Football
McCloud, Kim
Kim McCloud
- Title:
- Cornerbacks
- Email:
- nathan.dellinger@mso.umt.edu
- Phone:
- 243-2969
2025 will be McCloud’s third season as UM’s cornerback coach and his fourth overall season after joining the staff in 2022 as a defensive analyst.
A 30-year coaching veteran, McCloud came to Montana from Hawaii, where was the a defensive analyst in 2020 and the cornerbacks coach for the Rainbow Warriors in 2021. His resume lists decades of experience with ten different programs, including years spent serving as the assistant head coach at Syracuse from 2016-18, with previous stops at Idaho, Nevada, and Baylor, among others.
McCloud has been a part of 116 postseason squads while coaching on both sides of the ball. He’s mentored 24 all-conference players, including three All-American receivers and three Biletnikoff Award semifinalists.
Prior to his time at Hawaii, he was the receivers coach and cornerbacks coach at Syracuse from 2016-19. He also served as the defensive coordinator, receivers coach, and assistant head coach at Bowling Green at different times in 2014 and 2015. He was the defensive coordinator at Eastern Illinois from 2012-13 and was the secondary coach at Baylor and Akron between 2008 and 2011.
He coached alongside former Montana defensive line coach Barry Sacks at Nevada from 2000 to 2007 and visited Missoula with the Idaho Vandals in the late 90s.
As a player, McCloud was a three-year starter at Hawaii as an All-WAC defensive back from 1987-90. He went on to sign as a free agent with the San Diego Chargers in 1991 before playing two seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
He graduated from Hawaii with a B.A. in Economics and Sociology from Hawaii in 1991. He and his wife Renee have two children, Kaleb and Rachel.
The McCloud File
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Alma Mater: Hawaii ’91 (B.A. Economics and Sociology)
Family: Wife Renee; Children: Kaleb and Rachel
McCloud Timeline
A 30-year coaching veteran, McCloud came to Montana from Hawaii, where was the a defensive analyst in 2020 and the cornerbacks coach for the Rainbow Warriors in 2021. His resume lists decades of experience with ten different programs, including years spent serving as the assistant head coach at Syracuse from 2016-18, with previous stops at Idaho, Nevada, and Baylor, among others.
McCloud has been a part of 116 postseason squads while coaching on both sides of the ball. He’s mentored 24 all-conference players, including three All-American receivers and three Biletnikoff Award semifinalists.
Prior to his time at Hawaii, he was the receivers coach and cornerbacks coach at Syracuse from 2016-19. He also served as the defensive coordinator, receivers coach, and assistant head coach at Bowling Green at different times in 2014 and 2015. He was the defensive coordinator at Eastern Illinois from 2012-13 and was the secondary coach at Baylor and Akron between 2008 and 2011.
He coached alongside former Montana defensive line coach Barry Sacks at Nevada from 2000 to 2007 and visited Missoula with the Idaho Vandals in the late 90s.
As a player, McCloud was a three-year starter at Hawaii as an All-WAC defensive back from 1987-90. He went on to sign as a free agent with the San Diego Chargers in 1991 before playing two seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
He graduated from Hawaii with a B.A. in Economics and Sociology from Hawaii in 1991. He and his wife Renee have two children, Kaleb and Rachel.
The McCloud File
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Alma Mater: Hawaii ’91 (B.A. Economics and Sociology)
Family: Wife Renee; Children: Kaleb and Rachel
McCloud Timeline
| 2023-Present | Montana (CB) |
| 2022 | Montana (DA) |
| 2021 | Hawaii (CB) |
| 2020 | Hawaii (DA) |
| 2018-19 | Syracuse (CB) |
| 2016-18 | Syracuse (AHC/CB) |
| 2016-17 | Syracuse (WR) |
| 2015 | Bowling Green (AHC/WR) |
| 2014 | Bowling Green (DC) |
| 2012-13 | Eastern Illiniois (DC) |
| 2011 | Akron (D. Sec.) |
| 2008-10 | Baylor (D.Sec.) |
| 2000-03, 05-07 | Nevada (CB) |
| 2004 | Nevada (WR) |
| 1998-99 | Idaho (DB) |
| 1997 | Missouri (GA) |
| 1995-96 | Kaiser HS (DC) |
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