1 in PAC play in securing its seventh-straight tournament title.
Prior to coaching the Saints, McGowan spent two seasons as Olivet College’s head coach, going 19-16-4 at the helm of the Comets. OC went 11-6-3 in her first season (2015) on the sidelines with the 11 victories representing the fifth most in program history and its most since 2010. She also earned recognition from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (now United Soccer Coaches) as a 30-under-30 recipient, given to the top 30 college soccer coaches under 30 years old, in 2016.
McGowan spent the 2014 season at Hiram College as an assistant Coach. She was involved in all aspects of the program and helped the team earn five all-conference honorees, the most in school history. Prior to Hiram, McGowan spent two seasons at Agnes Scott College as an assistant coach. During her time there, she helped the Scotties advance to two Great South Athletic Conference Tournament Championship games. Agnes Scott won the tournament in 2012 to advance to the NCAA Division III NCAA Tournament. This was the first time in school history any team sport had made the national tournament. She also served as the assistant women's lacrosse coach in 2013.
McGowan played her collegiate soccer at Ohio Northern University. During her time at ONU, the Polar Bears finished second in the conference regular season standings and second in the conference tournament three years in a row and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. During her senior year, ONU went undefeated in regular season conference play and earned another at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. A first round win advanced the Polar Bears to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, another first for the women's soccer program. Overall in her four years at ONU, the Polar Bears amassed a 58-20-6 overall record, with a 31-3-2 conference regular-season record.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio and an Oak Hills High School graduate, earned a bachelor of art's degree in sport management from Ohio Northern, and a master's degree in sports administration from Georgia State University. She currently holds a NSCAA Premier Level Diploma, US Soccer "A" license for coaching and a Goalkeeper Level 3 license.
