Kyle Bak enters his second year as the head women's soccer coach at the College of the Holy Cross in 2021-22.
Bak earned his first head coaching victory in his first game at Holy Cross with a 2-1 win over Lafayette (March 13) during the abbreviated 2020 season. He also coached Sydney Fisher to an All-Patriot League second team selection.
He came to The Hill after spending six seasons as the associate head coach at Providence College.
Bak brings a combined 15 years of coaching and playing experience to Mount St. James. During his last six years at Providence, he helped guide the Friar women's program to six-consecutive Big East Tournament appearances, advancing to the finals in 2015.
Since joining the Friars in 2014, Bak helped Providence to a 62-46-13 overall record, while advancing to at least the conference tournament semifinals in four of those years. The Friars' appearance in the 2015 championship game was their second ever in program history and first since 1993. Bak saw Providence finish with a record above .500 for five-consecutive years from 2014-2019, which tied for the longest such streak in program history.
Prior to being named the associate head coach at Providence, Bak spent the 2013 season as an assistant coach at the University of New Hampshire. Before joining the Wildcats, he served his first stint at Providence as an assistant coach in the 2011 season. In 2010, Bak got his collegiate coaching start as an assistant coach with the Salve Regina men's team.
Bak has also held numerous youth coaching positions at elite New England programs, including with the Scorpions SC ECNL, Bayside FC Bolts, Rhode Island Olympic Development Program, New England Revolution Youth Academy, and LaSalle Academy.
The Cumberland, R.I., native attended Western New England University, where he played four seasons as a goalkeeper for the Golden Bears. Bak and his team accumulated a 63-18-14 record over his four years, winning four conference tournament championships and appearing in the NCAA Tournament each year.
Bak earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Western New England University in 2010.
