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U T A H M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L C O A C H E S A N D S T A F F

Head Coach

Larry Krystkowiak was introduced

on April 4, 2011, as the head men’s

basketball coach at the University

of Utah and the man to lead the

Runnin’ Utes into the Pac-12

Conference.

Aer ghng through a 6-25 season

in 2011-12, Krystkowiak (pronounced

krist-KOH-vee-ak), has had a full yearto recruit, and establish the program

as his own with a new culture and

atude.

Krystkowiak has prior head coaching

experience in the NCAA, CBA and

NBA, le a posion as an assistant

coach with the New Jersey Nets to

become the 15th head coach in Utah

men’s basketball history.

In his previous collegiate head

coaching post, Krystkowiak led

his alma mater, the University of

Montana, to a 42-20 record and two

NCAA appearances as the Grizzlies’

from 2004-06 before joining the NBA

coaching ranks. Hired as an assistant

coach by the Milwaukee Bucks in

2006-07, “Krysko” was elevated to

head coach with 17 games remaining

in the season. He was retained as the

Bucks’ head coach in 2007-08. Amongthe players he coached was former

Ute All-American Andrew Bogut.

Krystkowiak’s other head coaching

experience was in the CBA with the

Idaho Stampede in 2003-04.

Aer a nine-year NBA playing career

in six cies, Krystkowiak’s rst

coaching job was as an assistant

coach at Montana from 1998-2000.

The Grizzlies

were the

Big Sky

champions

in 2000. He

then moved on to Old Dominion as an

assistant in 2001-02 before signing on

as the head coach of the CBA’s Idaho

Stampede. In his lone season with the

Stampede in 2003-04, he led the team

to a 38-14 record and a berth in the

CBA Finals.

Krystkowiak spent the next two

seasons as the head coach at Montana.

The Grizzlies were Big Sky champions

in 2004-05, winning the conference

tournament and earning an automac

bid to the NCAA Tournament. They

appeared in the Big Dance in 2006

as well, earning an at-large bid and

2ND YEAR AT UTAH CAREER RECORD: 4845 3 YEARS

LARRY KRYSTKOWIAK

The Krystkowiak File

Educaon

University of Montana, 1996

Bachelor’s in Business Administraon

Personal

Birthdate: Sept. 23, 1964

Hometown: Shelby, Mont.

Wife: Jan

Children: Sons Cam, Luc, Ben and twin

daughters Samantha and Finley.

Playing Experience

University of Montana, 1982-86

Three-me Big Sky MVP

UM’s All-me leading scorer (2,017)

UM’s All-me leading rebounder (1,105)

Two-me Academic All-American

Four-me Dean’s List member

Graduated with honors, 3.5 GPA

NBA, 1986-96

1986, 2nd Rd. Dra Pick (Chicago Bulls)

1986-87, San Antonio Spurs

1988-92, Milwaukee Bucks

1992-93, Utah Jazz 1993-94, Orlando Magic

1994-96, Chicago Bulls

1996, Los Angeles Lakers

Career averages: 8.1 pts, 4.1 rebs

Year-By-Year College Record

Year School Overall Conf.

2004-05 Montana 18-13 9-5

2005-06 Montana 24-7 10-4

2011-12 Utah 6-25 3-15

Totals 3 years 48-45

NCAA Tournament

Year Rd. Opponent (Seed) Result

2005 64 Washington (1) L, 88-77

2006 64 Nevada (5) W, 87-79

32 Boston College (4) L, 69-56Krystkowiak came to Utah with head coaching

experience in the NCAA, CBA and NBA. In two years

as the head coach at his alma mater, the University

of Montana, Krystkowiak led the Grizzlies to a 42-20

record, a Big Sky Conference tle and two NCAA

Tournament appearances.


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Head Coachadvancing to the second round with

an upset victory over h-seed

Nevada in rst-round acon at the

Huntsman Center in 2006. It was

UM’s rst NCAA Tournament win

since 1975. Montana nished theseason with a 24-7 record, aer going

18-13 in Krystkowiak’s rst season,

losing to No. 1 seed Washington in

the NCAA First Round.

The only three-me Big Sky MVP

in league history and two-me

Academic All-American for Montana

from 1982-86, Krystkowiak is sll

the school’s all-me career leader in

points (2,017) and rebounds (1,105).

He was selected in the second round(28th overall pick) of the 1986 NBA

dra by the Chicago Bulls and played

in the league for nine years with San

Antonio (1986-87), Milwaukee (1988-

92), Utah (1992-93), Orlando (1993-

94), Chicago (1994-96) and the Los

Angeles Lakers (1996). Over his NBA

career, he averaged 8.1 points and 4.1

rebounds a game with his best season

in 1988-89 when he averaged 12.7

points and 7.6 rebounds a game for

Milwaukee.

Krystkowiak made the Dean’s List

four mes at Montana, including

in 1996, when he completed the

degree he began over a decade

earlier in business administraon. He

graduated with honors, boasng a 3.5

grade point average.

Krystkowiak and his wife Jan have ve

children, sons Cam, Luc, Ben and twin

daughters Samantha and Finley.

COACHING CHRONOLOGY

Year Associaon Team Posion Record Postseason

1998-99 NCAA Univ. of Montana Asst. Coach 10-14 --

1999-00 NCAA Univ. of Montana Asst. Coach 15-11 --

2001-02 NCAA Old Dominion Univ. Asst. Coach 13-16 --

2003-04 CBA Idaho Stampede Head Coach 38-14 CBA Finals

2004-05 NCAA Univ. of Montana Head Coach 18-13 NCAA 1st Rd.

2005-06 NCAA Univ. of Montana Head Coach 24-7 NCAA 2nd Rd.

2006-07 NBA Milwaukee Bucks Asst./Head Coach 28-54 --

2007-08 NBA Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach 26-56 --2009-10 adidas Naons adidas USA Head Coach N/A --

2010-11 NBA New Jersey Nets Asst. Coach 23-52 --

2011-12 NCAA Univ. of Utah Head Coach 6-25 --

gKrystkowiak (right) was introduced as the 15th head

coach in Utah men’s basketball history at a press

conference with Athlecs Director Dr. Chris Hill on

April 4, 2011.


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Coaching Staff

ASSISTANT COACH 2ND/6TH YEAR

TOMMY CONNOR

Tommy Connor is in his second year as a

Utah assistant coach under Krystkowiak. It

is his second stint with the Utes, following

four years as an assistant coach under Rick

Majerus from 1994-97. Connor, a former

Utah player (1986-88, 1990), returned to

his alma mater after a very successful 12-

year stint as the head coach at Westminster

College (NAIA).

Connor was a four-year starter forthe Runnin’ Utes at point guard. Aer

graduang with a B.S. in Exercise and

Sport Science, he spent three years as

a Graduate Assistant and another four

years as an assistant coach at Utah under

Majerus. During his me on the bench,

Connor helped guide Utah to the NCAA

Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight as well

as the NIT nal four, while capturing

four Western Athlec Conference

championships.

In a stellar 12-year career at Westminster,

Connor led the Grins to a 264-114

(.698) overall record, while proving even

more dominant in

Froner Conference

play with a 126-40

(.759) mark. Those

numbers become

more impressive

when considering

that Connor built the

program from scratch

aer it was reinstated

prior to the 1999-

2000 season.

Under Connor,

Westminster

posted 10

seasons with

at least 20 wins, including nine straight

from 2002-2011. The Grins have won

seven regular-season Froner Conference

championships and two conference

tournament tles. Connor is a ve-me

Froner Conference Coach of the Year and

his teams qualied for nine NAIA Naonal

Championship appearances.

Connor coached 17 players to NAIA All-

American status and had one NAIA Naonal

Player of the Year. The Grins also had ve

players named Froner Conference Player

of the Year and saw 36 players earn all-

conference honors. Westminster was also

successful in the classroom as 44 players

earned NAIA Scholar Athlete honors and

108 players were named Academic All-

Froner Conference. Westminster led the

naon with the most NAIA Scholar Athletes

in back-to-back years from 2009-2011.

Connor has been married to his wife

Kathryn for 24 years. He has a son, Jake

(16), and two daughters Sydney (14) and

Cass (11).

The Connor FileEducaon

University of Utah, 1990

Bachelor’s in Exercise and Sport Science

Personal

Birthdate: Feb. 9, 1967

Hometown: Boise, Idaho

Wife: Kathryn

Children: Son Jake, daughters Sydney and

Cass.

Playing Experience

University of Utah, 1986-88, 90

Four-year starter

Led Utes in assists twice

Member of 1986 WAC co-champions

Played in 1986 NCAA tournament

Collegiate Coaching Experience

University of Utah

Assistant Coach, 2011-present

Westminster College

Head Coach, 1999-2011 Record: 264-114 (.698)

University of Utah

Assistant Coach, 1994-97

Connor is in his second year as an assistant under Krystkowiak and is serving his

second snt as a Utah. In his rst posng as a Utah assistant coach under Rich

Majerus, he helped the Utes to the Sweet Sixteen, the Elight Eight and the NIT Final

Four. Prior to joining Krystkowiak’s sta, Connor posted a 264-114 record as the

head coach at Westminster and was a ve-me Froner Conference Coach of the

Year Award recipient.


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Coaching Staff

ASSISTANT COACH 2ND YEAR

DEMARLO SLOCUM

DeMarlo Slocum is in his second year as an

assistant coach with the Utes and is known

as a primetime recruiter. Prior to joining

Krystkowiak’s staff, Slocum spent three

years in the same position at Colorado

State.

In his three seasons at CSU, Slocum

worked primarily with the guards and

shared recruing responsibilies. Before

coming to Colorado State, Slocum servedas an assistant coach at the University of

Idaho.

Prior to joining the Idaho Vandals, Slocum

was the head coach of the Las Vegas

Prospects AAU team for ve years. During

his tenure, the Prospects were ranked

among the top ve AAU teams on the

west coast. Slocum has worked at various

collegiate basketball development camps

across America, as well as the West CoastAll-Star Camp and the Adidas Superstar

Camp.

Slocum, a

nave of Las

Vegas, also

served one

season as

an assistant coach at Dixie State College

before moving on to the University of

Southern California to become the Trojans’

Director of Basketball Operaons. In one

season with USC, Slocum was in charge of

on-campus recruing, team travel, scoungand camp coordinaon.

As a student-athlete, Slocum spent two

years at Dixie State before playing his nal

two seasons at Georgia Southern, where

he earned a degree in public recreaon/

kinesiology in 2001. During his junior

season at Georgia Southern, he was the

team’s second-leading scorer, before

nishing fourth in scoring as a senior.

The Slocum FileEducaon

Georgia Southern University, 2001

Bachelor’s in Public Recreaon/Kinesiology

Personal

Birthdate: Feb. 17, 1978

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.

Playing Experience

Georgia Southern, 1999-2001

Second-leading scorer as a junior

Fourth-leading scorer as a senior

Dixie State, 1997-99

Finished sixth naonally among junior

colleges


University of Utah


Colorado State University


University of Idaho

Assistant Coach, 2006-07University of Southern California

Director of Basketball Ops., 2005-06

Dixie State College


Slocum is in his second year as an assistant under

Krystkowiak. He came to Utah with a reputaon as

a solid recruiter who does a tremendous job of skill

development on the oor.


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Coaching Staff

Andy Hill is in his second year as an

assistant coach with the Utes. He came

to Utah from Montana, where he spent

seven years in the same role, including two

seasons under Krystkowiak.

In his seven seasons at Montana, Hill

helped the Grizzlies to three NCAA

Tournament appearances, most recently

in 2010, as well as a CBI bid in 2011.

Montana also reached the Big SkyConference Tournament championship

game in four of his seven seasons. In Hill’s

two years under Krystkowiak from 2004-

06, Montana went 42-20 and earned

an NCAA Tournament berth both years,

advancing to the second round in 2006.

Among Hill’s dues at Montana were

assisng with scheduling of games,

coordinang camps, on-court coaching

and recruing. Addionally, he wasinstrumental in coordinang the annual

coaching clinics and also worked closely

with the fund-raising eorts of UM’s

Roundball Club.

Hill served as

a graduate

assistant

coach during

the 2003-04

season at Eastern Washington, which won

the Big Sky Conference that year. While at

EWU, Hill was involved in the promoon of

the Eagles’ camps and assisted in recruing

as well.

During the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons

Hill served as an assistant at Lewis-Clark

State College in Lewiston, Idaho. In his

two seasons, the Warriors advanced to

consecuve NAIA Naonal Tournaments.

He was also an assistant coach and

recruing coordinator at Whitworth

College in Spokane, Wash., during the

2000-01 season.

Hill graduated from Eastern Washington in

2000 with a degree in educaon.

ASSISTANT COACH 2ND YEAR

ANDY HILL

Andy Hill begins his second year as an assistant coach

at Utah. This is his second snt under Krystkowiak aer

serving as an assistant for him from 2004-06 at Montana.

The Hill FileEducaon

Eastern Washington University, 2000

Bachelor’s in Educaon

Personal

Birthdate: Oct. 11, 1977

Hometown: Spokane, Wash.

Playing Experience

Walla Walla Community College, 1996-97


University of Utah


University of Montana


Eastern Washington

Graduate Assistant, 2003-04

Lewis-Clark State College


Whitworth College



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Support Staff

Norm Parrish is in his second year as

Utah’s Director of Basketball Operaons.

Parrish joined the Runnin’ Utes aer 20

years as the head basketball coach at Salt

Lake Community College. It is Parrish’s

second snt with Utah, aer serving one

year as a graduate assistant under the late

Lynn Archibald in 1988-89.

Parrish guided SLCC to unprecedented

success, including a 20-win season in 2011

and a trip to the Region 18 championship

game. In 2009, the team won the NJCAA

naonal championship, the rst in school

history, along with its second consecuve

Region 18 championship. Parrish received

the 2009 NJCAA Naonal Coach of the

Year award for his eorts. In 2008, he

coached the Bruins to a rst-place nish

in the Region 18 tournament and a

runner-up nish at the NJCAA naonal

championships.

A ve-me Region 18 Coach of the Year,

Parrish also led the Bruins to the 2000

SWAC regular-season championship. In

1994, just his third season as head coach,

Parrish steered SLCC to the Region 18

Tournament tle and a h-place nish at

the NJCAA naonal championships. Parrish

nished with a career record of 447-198

(.693), eclipsing the 20-win mark 14 mes.

Under Parrish’s stewardship, SLCC had

20 NJCAA All-Americans and 24 NJCAA

Academic All-Americans. Nearly 50% of his

players have moved on to compete at the

NCAA Div. I level, with several now playing

professionally in the NBA and overseas.

In his me at SLCC, Parrish recruited

and coached players from all over the

United States and many foreign countries,

including Greece, England, Turkey,

Australia, Switzerland, Brazil, Russia,

Serbia, and the West African countries

of Senegal, Cameroon, and Ivory Coast.

Returned LDS missionaries were also an

integral part of his recruing process.

Before coming to Utah under Archibald,

Parrish was an assistant at Nampa High

School in Idaho, coaching football and

basketball. Parrish played his collegiate

ball at Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) in

Rexburg, and then at Northwest Nazarene

College in Nampa.

Parrish earned his Bachelor ’s degree from

Northwest Nazarene in 1987 and received

a Master’s from Utah State in 1993. He

and his wife Kaye have three sons, Travis

(21), who is serving an LDS mission in

Singapore, Ma (18) and Collin (14).

Phil Cullen returns to his alma mater

as the Director of Player Development

and Camps following a three-year snt

as an assistant coach at Grand Canyon

University.

Cullen played for Utah from 1998-2002

and helped the Utes to a 90-35 record

during that span, including a 28-5 mark inhis freshman year. One of the Mountain

West Conference’s top 3-point shooters

during his career, Cullen can sll be found

in the Utah record books ranked sixth

in career 3-pointers made (153) and

3-pointers aempted (396).

Cullen received his bachelor’s degree in

civil and environmental engineering from

Utah in 2006 and earned his master’s in

leadership from GCU in 2012.

Cullen and his wife, Tara, have a daughter,

Josie.

Sco McByrne is in his second year as

the Video Coordinator for Utah Men’s

Basketball. McByrne originally joined the

Utes midway through the 2011-12 season

aer spending two seasons with the New

Jersey Nets of the NBA.

With the Nets, McByrne was an assistant

video coordinator under head coach Avery

Johnson from 2010-11 and an intern unde

previous head coach Lawrence Frank,

from 2009-10. During the 2010-11 season

McByrne also worked alongside current

Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak, who

was then an assistant coach with New

Jersey. Other notable coaches McByrnehas worked with include Popeye Jones, De

Harris, John Loyer, Sam Mitchell and Kiki

Vandeweghe.

McByrne is originally from Newtown,

Pennsylvania, where he aended Council

Rock High School South and was captain

of the basketball team. He earned his

bachelor’s degree in Secondary Social

Studies Educaon from the University of

Tampa in 2008.

Director of Basketball

Operations

2nd Year

Norm Parrish

Director of Player

Development and Camps1st Year

Phil Cullen

Video Coordinator2nd Year

Scott McByrne


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Support Staff

Athletic Trainer14th Year

Trevor JamesonStrength Coach1st Year

Charles Stephenson

Trevor Jameson is in his 14th year as an athlec trainer with

the University of Utah. In 2008, he also accepted the posion

of Director of Sports Medicine for the Utah Athlec Training

program. His primary responsibility is working with the Runnin’

Ute basketball team.

Before coming to Utah, Jameson spent four years as an assistant

athlec trainer and instructor at DePauw University in Indiana.

In addion to working with DePauw athletes, Jameson assisted

in the development of the department’s CAAHEP accredited

athlec training educaon program and provided clinical

instrucon for students.

Prior to his appointment at DePauw, Jameson worked as a

graduate assistant trainer at Indiana State University. Jameson

received his master’s degree in athlec training from Indiana

State in August of 1996 and earned the Outstanding Professional

Award for his graduang class.

Jameson received his bachelor’s degree in physical educaon

and athlec training from Brigham Young University in 1995. He

worked in the Cougar sports medicine department for over two

years.

A Utah nave, Jameson graduated from Taylorsville High School

in 1987. He and his wife, Angie, have ve children: Tui (17),

Moevanu (16), Malia (15), Tavita (13) and Masina (11).

Charles Stephenson joins the Utah men’s basketball sta as the

rst basketball-specic strength coach in the program’s history.

Stephenson brings nearly 25 years of experience as a strength

coach at the collegiate level. Most recently, he was the strength

coach for men’s basketball at North Carolina State from 1996-

2011 and previously held the same posion at Auburn from

1994-96. Prior to Auburn, he was an assistant strength and

condioning coach at the University of Virginia from 1987-94.

Stephenson earned his master’s degree in exercise physiology

from UVA in 1989 and did his undergraduate work at the College

of William & Mary, graduang with a bachelor’s degree inphysical educaon. Stephenson and his wife, Diane, have four

children, Tyler, Shea, Quinn and Carsyn.

Hans SteinbrennerStudent Manager

Alex HardmanStudent Manager

Austin DeSilviaStudent Manager

Derek BroderickStudent Manager

Mark BurkRice-Eccles & JMHC Director

Todd CampbellDir. of Broadcasting and Video

Alison JensenAdministrative Assistant

Mike GillilanDirector of New Media

Robert GramseEquipment Room

Robert KemenyIT Director

Dr. Dave PetronTeam Physician

Al ReiserAcademic Advisor

Colby VranesAcademic Advisor

Jordan VardellAsst. Dir. of Marketing

Managers and Support Staf


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ATHLETICS DIRECTOR / SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT 25TH YEAR

DR. CHRIS HILL

Dr. Chris Hill has spent the last quarterof a century developing Utah athlecsinto a naonal player. Among his manyaccomplishments was his instrumentalrole in Utah’s invitaon into the Pac-12Conference in the summer of 2010.

Hill, just 37 years old when he was

appointed as Utah’s director of athlecs in 1987,

has been at the helm of the department for two

BCS bowl wins, nine NCAA team championships

(four by the gymnascs team and ve by the

ski team) and NCAA runner-up nishes in men’s

basketball (1998), football (2008), gymnascs

(2000, 2006, 2007, 2008) and skiing (eight total). He has hired three coaches who became

a Naonal Coach of the Year in their sport:

football coaches Urban Meyer (2004) and Kyle

Whingham (2008), and men’s basketball coach

Rick Majerus (1998).

Hill, himself, has received naonal acclaim,

most recently as one of ve 2011 nalists for the

presgious Sports Business Award for Athlec

Director of the Year by SportsBusiness Journal

and SportsBusiness Daily . He was also the 2011

Naonal Associaon of Collegiate Directors of

Athlecs (NACDA) Under Armour West Region

Athlec Director of the Year.

Hill has served on several naonal

boards, including the NCAA Division I Men’sBasketball Commiee (2004-09), chair of the

NCAA Championships/Compeon Cabinet

(1997-98) and the NCAA Management Council

Administrave Commiee. He was on the

NACDA’s execuve commiee from 2002-06.

Among the events leading up to Utah’s

historic invitaon to join the Pac-12 were BCS

bowl wins over Pi in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl as

the rst team from a non-automac qualifying

conference to play in a BCS bowl game, and over

Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl. The Utes are

11-4 in bowl games during Hill’s tenure.

Utah’s other athlec programs have

also thrived under his leadership. The men’s

basketball team has played in 13 NCAATournaments—advancing to the Sweet 16

ve mes and the Elite Eight twice. In 1998,

the Runnin’ Utes advanced to the NCAA

Championship game against Kentucky. The

women’s basketball team has 15 NCAA

appearances, playing in the Sweet 16 twice and

the Elite Eight in 2006. The gymnascs team

leads the naon in NCAA Super Six appearances

with 18—all during Hill’s term—and was the

aendance leader for all women’s sports in

2010 and 2011.

The 62-year-old New Jersey nave has

served in ve capacies at the U., starng in

1973-74 as

a graduate

assistant

basketball

coach on Bill

Foster’s sta.

Aer coaching

boys’ basketball at Salt Lake’s Granger High from

1975-79 (he was the 1975 4A Coach of the Year)

Hill returned to the U. as an assistant coach to

Jerry Pimm (1979-81). From 1983-85, he taught

in the University’s special educaon department

before coming back to athlecs as the Crimson

Club director (1985-86). In 1987, he became the

director of athlecs. Hill was the execuve director of United

Cerebral Palsy of Utah from 1981-85, during

which me he developed a housing project for

people with severe physical disabilies.

Hill’s awards, in addion to those listed

previously, include: 2011 Utah YMCA Man of

the Year, 2004 Mountain West Conference’s

Commissioner’s Award, 1981 Milton Bennion

Fellowship, 1984 Utah Recreaon Therapy

Associaon Outstanding Service award and

1996 Utah MS Sportsperson of the Year. Hill

was inducted into the Jersey Shore Hall of Fame

in 1998. In 2001, the Naonal Consorum

for Academics and Sports gave Hill its Degree

Compleon and Outreach and CommunityService Honor Award.

He currently serves on the Catholic

Community Services Board of Directors.

As an undergraduate, Hill won three leers

in basketball at Rutgers and co-captained the

1971-72 team. His bachelor’s degree from

Rutgers is in math educaon (1972). He holds a

master’s in educaon (Utah, 1974), and a Ph.D.

in educaonal administraon (Utah, 1982).

His wife Kathy, a faculty member in

the U.’s Department of Special Educaon in

severe disabilies, received the 2010 College

of Educaon Service Award and the 2012

ASUU Student Choice Award for Excellence

in Teaching. They have two children, Aly andChristopher; two granddaughters, Addie and

Lily, and a grandson, Jack.

Aly played soccer for the University of

Oregon and has a master’s degree in social work

from Utah. She is a social worker and teacher

for students with disabilies in the Salt Lake City

School District. Christopher has a bachelor’s

degree in organizaonal communicaon and a

law degree from the U.’s S.J. Quinney School of

Law. He is employed by the Pac-12 Enterprises

in San Francisco and is engaged to Darci Motoki

Administraon

1987-present: Director of Athlecs1998-present: Special Assistant to the President Highlights

FootballBowl Record 11-4BCS Bowl Record 2-0Conference Champion 5 mes

Men’s BasketballNCAA Tournament 13 mesNCAA Final Four 1998 (runner-up)

Elite Eight 1997, ’98Sweet 16 1991, ’96, ’97, ’98, ’05Conference Champion 12 mes

Women’s GymnascsNCAA Champion 1990, ’92, ’94, ’95NCAA Runner-up 2000, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08NCAA Super Six 18 mes

Women’s BasketballNCAA Tournament 15 mesNCAA Elite Eight 2006NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2001, 2006Conference Champion 10 mes

SkiingNCAA Champion 1988, ’93, ’96, ’97, ’03

NCAA Runner-Up 8 mesVolleyballNCAA Sweet 16 2001, 2008NCAA Tournament 10 mes

SofballCollege World Series 1991, ’94NCAA Tournament 11 mes

SoccerNCAA Tournament 5 mes

BaseballNCAA Tournament 2009

Hill’s Facility Legacy

George S. Eccles Tennis Center (1989)Ute Baseball Field (1994)Volleyball Crimson Court (1994)Ute Soccer Field (1995)Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998)Dumke Gymnascs Center (1998)Burbidge Athlecs Academic Center (2001)Spence Eccles Field House (2004)Alex Smith Strength & Condioning Center (2009)McCarthey Family Track & Field Complex (2010)McCarthey Football Pracce Fields (2012)Ute Soball Stadium (2013)Football Center (2013)

Administration


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Administration

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT 1ST YEAR

DAVID W. PERSHING, PH.D

David W. Pershing proudly celebrates more than three decades of

service to the University of Utah. Named Utah’s 15th President in

2012, President Pershing serves as the university’s chief execuve

leading a diverse team of faculty and sta at one of the world’s top

research universies.

President Pershing joined the University of Utah as an Assistant

Professor of Chemical Engineering in 1977. He was named a Presidenal

Young Invesgator by the Naonal

Science Foundaon in 1984, became

Dean of the College of Engineering

in 1987, and named a Disnguished

Professor of Chemical Engineering

in 1995. In 1998, Dr. Pershing was

named Senior Vice President for Academic Aairs responsible for

approximately 1,000 faculty and 25,000 students in the colleges

of the main campus. Now as President, Dr. Pershing connues his

commitment to the undergraduate experience with new iniaves and

programs aimed at enriching academic excellence on campus.

A gied teacher and prolic researcher, President Pershing is

the recipient of the University of Utah’s Disnguished Teaching and

Disnguished Research Awards and the U’s Rosenbla Prize forExcellence. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publicaons,

won more than 20 research grants totaling approximately $60 million,

and earned ve patents. He was named Engineering Educator of the

Year by the Utah Engineering Council in 2002 and is a winner of the

Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology. He was director of

the University of Utah’s Center for Simulaon of Accidental Fires and

Explosions, fueled by a $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of

Energy.

President Pershing holds a bachelor’s degree from Purdue

University and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, both in chemical

engineering.

LIZ ABELSr. Associate A.D./Communications

ANN ARGUSTAssistant A.D./

Marketing

MARY BOWMAN Sr. Associate A.D./

Student Support Services/SWA

KYLE BRENNANSr. Associate A.D./

Administration

STEVE PYNEDirector of

Event and Facility Operations

MANNY HENDRIXAssistant A.D./

Major Gifts-Athletic Relations

WILLIAM SMITHFaculty

Representative

Athletics Department Senior Staff

DOUG KNUTHSr. Associate A.D./External Relations

KRIS GROSSExecutive Assistant

to the Athletics Director

President David W. Pershing spoke at the Utah Athlecs

“Invest in Excellence” kicko event last April.

KATE CHARIPARAssistant A.D./

Compliance

coaches and staff new

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