Bio

Kirk Olimb became the sixth head coach in men's hockey since the 1967-68 season in the spring of 2022.

Olimb has a rich history in hockey starting with his days growing up in Warroad, Minn. and carrying on through his position as Head Coach and General Manager for the NA3HL Willmar Warhawks organization. 

Olimb spent three seasons with the Warhawks where he guided the team to a pair of playoff appearances. In his final season in Willmar, he guided the team to 32 wins which was a franchise record.

Prior to his tenure at Willmar, Olimb served as an assistant coach at Hamline University for the 2018-19 season.

Olimb’s roots, and experience, in hockey goes back to his high school playing days where he helped Warroad High School win the Minnesota State High School Class A championship in 2005. Olimb attended Hamline University where he was a part of the 2011 squad that captured the MIAC regular-season championship, won the program’s first-ever conference tournament title and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.   

Not only has Olimb had success as a player, coach and general manager – he has excelled in academics and in his pre-coaching profession as a lawyer. Olimb graduated with magna cum laude honors in Legal Studies and Psychology from Hamline University in 2013. During his student-athlete career he was a 3-time MIAC Academic All-Conference award winner.

After earning his undergraduate degree from Hamline, Olimb graduated with summa cum laude honors from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in 2016. Olimb then spent two years as an Associate Attorney for the law firm of McEllistrem, Fargione PA in Minneapolis.