North Carolina State University Women's Soccer

Kim Kern will serve as NC State women's soccer's director of goalkeeping, as announced by head coach Tim Santoro, April, 4th 2017. Kern served both as an assistant coach and director of operations for the program from 2012-2015 before stepping down from her position to pursue a professional career with Oulu Nice of the Finnish First Division.   Kern has an NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma and has worked as a goalkeeper coach for the North Carolina Olympic Development Program.   The Raleigh, N.C., native graduated from NC State in May 2012 with a degree in Sport Management. She was a four-year starting goalkeeper, making 66 career starts in net, including 57 out of 58 games her final three seasons. Kern's 324 career saves rank third best in school history, while her 1.29 goals-against-average and 15 shutouts rank fourth and fifth, respectively. She was a two-time ACC All-Academic Team member and earned Academic All-District first team honors during her junior season.