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Kyle is originally from Southern California where he grew up playing soccer. After high school he moved east to attend college in Washington D.C. at The Catholic University of America. He walked on to the team there and was an important player his junior and senior year. After college he coached at the youth club level primarily with Alexandria Soccer Association, and began to pursue coaching education opportunities. In 2015 he moved to Duluth to transition to the college and semi-professional game.

While there he worked as the men's and women's assistant coach at Lake Superior College. He was also the Head Coach at Duluth F.C. and after an undefeated first season, led the BlueGreens to their first NPSL North Conference title and a midwest conference semifinal appearance, where they lost to Detroit City F.C. After this stint Kyle moved to Montana where he was the Executive Director and Director of Coaching at Billings United Soccer Club. This experience reminded him of how much he loves coaching and he accepted a position at Coe College in August of 2019. 
 
He is currently the Head Men's Soccer coach at Coe College and Assistant Coach at the Iowa Raptors in Cedar Rapids. Kyle holds the USSF Senior 'A' License and United Soccer Coaches Premier Diploma. While at Coe, Bakas helped coach the first all-conference player in three seasons as Carter Collis took home honorable mention honors in 2020. 2023 brought forth Bakas' most successful season in charge, going 8-7-2 for the program's first winning record in over a decade. Ian Kearney, Blake Jungman and Jr. Holland earned all-conference honors to cap off the strong season, marking the first time since 2017 numerous players earned the selection in the same year. Coe retained the Bremner Derby Cup for the second straight season with a 2-0 victory at Cornell in 2024 and picked up conference wins over Dubuque and Buena Vista. Ian Kearney secured his third straight all-conference honor and moved into the top three all-time in career goals. 
 
Kyle believes in a player centered coaching style and ascribes to a positional possession-based style of play, which he has worked hard to implement while at Coe College. 

Kyle Bakas Year-by-Year

	Overall				Conference
Year	Won	Loss	Ties	Pct.	Won	Loss	Ties	Pct.	Place	Postseason
2020*	1	7	0	.125	1	7	0	.125	8th
2021	1	14	3	.139	0	6	2	.125	8th
2022	2	14	1	.147	1	7	0	.125	8th
2023	8	7	2	.529	3	5	0	.375	T7th
2024	6	11	1		2	6	0	.250	8th
Career	18	53	7	.275	7	31	2	.200

* 2020 season played in spring of 2021 due to COVID-19