Kris Baumann was announced as Garden City Community College's 20th men's head basketball coach on May 24, 2006 .   He takes over after serving one season as assistant coach for the Broncbusters.

Prior to joining the Broncbusters, Baumann spent one season as the assistant coach at Tallahassee Community College

Baumann also spent three years as head coach at Lamar Community College, Lamar, Colorado, where he led the Runnin' Lopes to a 50-45 record, including a school-third best 25-8 mark in his final season.
Baumann, a native of New Plymouth, Idaho, played basketball at New Plymouth High School and became the 1994 Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year. He was also selected for the prestigious Nike All-American Basketball Camp prior to his senior year.
He attended the University of Idaho-Moscow, and became one of the school's top three-point shooters, a fact that is obvious from a glance at the Vandal record book. He ranks third in all-time career three-pointers, with 150; and attempted, 440; and also hold the fifth highest single-season total for three-pointers attempted, at 184.
Baumann was the Vandals team captain in both his junior and senior seasons.
Though he concluded his playing career with the 1998 season, Baumann stayed in Moscow to serve as a student assistant on the Vandal staff for 1998-99.
He earned his bachelor's degree from Idaho in 2000.