[citation needed] Kim managed the amateur baseball team sponsored by Haitai from 1964 to 1981.

During that period he managed the South Korean team to its first international title in the 1977 Intercontinental Cup.

Kim was the manager of the Bronze Medal-winning South Korea national baseball team in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Kim left managing in 2005, serving as president of the Samsung Lions until 2010, and then continuing on in an administrative role.

[citation needed] In 2016 Kim was hired as president of the Korea Baseball Softball Association.