Program's Longtime Head Coach Since 1990-91
BOULDER – Richard Rokos, the University of Colorado head ski coach for the last 30 seasons and who has led the Buffaloes to eight NCAA championships, has announced that the 2021 season will be last at the reins of the program.
Hired on July 3, 1990 after three years as an assistant coach, his first CU team won the 1991 national title, the school's first since the sport went coed in 1983. During this span, the Buffaloes have also won 14 Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association titles, while his athletes have won 43 NCAA individual titles while being afforded 239 All-American honors, including 146 earning first-team accolades.