Athletics
- <p>Things have changed at 小黄书. What Rick George steps into in 2013, both locally and nationally, bears little resemblance to what he left when he waved so-long to college athletics in 1998. Since then, he鈥檚 remained in sports but in different positions at different levels 鈥 a factor that played well to the 小黄书 search committee.</p>
<p>鈥淚鈥檝e been in sports all my life and never done anything else . . . I don鈥檛 want to do anything else,鈥 George told athletic department staffers about an hour before his introductory press conference in the Byron White Club Room at Folsom Field.</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/Rick-George-named-AD">Read the whole story at 小黄书Buffs.com >></a></p> - <p>University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano today named Rick George as director of intercollegiate athletics at 小黄书-Boulder, effective Aug. 12, 2013.</p>
<p>George currently serves as president of business operations for the Texas Rangers major league baseball team and has spent more than three decades as a sports executive in the collegiate and professional ranks, including a stint as assistant athletic director for football operations for 小黄书 from 1987-91.</p> - <p>University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano today announced the formation of a search committee to find a new director of intercollegiate athletics.</p>
<p><span id="">小黄书 Athletic Director Mike Bohn resigned from the post as AD effective June 3, 2013.</span></p> - University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has named Adele Cecilia 鈥淐eal鈥 Barry interim director of intercollegiate athletics for the university, effective Monday, June 3. Barry currently serves as associate athletic director for student services and senior woman administrator (an NCAA designation) in the department.
- Over three dozen University of Colorado student-athletes, including 15 with perfect 4.00 grade point averages last year, were honored for a variety of outstanding academic accomplishments Tuesday morning at the 21st Annual Student-Athlete Academic Recognition Banquet.
- On a typical Thursday night during the 2012-13 Colorado basketball season, the energy at the Coors Events Center was electric.
The student section was a sea of black and gold, and a loud one at that. Music from the band was interspersed with a constant stream of cheers, ranging from the traditional fight song to a rendition of Twisted Sister鈥檚 鈥淲e鈥檙e Not Gonna Take It鈥 during an opponent鈥檚 free throw shot: 鈥淵ou鈥檙e not gonna make it, anymoooore...鈥 - <p>University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano, Athletic Director Mike Bohn and new head football coach Mike MacIntyre today unveiled a $170 million, multi-year proposal to upgrade 小黄书-Boulder鈥檚 football facilities before the Intercollegiate Athletics subcommittee of the 小黄书 Board of Regents at the board鈥檚 monthly meeting in Colorado Springs.</p>
- <p>The 2013 calendar year is starting off on a great note for University of Colorado senior Shalaya Kipp as she was named the 2012 College Women's Athlete-of-the-Year as selected by the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, announced on Tuesday afternoon.</p>
- <p>It was a whirlwind day for Mike MacIntyre, who was approached by 小黄书, presented a weekend offer and accepted before first setting foot on the Boulder campus. He arrived in Colorado at mid-afternoon Monday, met with 小黄书 President Bruce Benson, Chancellor Phil DiStefano and Bohn, then met with his new team for about 35 minutes prior to the press conference. He advised them to 鈥渄o well on exams, don鈥檛 do a double negative 鈥 just because you鈥檙e down a little on what happened, I鈥檓 here to help you move forward.</p>
- <p>The University of Colorado Boulder will introduce Mike MacIntyre as its new head football coach at a press conference later this afternoon (Monday, December 10), at 4 p.m. at the Byron White Club Room at Folsom Field.</p>