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LARRY KRYSTKOWIAK
2ND YEAR AT UTAH CAREER RECORD: 48-45 (3 YEARS)
The Krystkowiak File
Education
University of Montana, 1996
Bachelors in Business Administration
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-time Big Sky MVP
UMs All-time leading scorer (2,017)
UMs All-time leading rebounder (1,105)
Two-time Academic All-American
Four-time Deans List member
Graduated with honors, 3.5 GPA
NBA, 1986-96
1986, 2nd Rd. Draft 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
2004-05
2005-06
2011-12
Totals

School Overall Conf.

Montana 18-13
9-5
Montana 24-7
10-4
Utah
6-25
3-15
3 years
48-45

NCAA Tournament
Year
2005
2006

Rd.
64
64
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Opponent (Seed)
Washington (1)
Nevada (5)
Boston College (4)

Result
L, 88-77
W, 87-79
L, 69-56

Larry Krystkowiak was introduced

on April 4, 2011, as the head mens
basketball coach at the University
of Utah and the man to lead the
Runnin Utes into the Pac-12
Conference.
After fighting through a 6-25 season
in 2011-12, Krystkowiak (pronounced
krist-KOH-vee-ak), has had a full year
to recruit, and establish the program
as his own with a new culture and
attitude.
Krystkowiak has prior head coaching
experience in the NCAA, CBA and
NBA, left a position as an assistant
coach with the New Jersey Nets to
become the 15th head coach in Utah
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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 automatic
bid to the NCAA Tournament. They
appeared in the Big Dance in 2006
as well, earning an at-large bid and

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. Among
the players he coached was former
Ute All-American Andrew Bogut.
Krystkowiaks other head coaching
experience was in the CBA with the
Idaho Stampede in 2003-04.
After a nine-year NBA playing career
in six cities, Krystkowiaks first
coaching job was as an assistant
coach at Montana from 1998-2000.

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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 CBAs 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.

G U I D E

Krystkowiak 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 title and two NCAA
Tournament appearances.

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advancing to the second round with
an upset victory over fifth-seed
Nevada in first-round action at the
Huntsman Center in 2006. It was
UMs first NCAA Tournament win
since 1975. Montana finished the
season with a 24-7 record, after going
18-13 in Krystkowiaks first season,
losing to No. 1 seed Washington in
the NCAA First Round.
The only three-time Big Sky MVP
in league history and two-time
Academic All-American for Montana
from 1982-86, Krystkowiak is still
the schools all-time career leader in
points (2,017) and rebounds (1,105).
He was selected in the second round
(28th overall pick) of the 1986 NBA
draft by the Chicago Bulls and played
in the league for nine years with San
Antonio (1986-87), Milwaukee (198892), Utah (1992-93), Orlando (199394), 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 Deans List
four times at Montana, including
in 1996, when he completed the
degree he began over a decade
earlier in business administration. He
graduated with honors, boasting a 3.5
grade point average.

COACHING CHRONOLOGY
Year
1998-99
1999-00
2001-02
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12

Association
NCAA
NCAA
NCAA
CBA
NCAA
NCAA
NBA
NBA
adidas Nations
NBA
NCAA

Team
Univ. of Montana
Univ. of Montana
Old Dominion Univ.
Idaho Stampede
Univ. of Montana
Univ. of Montana
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks
adidas USA
New Jersey Nets
Univ. of Utah

Position
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Asst./Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Asst. Coach
Head Coach

Record
10-14
15-11
13-16
38-14
18-13
24-7
28-54
26-56
N/A
23-52
6-25

Postseason
---CBA Finals
NCAA 1st Rd.
NCAA 2nd Rd.
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Krystkowiak and his wife Jan have five

children, sons Cam, Luc, Ben and twin
daughters Samantha and Finley.

Krystkowiak (right) was introduced as the 15th head

coach in Utah mens basketball history at a press
conference with Athletics Director Dr. Chris Hill on
April 4, 2011.

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TOMMY CONNOR
ASSISTANT COACH 2ND/6TH YEAR
The Connor File
Education
University of Utah, 1990
Bachelors 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

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 12year stint as the head coach at Westminster
College (NAIA).
Connor was a four-year starter for
the Runnin Utes at point guard. After
graduating 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 time on the bench,
Connor helped guide Utah to the NCAA
Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight as well
as the NIT final four, while capturing
four Western Athletic Conference
championships.
In a stellar 12-year career at Westminster,
Connor led the Griffins to a 264-114
(.698) overall record, while proving even
more dominant in
Frontier Conference
play with a 126-40
(.759) mark. Those
numbers become
more impressive
when considering
that Connor built the
program from scratch
after it was reinstated
prior to the 19992000 season.

Under Connor,
Westminster
posted 10
seasons with
at least 20 wins, including nine straight
from 2002-2011. The Griffins have won
seven regular-season Frontier Conference
championships and two conference
tournament titles. Connor is a five-time
Frontier Conference Coach of the Year and
his teams qualified for nine NAIA National
Championship appearances.

Connor coached 17 players to NAIA AllAmerican status and had one NAIA National
Player of the Year. The Griffins also had five
players named Frontier Conference Player
of the Year and saw 36 players earn allconference honors. Westminster was also
successful in the classroom as 44 players
earned NAIA Scholar Athlete honors and
108 players were named Academic AllFrontier Conference. Westminster led the
nation 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).

Connor is in his second year as an assistant under Krystkowiak and is serving his
second stint as a Utah. In his first posting 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 Krystkowiaks staff, Connor posted a 264-114 record as the
head coach at Westminster and was a five-time Frontier Conference Coach of the
Year Award recipient.

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DEMARLO SLOCUM
ASSISTANT COACH

2ND YEAR

The Slocum File

Education
Georgia Southern University, 2001
Bachelors in Public Recreation/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 nationally among junior
colleges
Collegiate Coaching Experience
University of Utah
Assistant Coach, 2011-present
Colorado State University
Assistant Coach, 2008-11
University of Idaho
Assistant Coach, 2006-07
University of Southern California
Director of Basketball Ops., 2005-06
Dixie State College
Assistant Coach, 2004-05

DeMarlo Slocum is in his second year as an

assistant coach with the Utes and is known
as a primetime recruiter. Prior to joining
Krystkowiaks 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 recruiting responsibilities. Before
coming to Colorado State, Slocum served
as 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 five years. During
his tenure, the Prospects were ranked
among the top five AAU teams on the
west coast. Slocum has worked at various
collegiate basketball development camps
across America, as well as the West Coast
All-Star Camp and the Adidas Superstar
Camp.

Slocum, a
native 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 Operations. In one
season with USC, Slocum was in charge of
on-campus recruiting, team travel, scouting
and camp coordination.
As a student-athlete, Slocum spent two
years at Dixie State before playing his final
two seasons at Georgia Southern, where
he earned a degree in public recreation/
kinesiology in 2001. During his junior
season at Georgia Southern, he was the
teams second-leading scorer, before
finishing fourth in scoring as a senior.

Slocum is in his second year as an assistant under

Krystkowiak. He came to Utah with a reputation as
a solid recruiter who does a tremendous job of skill
development on the floor.

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ANDY HILL
ASSISTANT COACH

2ND YEAR

The Hill File

Education
Eastern Washington University, 2000
Bachelors in Education
Personal
Birthdate: Oct. 11, 1977
Hometown: Spokane, Wash.
Playing Experience
Walla Walla Community College, 1996-97
Collegiate Coaching Experience
University of Utah
Assistant Coach, 2011-present
University of Montana
Assistant Coach, 2004-11
Eastern Washington
Graduate Assistant, 2003-04
Lewis-Clark State College
Assistant Coach, 2001-03
Whitworth College
Assistant Coach, 2000-01

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 Sky
Conference Tournament championship
game in four of his seven seasons. In Hills
two years under Krystkowiak from 200406, Montana went 42-20 and earned
an NCAA Tournament berth both years,
advancing to the second round in 2006.
Among Hills duties at Montana were
assisting with scheduling of games,
coordinating camps, on-court coaching
and recruiting. Additionally, he was
instrumental in coordinating the annual
coaching clinics and also worked closely
with the fund-raising efforts of UMs
Roundball Club.

Andy Hill begins his second year as an assistant coach

at Utah. This is his second stint under Krystkowiak after
serving as an assistant for him from 2004-06 at Montana.

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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 promotion of
the Eagles camps and assisted in recruiting
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
consecutive NAIA National Tournaments.
He was also an assistant coach and
recruiting coordinator at Whitworth
College in Spokane, Wash., during the
2000-01 season.
Hill graduated from Eastern Washington in
2000 with a degree in education.

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Norm Parrish
Director of Basketball
Operations
2nd Year
Norm Parrish is in his second year as
Utahs Director of Basketball Operations.
Parrish joined the Runnin Utes after 20
years as the head basketball coach at Salt
Lake Community College. It is Parrishs
second stint with Utah, after 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
national championship, the first in school
history, along with its second consecutive
Region 18 championship. Parrish received
the 2009 NJCAA National Coach of the
Year award for his efforts. In 2008, he
coached the Bruins to a first-place finish
in the Region 18 tournament and a
runner-up finish at the NJCAA national
championships.
A five-time 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 title and a fifth-place finish at
the NJCAA national championships. Parrish
finished with a career record of 447-198
(.693), eclipsing the 20-win mark 14 times.
Under Parrishs 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 time 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 recruiting 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 Bachelors degree from
Northwest Nazarene in 1987 and received
a Masters from Utah State in 1993. He
and his wife Kaye have three sons, Travis
(21), who is serving an LDS mission in
Singapore, Matt (18) and Collin (14).

Phil Cullen
Director of Player
Development and Camps
1st Year
Phil Cullen returns to his alma mater
as the Director of Player Development
and Camps following a three-year stint
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 in
his freshman year. One of the Mountain
West Conferences top 3-point shooters
during his career, Cullen can still be found
in the Utah record books ranked sixth
in career 3-pointers made (153) and
3-pointers attempted (396).
Cullen received his bachelors degree in
civil and environmental engineering from
Utah in 2006 and earned his masters in

leadership from GCU in 2012.

Cullen and his wife, Tara, have a daughter,
Josie.

Scott McByrne
Video Coordinator
2nd Year

Scott McByrne is in his second year as

the Video Coordinator for Utah Mens
Basketball. McByrne originally joined the
Utes midway through the 2011-12 season
after 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 under
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 McByrne
has worked with include Popeye Jones, Del
Harris, John Loyer, Sam Mitchell and Kiki
Vandeweghe.
McByrne is originally from Newtown,
Pennsylvania, where he attended Council
Rock High School South and was captain
of the basketball team. He earned his
bachelors degree in Secondary Social
Studies Education from the University of
Tampa in 2008.

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Trevor Jameson

Charles Stephenson

Athletic Trainer
14th Year

Strength Coach
1st Year

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

the University of Utah. In 2008, he also accepted the position
of Director of Sports Medicine for the Utah Athletic Training
program. His primary responsibility is working with the Runnin
Ute basketball team.
Before coming to Utah, Jameson spent four years as an assistant
athletic trainer and instructor at DePauw University in Indiana.
In addition to working with DePauw athletes, Jameson assisted
in the development of the departments CAAHEP accredited
athletic training education program and provided clinical
instruction for students.
Prior to his appointment at DePauw, Jameson worked as a
graduate assistant trainer at Indiana State University. Jameson
received his masters degree in athletic training from Indiana
State in August of 1996 and earned the Outstanding Professional
Award for his graduating class.

Charles Stephenson joins the Utah mens basketball staff as the

first basketball-specific strength coach in the programs history.
Stephenson brings nearly 25 years of experience as a strength
coach at the collegiate level. Most recently, he was the strength
coach for mens basketball at North Carolina State from 19962011 and previously held the same position at Auburn from
1994-96. Prior to Auburn, he was an assistant strength and
conditioning coach at the University of Virginia from 1987-94.
Stephenson earned his masters degree in exercise physiology
from UVA in 1989 and did his undergraduate work at the College
of William & Mary, graduating with a bachelors degree in
physical education. Stephenson and his wife, Diane, have four
children, Tyler, Shea, Quinn and Carsyn.

Jameson received his bachelors degree in physical education

and athletic training from Brigham Young University in 1995. He
worked in the Cougar sports medicine department for over two
years.
A Utah native, Jameson graduated from Taylorsville High School
in 1987. He and his wife, Angie, have five children: Tui (17),
Moevanu (16), Malia (15), Tavita (13) and Masina (11).

Managers and Support Staff

Alison Jensen

Hans Steinbrenner

Alex Hardman

Austin DeSilvia

Mike Gillilan

Robert Gramse

Robert Kemeny

Dr. Dave Petron

Administrative Assistant

Director of New Media

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Student Manager

IT Director

G U I D E

Student Manager

Team Physician

Derek Broderick

Mark Burk

Student Manager

Rice-Eccles & JMHC Director

Al Reiser

Colby Vranes

Academic Advisor

Academic Advisor

Todd Campbell

Dir. of Broadcasting and Video

Jordan Vardell

Asst. Dir. of Marketing

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DR. CHRIS HILL

ATHLETICS DIRECTOR / SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT 25TH YEAR
Administration
1987-present: Director of Athletics
1998-present: Special Assistant to the President

Highlights
Football

Bowl Record
BCS Bowl Record
Conference Champion

Mens Basketball

NCAA Tournament
NCAA Final Four
Elite Eight
Sweet 16
Conference Champion

11-4
2-0
5 times
13 times
1998 (runner-up)
1997, 98
1991, 96, 97, 98, 05
12 times

Womens Gymnastics
NCAA Champion
NCAA Runner-up
NCAA Super Six

1990, 92, 94, 95

2000, 06, 07, 08
18 times

Womens Basketball
NCAA Tournament
NCAA Elite Eight
NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Conference Champion

Skiing

NCAA Champion
NCAA Runner-Up

15 times
2006
2001, 2006
10 times
1988, 93, 96, 97, 03
8 times

Volleyball

NCAA Sweet 16
NCAA Tournament

Softball

College World Series

NCAA Tournament

Soccer

NCAA Tournament

Baseball

NCAA Tournament

2001, 2008
10 times
1991, 94
11 times
5 times
2009

Hills 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 Gymnastics Center (1998)
Burbidge Athletics Academic Center (2001)
Spence Eccles Field House (2004)
Alex Smith Strength & Conditioning Center (2009)
McCarthey Family Track & Field Complex (2010)
McCarthey Football Practice Fields (2012)
Ute Softball Stadium (2013)
Football Center (2013)

Dr. Chris Hill has spent the last quarter

of a century developing Utah athletics
into a national player. Among his many
accomplishments was his instrumental
role in Utahs invitation into the Pac-12
Conference in the summer of 2010.

Hill, just 37 years old when he was
appointed as Utahs director of athletics in 1987,
has been at the helm of the department for two
BCS bowl wins, nine NCAA team championships
(four by the gymnastics team and five by the
ski team) and NCAA runner-up finishes in mens
basketball (1998), football (2008), gymnastics
(2000, 2006, 2007, 2008) and skiing (eight total).

He has hired three coaches who became
a National Coach of the Year in their sport:
football coaches Urban Meyer (2004) and Kyle
Whittingham (2008), and mens basketball coach
Rick Majerus (1998).

Hill, himself, has received national acclaim,
most recently as one of five 2011 finalists for the
prestigious Sports Business Award for Athletic
Director of the Year by SportsBusiness Journal
and SportsBusiness Daily. He was also the 2011
National Association of Collegiate Directors of
Athletics (NACDA) Under Armour West Region
Athletic Director of the Year.

Hill has served on several national
boards, including the NCAA Division I Mens
Basketball Committee (2004-09), chair of the
NCAA Championships/Competition Cabinet
(1997-98) and the NCAA Management Council
Administrative Committee. He was on the
NACDAs executive committee from 2002-06.

Among the events leading up to Utahs
historic invitation to join the Pac-12 were BCS
bowl wins over Pitt in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl as
the first team from a non-automatic 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 Hills tenure.

Utahs other athletic programs have
also thrived under his leadership. The mens
basketball team has played in 13 NCAA
Tournamentsadvancing to the Sweet 16
five times and the Elite Eight twice. In 1998,
the Runnin Utes advanced to the NCAA
Championship game against Kentucky. The
womens basketball team has 15 NCAA
appearances, playing in the Sweet 16 twice and
the Elite Eight in 2006. The gymnastics team
leads the nation in NCAA Super Six appearances
with 18all during Hills termand was the
attendance leader for all womens sports in
2010 and 2011.

The 62-year-old New Jersey native has
served in five capacities at the U., starting in

1973-74 as
a graduate
assistant
basketball
coach on Bill
Fosters staff.
After coaching
boys basketball at Salt Lakes 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 Universitys special education department
before coming back to athletics as the Crimson
Club director (1985-86). In 1987, he became the
director of athletics.

Hill was the executive director of United
Cerebral Palsy of Utah from 1981-85, during
which time he developed a housing project for
people with severe physical disabilities.

Hills awards, in addition to those listed
previously, include: 2011 Utah YMCA Man of
the Year, 2004 Mountain West Conferences
Commissioners Award, 1981 Milton Bennion
Fellowship, 1984 Utah Recreation Therapy
Association 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 National Consortium
for Academics and Sports gave Hill its Degree
Completion and Outreach and Community
Service Honor Award.

He currently serves on the Catholic
Community Services Board of Directors.

As an undergraduate, Hill won three letters
in basketball at Rutgers and co-captained the
1971-72 team. His bachelors degree from
Rutgers is in math education (1972). He holds a
masters in education (Utah, 1974), and a Ph.D.
in educational administration (Utah, 1982).

His wife Kathy, a faculty member in
the U.s Department of Special Education in
severe disabilities, received the 2010 College
of Education Service Award and the 2012
ASUU Student Choice Award for Excellence
in Teaching. They have two children, Aly and
Christopher; two granddaughters, Addie and
Lily, and a grandson, Jack.

Aly played soccer for the University of
Oregon and has a masters degree in social work
from Utah. She is a social worker and teacher
for students with disabilities in the Salt Lake City
School District. Christopher has a bachelors
degree in organizational communication 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.

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Administration

DAVID W. PERSHING, PH.D

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT 1ST YEAR
David W. Pershing proudly celebrates more than three decades of
service to the University of Utah. Named Utahs 15th President in
2012, President Pershing serves as the universitys chief executive
leading a diverse team of faculty and staff at one of the worlds top
research universities.
President Pershing joined the University of Utah as an Assistant
Professor of Chemical Engineering in 1977. He was named a Presidential

President David W. Pershing spoke at the Utah Athletics

Invest in Excellence kickoff event last April.

Young Investigator by the National

Science Foundation in 1984, became
Dean of the College of Engineering
in 1987, and named a Distinguished
Professor of Chemical Engineering
in 1995. In 1998, Dr. Pershing was
named Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs responsible for
approximately 1,000 faculty and 25,000 students in the colleges
of the main campus. Now as President, Dr. Pershing continues his
commitment to the undergraduate experience with new initiatives and
programs aimed at enriching academic excellence on campus.

A gifted teacher and prolific researcher, President Pershing is
the recipient of the University of Utahs Distinguished Teaching and
Distinguished Research Awards and the Us Rosenblatt Prize for
Excellence. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications,
won more than 20 research grants totaling approximately $60 million,
and earned five patents. He was named Engineering Educator of the
Year by the Utah Engineering Council in 2002 and is a winner of the
Governors Medal for Science and Technology. He was director of
the University of Utahs Center for Simulation of Accidental Fires and
Explosions, fueled by a $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of
Energy.

President Pershing holds a bachelors degree from Purdue
University and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, both in chemical
engineering.

Athletics Department Senior Staff

LIZ ABEL

ANN ARGUST
Assistant A.D./
Marketing

MARY BOWMAN

Sr. Associate A.D./

Student Support Services/SWA

KYLE BRENNAN

KATE CHARIPAR

KRIS GROSS

MANNY HENDRIX

DOUG KNUTH

STEVE PYNE

WILLIAM SMITH

Sr. Associate A.D./

Communications

Executive Assistant
to the Athletics Director

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Assistant A.D./
Major Gifts-Athletic Relations

M E D I A

G U I D E

Sr. Associate A.D./

External Relations

Sr. Associate A.D./

Administration

Director of
Event and Facility Operations

Assistant A.D./
Compliance

Faculty
Representative