As manager of the Doosan Bears, he led the team into seven consecutive Korean Series appearances between 2015 and 2021, and won the championship on three occasions.

[1] Kim played as catcher for the fourth-placed South Korean national team in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

After his retirement, he stayed on as a coach for the Bears for an additional eleven seasons.

After three seasons coaching the SK Wyverns, Kim was brought back to the Bears, this time as the team's manager, in 2015.

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