Salim Babu is the head coach at Kenyan Premier League side Nairobi City Stars.
Career He previously served as head coach at Sony Sugar, Western Stima, Kisumu AllStars, Nzoia SugarNzoia Sugar Co. 22 Mar 2022 Nzoia Sugar signs new head coachNation, 31 Jan 2022 Salim Babu: I will save Nzoia Sugar from relegation as Head Coach, and at Wazito F.C. as an assistant Coach.
He first joined Kenya Police as an assistant coach in Jul 2023Citizen, 17 Jul 2023 Coach Babu lifts lid on why he quit Nzoia Sugar before scaling upwards to the head coach role in Feb 2024.The Star, 23 Feb 2024 Watch over your backs, Kenya Police coach Babu warns rivals He left Police later in NovemberNation, 28 Nov 2024 Kenya Police hunt for their eighth coach in three years and in January 2025 he landed at Nairobi City Stars to replace Nicholas Muyoti. Mozzart Sport, 6 Feb 2025 Salim Babu on why he chose Nairobi City Stars amidst other offers
Kenya junior teams Babu currently handles three Kenyan age-grade teams: U17,Mozzart Sport, 11 Nov 2024 Salim Babu to lead Kenya U17 team in Uganda U18,Michezo Afrika, 18 Nov 2023 FKF appoint Salim Babu to coach Kenya U-18 and U20Pulse Sport, 11 Mar 2024 Salim Babu to lead Kenya U20 in Malawi invitational tournament boys teams. In reaching the CECAFA U20 championship finals in Tanzania in October 2024, Babu wrote history as he became the first coach to qualifier a Kenyan team for the continental AFCON tournament since 1979.
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