{"id":6581,"date":"2012-04-06T08:14:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T14:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=6581"},"modified":"2012-04-06T09:43:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T15:43:17","slug":"uccs-hires-jeff-culver-as-mens-basketball-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=6581","title":{"rendered":"UCCS hires Jeff Culver as men\u2019s basketball coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Culver, athletic director and men\u2019s basketball coach, Johnson and Wales University, Denver, is the new head coach of the UCCS Mountain Lions Men\u2019s Basketball team.<\/p>\n

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Jeff Culver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Culver, 39, was selected following a regional search. His appointment was announced by Steve Kirkham, director, Athletics. Culver replaces Russ Caton who coached the men\u2019s Mountain Lion basketball team from 2006 to 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very excited to have Jeff join the Mountain Lion family,\u201d Kirkham said. \u201cHe brings a passion for basketball and has proven he can win games in an academic environment. It is time for UCCS men\u2019s basketball to take a step forward in competitiveness in a very tough NCAA Division II conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Culver served as Johnson and Wales\u2019 athletic director since 2008 and its men\u2019s basketball coach since 2006. As coach, he led the Wildcats to three Association of Independent Institutions Conference championships and three\u00a0National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics\u00a0National Invitational Tournaments. In 2009, 2010, and 2011 Culver was named AII Conference Coach of the Year. As athletic director, Culver led a $7 million renovation to campus athletic facilities and added men\u2019s and women\u2019s programs in volleyball and cross country in addition to managing the department\u2019s budget and 12 coaches.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining the Johnson and Wales staff, Culver was an assistant men\u2019s basketball coach at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley. He also served as assistant director of basketball operations at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, and head varsity basketball coach at Alexander Dawson High School, Lafayette, and operated two small businesses in Fort Collins. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very excited about the future of UCCS men\u2019s basketball,\u201d Culver said. \u201cI am also very thankful to Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, Vice Chancellor Burnett and Director Kirkham for giving me this opportunity to take the program to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n

UCCS has 13 athletic teams. Since 1996, UCCS student-athletes have competed in NCAA Division II. The university is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. For more information, visit http:\/\/www.gomountainlions.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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