SALT LAKE CITY — On the day the University of Utah introduced women’s basketball coach Lynne Roberts, administration officials confirmed to KSL that women’s track and field assistant coach Tapio Kuusela would be let go.
Originally a Finnish native, Kuusela has coached Utah throwers for the last 14 years.
“I feel sad to leave right now because the athletics program is going through big changes as a result of joining the Pac-12,” Kuusela wrote to KSL. “This was my first full-time coaching job and I was really proud to be a Ute. I always felt like I belonged to something here and I was proud to be a part of it.