colorado buffaloes Director of Player Development sean kearney Sean Kearney is in his sixth year with the University included five seasons with 10-plus wins. of Colorado men’s staff as the Director of Kearney also coached at least one player in each of Player Development, bringing nearly three decades of his nine seasons that was named to the Big East All- coaching experience to the Buffaloes. Conference team, including a pair of conference player He has enjoyed high-level success throughout his of year nominees, one rookie of the year, and nine first career at the collegiate level. Kearney has been on staff team selections. with 12 NCAA Tournament teams, including Colorado’s Kearney aided in the development of first-round NBA last two (2014 and ‘16). Draft picks in 2001 and Ryan Humphrey Regarded as one of the most respected and well- in 2002. Also under his tutelage, 2006 graduate Torin liked coaches in the game today, Kearney was the Francis earned Big East All-Conference honors two of KEARNEY FILE Associate Head Coach at the his four seasons (as an all-rookie team 2003 selection, under head coach from 2000 through 2009. 2004 all-conference honorable mention) and finished Family: Wife, Kimberly; With the Irish, Kearney was part of nine postseason his career as one of only seven players in school Daughters, Erin and Shannon teams, including five NCAA Tournaments (Sweet 16 history with better than 1,000 career points and 900 Hometown: Darby, Pa. in 2003) and four NIT berths. Notre Dame posted rebounds. Forward was named 2008 High School: Cardinal O’Hara (Springfield, Pa.) a 188-101 record for a 61.0 winning percentage that Big East Player of the Year and is the first player in College: University of Scranton (Pa.) 1981 included six 20-win campaigns and finished with an league history to lead the conference in scoring in back- 88-60 record in Big East regular season play that to-back seasons. COACHING CAREER 2013-present Director of Player Development University of Colorado 2009-10: Head Coach at the College of Holy Cross 2000-09: Associate Head Coach, University of Notre Dame 1998-2000: Associate Head Coach, University of Delaware 1991-98: Assistant Coach, University of Delaware 1988-91: Assistant Coach, Northwestern University 1987-88: Assistant Coach, Philadelphia Textile 1986-87: Volunenteer Assistant Coach, Providence College 1981-86: Assistant Coach, Cardinal O’Hara High School

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“Sean is a great asset to our staff,” Boyle said. “Sean brings a lot of experience systems analyst for Cigna. It was during that time that Kearney joined the staff of as an assistant and head coach, has a great perspective. He’s a great-sounding the prestigious Five-Star Basketball Camps. That association helped him move on board for me based on all the years of his experience he has in the game. to the college coaching ranks. “He has recruiting ties all-around the country,” Boyle added. “Sean has His collegiate coaching career began in dramatic fashion at Providence College recruited nationally from coast-to-coast and has a lot of ties back east that some as a volunteer assistant under Hall of Fame head coach Rick Pitino. There he of our coaches on staff don’t necessarily have.” was on coaching staff that included Herb Sendek (former Arizona State head After Notre Dame, Kearney was the men’s basketball head coach for one year coach), Stu Jackson (former NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations), at the College of the Holy Cross (2009-10). Gordie Chiesa (former NBA assistant), and Jeff Van Gundy (former NBA Although not on the coaching sideline for three years after leaving Holy Cross assistant and head coach). (2010-13), Kearney was not far from the college game working as a color analyst During his only season at the Providence, R.I. school, the Friars advanced to the for Irish radio broadcasts, in addition to Big East and Big Ten games with ESPN 1987 Final Four in New Orleans by winning the Southeast Regional championship, during the 2012-13 season. During October and November months, Kearney marking the school’s second national semifinal appearance. traveled throughout the country attending NBA training camps and early season After Pitino moved to the NBA’s , Kearney became an assistant basketball practices at numerous college campuses. under Hall of Fame coach Herb Magee at Division II power Philadelphia Textile Prior to Notre Dame, Kearney spent nine years (1991-2000) at the University (now Philadelphia University). After just one season, he moved to Northwestern of Delaware where he helped the Blue Hens to four NCAA Tournament appearances where he was an assistant coach under Bill Foster from 1988-91. (1992, 1993, 1998, 1999). Kearney graduated with honors from the University of Scranton in 1981 with In each of his final three years at Delaware, the Blue Hens registered at least a bachelor’s degree in political science, was a four-year member of the Royals’ 20 wins, a first in that school’s history. Kearney was instrumental in developing basketball team. In his final two seasons, Scranton finished with consecutive 18-11 the Blue Hens’ post players. Three of the players he worked with -- Greg Smith, records. He was a member of teams that won three Middle Atlantic Conference Spencer Dunkley and Mike Pegues -- combine to hold over 20 Blue Hens records. titles and earned three NCAA Division III playoff appearances. As a senior, he Kearney began his coaching career in 1981 as an assistant at his alma mater, averaged 4.2 assists per game. Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield, Pa. Born Nov. 14, 1959 in Darby, Pa., he is married to the former Kimberly Lancaster. From 1981-86, he spent five years working with his former high school coach, The couple have two daughters, Erin and Shannon. Bud Gardler. While coaching at Cardinal O’Hara, he was employed as a senior

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www.CUBuffs.com /CUBuffsMBB @CUBuffsMBB 51 colorado buffaloes Director of Basketball Operations Bill Cartun Bill Cartun is in his ninth year with the University of Colorado men’s basketball staff and his seventh as the Director of Basketball Operations. Cartun is responsible for directing the day-to-day operations of the basketball program, overseeing the budget, and coordinating team travel and video. He also serves as the camp director of the CU basketball summer camps, which continues to grow with record numbers each and every summer. In addition to his operation duties, Cartun is also the team’s video coordinator, supervising all aspects of the team’s film and video needs, including opponent scouting, coordinating film exchange, managing the video room and supplying the coaching staff with game film. “Bill is very dependable and continues to branch out in his roles on our staff with the operations and team travel, along with his video coordination ability,” said CU head coach Tad Boyle. “Bill’s the best video guy I have ever been around in the business; very dependable and handles a lot of details in our office. He continues to develop and grow as a coach.” Prior to coming to the Boulder campus, Cartun spent three years (2007-10) with the of Connecticut in 2007. While at UConn he worked with the men’s basketball team as Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA as the basketball operations assistant and assistant video a student assistant. coordinator. With the Bobcats, he prepared video scouting edits for the coaches and Cartun is a 2000 graduate of Avon High School in Avon, Conn., where he was a players, scouted collegiate talent, and assisted in NBA draft preparation. two-time all-State basketball selection. After high school he did a post graduate year at He is a 2005 graduate of Bates College where he received his bachelor’s degree in Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, Conn. economics. Cartun earned a master’s degree in sport management from the University Cartun, his wife Ashley and their daughter Julianna, reside in Superior.

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52 2018-19 COLORADO BASKETBALL colorado buffaloes Basketball Support Staff Troy Andre Rawley Klingsmith Associate Sports Information Associate Athletic Trainer Director Rawley Klingsmith is in his sixth year with the Troy Andre is in his 16th year with the Colorado University of Colorado sports medicine staff as Sports Information Office, joining the Buffalo staff the athletic trainer for men’s basketball and the in July 2003 from the University of Minnesota- spirit squad. Duluth. Along with duties of internet managing Prior to coming to Boulder, Klingsmith was an editor, he was promoted from assistant director to integral part of the University of Northern Colorado associate director on Dec. 1, 2016. His primary responsibilities are handling the SID sports medicine staff since 2004. In January duties for men’s basketball, assisting in the computer statistical needs for CU’s other sports, 2012, he was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Human Performance - Head and serving as the webmaster for CUBuffs.com, the school’s Internet website. Andre is an Athletic Trainer. active member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) where he During the summer of 2015 (July), Klingsmith was the athletic trainer for the 2015 has served on the prestigious Academic All-America committee since 2003. United States Pan American men’s basketball team in Toronto (bronze medal). In March of 2013, he served as the Media Coordinator for the first and second rounds Klingsmith is reunited with CU men’s basketball head coach Tad Boyle, who coached of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament in Boulder. it was his second go-around in the Bears from 2006-2010. At UNC, Klingsmith helped with all of Northern Colorado’s 19 that role as he also headed media operations for the 2006 event at the Pepsi in intercollegiate sports, assisting with student athletic training instruction and coordinating Denver. The past 12 summers he has worked as a stringer for Major League Baseball physician/doctor involvement. Advanced Media at Coors Field for Colorado Rockies games, where he logs play-by-play “Rawley has great prospective, because he was the trainer at Northern Colorado with for MLB.com’s interactive Gameday platform. me from day one,” said CU head coach Tad Boyle. “He has a great feel for athletes; Andre worked for five years at Minnesota-Duluth both as the assistant sports he’s dealt with professional athletes with his background with the Denver Broncos. He’s information director and ticket manager, helping to publicize and promote 14 NCAA a great reader of people (student-athletes) and I think as a trainer, the psychological Division II sports and two NCAA Division I programs. He was UMD’s primary contact for volleyball, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball; maintained aspect of injuries and recovery from injuries isn’t talked about enough, and Rawley has UMD’s official website; supervised the office work-study students; and in 2003, a great feel for that.” coordinated the marketing, promotion and ticket sales for the 2003 Women’s Frozen Klingsmith graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in May of 2000 with a Four. bachelor of arts degree in kinesiology/athletic training. As an undergraduate, Klingsmith He graduated in 1996 from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s was a student athletic trainer and assisted with football, baseball, wrestling, soccer, degree in journalism and mass communication with an emphasis in public relations and volleyball and swimming. advertising. He attended graduate school at North Dakota State University, majoring in Following graduation, he was a graduate assistant at the University of Oregon in mass communication, and worked for two years as a graduate assistant in NDSU’s sports Eugene. For the Ducks, he assisted with the athletic training needs for the football and information office between 1996 and 1998. wrestling programs and graduated with his master of science in sports medicine in April At UNC, he worked two years in the Bears’ sports information office as a student 2002. assistant, and also was a sports reporter for the Greeley Tribune, a job he actually started From March of 2002 to June of 2003, Klingsmith was an intern with the Denver in high school and held for over five years. He covered the Denver Broncos training camp Broncos, where he assisted with injuries as well as travel preparation and setup for as a beat reporter for the Tribune, and later would work as a summer intern for the the training staff. He has also worked for Langford Sports and Physical Therapy in Broncos in 1996 following his senior year in college. He also staffed the 2017 NCAA Final Four in Glendale, Ariz., 2008 NCAA Frozen Four Albuquerque, N.M. from August 2003 until May 2004 as well as interning with the and 2007 NCAA men’s hockey West Regional in Denver, game four of the 2007 World University of New Mexico training staff. Series at Coors Field, the 2003 NCAA Volleyball Championships in Dallas, the 2003 Klingsmith is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and the Rocky NCAA Midwest Men’s Basketball Regional in Minneapolis, co-chaired the statistical crews Mountain Athletic Trainers Association. for the 2001 and 2002 NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Elite Eight in Rochester, Klingsmith, a native of Karval, Colo., graduated high school from a class of seven in Minn., served two years as the official scorekeeper for the Duluth-Superior Dukes of 1995. He also lettered in baseball. He is married to the former Corri Lain. the Independent Northern League, and was a summer board operator for KFKA-Radio (Greeley, Colo.). He also worked tournament week at the 1996 International at Castle Pines. Born in Fort Collins, Colo., he graduated from University High School in Greeley, Colo., where he lettered in cross country and was also active in statistical work with football, basketball and baseball. He is married to the former Danielle Driscoll, originally of East Grand Forks, Minn.

www.CUBuffs.com /CUBuffsMBB @CUBuffsMBB 53 colorado buffaloes Stephen Englehart Marge Marcy Director of Strength & Conditioning Assistant to the Head Coach for Olympic Sports Marge Marcy is in her 10th year in the University Stephen Englehart is in his third season as the of Colorado Athletic Department and ninth as the Strength & Conditioning Coach for men’s basketball assistant to head coach Tad Boyle. and eighth overall at Colorado. His duties expanded Marcy works closely with the CU coaches, to the Director of Strength & Conditioning for assisting them with their schedules, travel Olympic Sports in July 2018. and recruiting responsibilities. She coordinates Prior to his duties with men’s basketball, administrative duties involving the basketball staff which started in April 2016, he worked with the and the student-athletes. Marcy is also Co-Director Buffaloes’ football, women’s soccer, women’s golf, men’s golf and tennis programs. for the CU Boys Basketball Camps handling administration and registration. He is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) by the National With an experienced resume working as an executive assistant, Marcy previously Strength and Conditioning Association. He also holds certifications with USAW, FMS worked for Intrawest (Golden), Vail Resorts, and Mobile Tool International (Westminster). and TPI Level 1&2. Born in Chicago, Ill., Marcy graduated from Maine East High School (Park Ridge, Ill.) Englehart, 37, came to CU from Southern Methodist University, where he worked and attended San Jose (Calif.) Community College. one year (2010) as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Mustangs. She is married to Keith Marcy and the couple has two sons, Rob and Shaun, and That followed one season (2009) as the head football strength coach at Portland State two grandchildren. University, his first full-time year in the profession. He got his start in the business as a She is an avid sailor and boater, and enjoys traveling on extended sailing vacations. graduate assistant at the University of Hawai’i, where he spent three years (2006-08). At Hawaii he was in charge of men’s and women’s basketball as well as other sports. He was on the Warrior staff the year the UH earned a Sugar Bowl invitation against Georgia Nick Sprouse as a “BCS” buster following a 12-0 regular season in 2007. Director of Olympic Sports/ While at Hawai’i, he earned his Master’s in Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science Equipment Operations in the spring of 2009. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Nick Sprouse rejoined the Colorado Southeastern Louisiana University in 2005. equipment staff in August of 2016. He oversees He was born June 5, 1981 in New Orleans, and graduated from Fountainbleau High the equipment needs of the volleyball, lacrosse School (Mandeville, La.), where he lettered in basketball. His twin brother, Chad, is the and men’s and women’s basketball programs. head strength coach for the Washington Redskins. He is married to the former Laura Sprouse previously served on the CU Williams (a registered nurse at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center in Longmont); the equipment staff from 2005-2011 and during that couple has three children, Braylon (10), Coralee (5) and Magnolia (2). time he worked with all of CU’s intercollegiate sport programs. After he left Colorado in 2011, Sprouse joined the sales and reconditioning team at Cory Harbor Denver Athletic Supply before moving back into the equipment field as an assistant at Assistant Director/Academics Colorado State. He originally came to Colorado in 2005 from the University of Arizona where he was an equipment intern for three years. Cory Harbor is in his second year as an assistant Sprouse graduated from Philip Barbour High School (West Virgina) in 1997 and director of academics in the Herbst Academic earned his bachelor’s in recreation administration in 2002 at Ashland University Center, working with the men’s basketball and where he served as a student equipment manager. He is married to the former Linda cross country and track & field programs. Harbor Poncin and the couple has a daughter, Lily. also serves on CU Boulder’s StrengthFinders Advisory Committee. Prior to his arrival at Colorado, he was an academic advisor at Northwestern (2013-2016). Harbor also worked as an academic counselor at Illinois (2011-2013) and Missouri State (2010-2011). A four-year letterwinner on the football team at MSU, Harbor earned his bachelor’s degree in sports administration in 2008 and his master’s in sports administration in 2009 and his MBA in 2018. Harbor and his wife, Nicole, have a son, Luca and daughter Liviana. He enjoys working out, being outside, playing basketball, reading and spending time with family.

54 2018-19 COLORADO BASKETBALL colorado buffaloes Mark Johnson Deric Swanson Director of Audio Broadcasting Executive Director of BuffVision Mark Johnson is in his 15th year as the play-by- Deric Swanson is in his 20th year as the play voice for Colorado basketball. After a 13-year executive director of BuffVision, coordinating all run as the sports director at KOA, Johnson is in aspects of production involving the video display his second year as a full-time employee of the boards at Folsom Field and the CU Events Center, Colorado Athletic Department as the director of both upgraded earlier this decade to a near $10 audio broadcasting. He continues call play-by-play million operation for both facilities combined. He for the football and men’s basketball teams while is the only director the area has ever had since it also serving as the lead voice on the Buffaloes’­ was created in 1999. multi-media and digital platforms. Prior to joining Newsradio 850 KOA in 2004, Johnson Swanson, 44, is considered one of the best in his field and came to CU from the previously spent two years as the “Voice of the Orange” for the Syracuse University National Hockey League’s Colorado Avalanche, where he had worked for a brief time as football and men’s basketball programs. He called the national championship basketball the manager of game entertainment and video production. He had previously worked season for the Orange during the 2002-03 season. Before his time in Syracuse, Johnson three-plus seasons with the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, first as a stadium camera was the play-by-play announcer for four years at Illinois State University and earned operator, and then as video production coordinator, including the 1998 Major League three Silver Dome Awards for best play-by-play broadcast in the state of Illinois. He Baseball All-Star Game at Coors Field. also worked for two years as an announcer for the University of North Dakota. Johnson In 2003, BuffVision won the Golden Matrix Award for “Best Overall Video Display” earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from North Dakota in 1992. He and his in the University Division at the Information Display and Entertainment Association wife, Susan, have two sons, Jacob; Nicolas, a 2014 under- and MBA graduate from (IDEA) conference in Atlanta. CSU-Pueblo; and a daughter, Halle, a 2014 CU graduate. The following year, BuffVision was awarded two distinctions, one for the 2004 Aurora Awards, a Platinum Best of Show statue for In-Game Entertainment Graphics/ Design, and a Telly Award for The Buffalo Stampede, CU’s coaches’ show. In 2006 and Scott Wilke 2007, BuffVision won three more Telly Awards for Swanson’s production, including two KOA Radio Analyst for the “Ralphie on Campus” institutional spot and another for The Buffalo Stampede, Scott Wilke enters his sixth year as the and in 2013 earned another Telly for a production involving CU’s Men’s Basketball analyst for CU Basketball. Wilke left his mark team and the Navy SEALs. on the CU record book from 1984-88 averaging He is a 1996 graduate of Colorado State University, earning his bachelor’s degree 12.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. Entering in technical journalism and broadcasting. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and was the 2016-17 season, Wilke continues to rank recognized as CSU’s outstanding graduate in journalism. in a number of categories, including No. 9 in He was born May 24, 1974 in Oakland, Calif., and attended two high schools. His percentage (.536), No. 14 in scoring father was stationed in the Azores, Portugal, and he spent two years at Lajes High (1,366) and No. 24 in rebounding (576). After School, where he lettered in football, soccer, volleyball and basketball. After moving college, Wilke played professional basketball for 12 years in Europe, including five to Colorado, he graduated from Liberty High School in Colorado Springs, where he years in England, and three years in Luxembourg. He also played in Australia, Japan, lettered in football. He played volleyball on CSU’s club team for three years. Swanson Austria, and Finland. Wilke is in his 14th year at Horizon High School in Thornton, has also competed in eight IronMan events, including a personal best of 11 hours and where he teaches business and marketing courses. He’s also an advisor for DECA and 29 minutes in Phoenix, Ariz., in 2009. FBLA (co-curricular clubs). Wilke graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business from He has two sons, Gavin (10) and Dane (8). CU in 1988 and earned a master’s degree in business administration through Bellevue University (Nebraska) in 2006. Wilke and his wife, Susan, have two sons, Alex, a May 2014 CU graduate; Jax and a daughter, Phoenix. Neill Woelk Contributing Editor, CUBuffs.com Neill Woelk, a veteran journalist of 36 years with many ties to the University of Colorado and Boulder communities, joined CUBuffs.com as its contributing editor in July 2015. Woelk spent 30 years as a sports reporter, columnist, assistant sports editor and sports at the Boulder Daily Camera, where he covered a multitude of CU sports and events. He also worked for newspapers in Oregon and Utah. Woelk is a 1982 CU graduate and a Colorado native. He was the 1999 Colorado sportswriter of the year and has received numerous Colorado Press Association awards for his work.

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Ceal Barry Ben Broussard Jason DePaepe Cory Hilliard Kris Livingston Miguel Rueda Laura Anderson Deputy AD/SWA Senior Associate AD/ Senior Associate AD/ Senior Associate AD/ Senior Associate AD/ Senior Associate AD/ Associate AD/ Advancement Internal Operations Business Operations/CAFO Student Success Health & Wellness Performance Nutrition

Matt Biggers Lance Carl J.T. Galloway Jill Keegan David Plati Tracy Tripp Alexis Williams Associate AD/Chief Associate AD/Business/ Associate AD/Equipment Associate AD/ Associate AD/Sports Associate AD/ Associate AD/Ticket Marketing Officer Student-Athlete and Licensing Compliance Information Director Human Resources Operations & Sales Development

Emily Canova Josi Carlson Orville Jennings Prema Khanna Ted Ledbetter Lindsey Lew Scott McMichael Assistant AD/ Assistant AD/ Assistant AD/ Assistant AD/Director Assistant AD/ Assistant AD/Digital & Assistant AD/ Special Projects Special Events CU Events Center of Marketing Development Database Marketing Development

Alisha Cash Palas Marcus Palas Dr. Eric McCarty Chris Bader Lindsey Edwards Bart Emery Kasey Gengler Assistant AD/ Assistant AD/Senior Director of Sports Counseling and Sport Spirit Squad Coordinator CU Events Center Coordinator of Athletic Business Operations Director of Development Medicine Psychologist Events & Facilities

Lance Gerlach Jennifer Green Carly Herm Erin Kreymborg Eric Pelloni Rachel Ripken Stephanie Buffalo Sports Properties/ Game Operations Facilities Coordinator of Athletic Alumni C Club Director Associate Director of Community Outreach Van De Creek General Manager Administration Events & Facilities BuffVision Manager Assistant Ticket Manager

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