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He went into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2002. That was during his 20-year stint as the head coach of Princeton men’s lacrosse team. Bill Tierney could have just sailed away with his HOF status and several other accolades, but he wanted another adventure. Seven years after his induction, Bill left the east coast and began to lead the men’s lacrosse team at the University of Denver. During his 14 seasons with the Pioneers, his teams amassed a record of 167-59 (69-8 in the conference), 5 Championship Weekend appearances and his 7th career National Championship. He also helped produce countless student athletes with impressive accolades like All-American, Scholar Americans, Players of the Year and All-Conference selections. Bill Tierney put lacrosse on the map west of the Mississippi.

Growing up Bill was an athlete and lacrosse came after football and several other sports. He eventually picked up a stick to help a friend hone his skills. After college, he got into coaching and quickly reached his only goal: to be his high school’s head football coach. From there new goals were set and Bill moved to the college ranks. He mostly coached lacrosse, however at Johns Hopkins, he also coached soccer (a sport he admittedly knew nothing about) and that team won. He started a family with Helen and two of their four children played for Bill at Princeton. He figured out how to coach anyone and everyone and be successful.

Bill retired from coaching in 2023. He has already done some media work and will undoubtedly do more. He plans to stay around Denver for now… until Helen picks the next adventure. It’s her turn.

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On the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1978, he was labeled “This Year’s Phenom.” Sounds great, unless you’re a 21-year-old without the skills to handle the pressure and scrutiny from the media, teammates, other players and fans. It didn’t help when Clint Hurdle started drinking to help numb the realization he wasn’t living up to expectations.

Clint bounced around several teams as a player and when he retired in 1987, he when straight into coaching. He also kept drinking. Two marriages and one daughter later, Clint decided to get sober in 1999. At the time he was the Rockies hitting instructor. Sobriety brought Clint a third marriage (going on 23 years), two more children and a transition into being a manager for the Rockies and Pirates for a total of 17 seasons. Today he continues to help the Rockies as a Special Assistant to the GM where he works with Colorado’s four minor league teams.

He's faced a lot: being an alcoholic, divorced twice, a child with a birth defect and countless ups and downs in baseball. Yet through it all he remains positive and committed to giving. Clint sends out daily emails, both Devotional and Encouraging. Sign up to receive either or both at ClintHurdle.com. To find out more about Prader Willi Syndrome, visit pwsausa.org.

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You won’t find anyone else like her. At her Catholic high school and later in college at Kentucky, she competed at a high level in sports - even before Title IX was in full force. At age 23 she landed her first head coaching gig at Cincinnati. Four years later, she was offered two head coaching jobs, one in Washington state and the other in Colorado. She chose the University of Colorado because she knew she could recruit to Boulder… and did she ever. Ceal Barry spent 22 seasons at CU, compiling a 427-242 record, 12 NCAA tournament appearances, 13 20-win seasons, 4 conference championships and countless honors including multiple coach of the year awards and various Halls of Fame.

Unlike most coaches, Ceal was never fired, however she did step down from her basketball post at CU in April of 2005 and took a position in CU’s athletic administration. She found a new passion for helping student athletes in multiple sports and left the department in a far better place when she retired in July of 2020.

These days, Ceal splits time between Boulder and Florida and tries to avoid injuring herself while playing what is no doubt a highly competitive game of pickleball.

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He was an athletic legend at East High School in Denver as well as the University of Colorado, which is why he’s in both of their Hall of Fames. Chuck Williams was also a journeyman through the ABA and NBA in the late 1960’s and into the 1970’s, but he almost wasn’t. Chuck was drafted by the 76’ers out of college, but he got ousted by a player who came over from the Lakers in a trade for Wilt Chamberlain. Chuck decided basketball wasn’t meant to be and came home. Thankfully he kept playing in AAU leagues while getting his master’s degree from CU. His professional journey started a year later, and he became one of the building blocks for today’s NBA.

After his career was over, Chuck had a hand in a couple of successful businesses, neither of which had to do with his undergrad and graduate degrees of Physical Education. Reinvention can be anything you want it to be.

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He's been a teammate, player or business associate with some of the biggest names in sports: Peyton Manning, Tony Dungy, John Elway, Tiger Woods and Arnold Schwarzenegger to name a few. Throughout Brad Pyatt’s football career he networked and learned from the best of the best. It started at Arvada West High School when he played under a brand-new high school coach named Dave Logan and the Wildcats won a state championship in 1997. The wide receiver was heavily recruited and opted for Kentucky under Hal Mumme where the “Air Raid” offense was popularized and eventually copied by many college and NFL teams. While Brad made receptions look easy at Kentucky, the game wasn’t easy on his body and he missed Colorado. He finished his college career with a year at UNC in Greeley where he soaked up knowledge from legendary head coach Kay Dalton.

Brad caught on with Indianapolis as an undrafted free agent in 2003 and stayed with the Colts for three seasons, again learning and watching some of the best players and coaches. Unfortunately, the injuries piled up in the NFL just like they did in college. After leaving the Colts, he played a couple seasons with Elway’s Colorado Crush Arena team and was done… with football.

After football, the business side of Brad took over and he started MusclePharm which grew to a $170 million a year business with big-name endorsers. A couple years before he left to start more business ventures, Brad became the head coach of his alma mater in 2014. When he interviewed for the job, he presented a 10-year plan to bring A-West football back to what it was when he played. It’s working.

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Bo Scaife is a Denver native who grew up playing several sports and credits Tae Kwan Do for teaching him discipline. Eventually football and baseball became his favorites at Mullen High School and in 1999, the tight end helped the Mustangs to a 5A State Championship. Bo was noticed by college scouts throughout high school and was heavily recruited. He opted to head to Texas and play for Mack Brown who at the time was called “Coach February” for his ability to attract the nation’s top recruits. Bo spent six years with the Longhorns due to a couple of knee injuries, one of which he thought ended his football career. He found himself in a dark place not being able to play and taking pain killers. Eventually he rehabbed, came back and was drafted in the 6th round of the 2005 draft by the Tennessee Titans where he played for 6 years. When the Titans didn’t bring him back in 2011, he signed with the Bengals and suffered what would be a career ending injury early in the season. He attempted another comeback in 2012 with the Patriots but was released before training camp.

After leaving the NFL, Bo went back to school and received his MBA which has come in handy starting a business in the cannabis industry, All Pro Farms. Bo has a vision for his farm in Southern Colorado and while he works on that vision, consumers can purchase All Pro Farms “mood” products at stores throughout Colorado. Pick your mood and All Pro Farms has a flower for it.

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He was always the best. Until Josh McDaniels told him he wasn’t.

At the age of 9, Jarvis Moss set his sights on playing in the NFL. He achieved that goal as the Denver Broncos first round draft pick in 2007. Mike Shanahan even moved up to get the defensive end coming off a BCS Championship with Florida under Urban Meyer. Everyone had high expectations for Jarvis, including himself. Afterall, he’d made it through so much get to the NFL. For instance, when he was being recruited in high school, Jarvis stepped onto a plane for the first time and went by himself for his college visits. Not because his parents didn’t support him, but because they were both incarcerated.

The NFL was tough. His rookie season, Jarvis broke his shin, went on injured reserve and to top off the pressure meter, became a dad. In November of 2010, he was cut and when he was done with football a year later, he was disgruntled with the game and wanted nothing to do with it. Until his son started playing. Today, Jarvis is an assistant coach at Cherry Creek High School where Noah is a freshman. He also helps coach with Phenom Academy a sports academy within the Phenom Phoundation, a non-profit organization.

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“I think I’ll join the Air Force just like my dad.” That was Dave Veres’ plan after high school when he didn’t have a single offer from a college and figured his baseball career was done. Then a phone call came from a junior college coach and his path was completely altered. Dave went on to pitch for Mount Hood Community College, got drafted and spent 17 years in Major League Baseball between the minors and the majors. There were numerous trades, injuries and a couple releases. There were also lifelong relationships, heartache when his best friend and teammate passed away and figuring out how to be the best husband and father to four kids who were usually in another city. Dave persevered.

In retirement, Dave works as a gas and electric utility broker for Last Mile Advisors, co-owns Bandit Energy Solutions and is the pitching coach at Cherry Creek High School in Denver. He’s also added “Grandpa” to his list of family titles.

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Born into a military family, Reggie Rivers learned how to adapt to new situations early. Not only did he move from state to state, he also spent time in foreign countries where he found one common language: sports. During his high school years, he stayed in San Antonio and attended Randolph High School on the Randolph Air Force Base. He played several sports and football eventually rose to the top. While on scholarship to Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University), he had a stellar senior season at running back and was noticed by an NFL scout. He didn’t get drafted, but was offered free agent contracts by the Denver Broncos and Philadelphia Eagles. He also had a “real” job in place after graduation. He decided to have some “fun” and go to the Broncos NFL training camp after being assured the real job would be there when he got cut. He made the team. He’d make the team six more times until he was cut before the regular season in 1997.

After he was cut, Reggie continued to write (something he’d done since high school), worked in radio and also in TV. From there, he moved into a successful keynote speaking career and wrote several books. Then, a little over a decade ago, he found what he calls his true purpose: helping non-profits raise money with a company he formed called The Gala Team. From just a few events the first year, Reggie’s team now works with hundreds of non-profit organizations each year and they are starting to expand beyond Colorado. Continuous reinvention at its best!

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Mike Myers loves a challenge. Thank goodness, because the pitcher’s resume is filled with 10 different teams: Giants, Marlins, Tigers, Brewers, Rockies, Diamondbacks, Mariners, Red Sox, Yankees and White Sox. He was in the majors with most of those clubs, however if he hadn’t taken some advice during his stop in Detroit, his run may have stopped with the Tigers. That was when a Hall of Fame pitcher told Mike he needed to add some funk to his stuff. That funk became Mike’s signature: a sidearm throw. It wasn’t easy to master, and it took Mike about 40 games in the minors to physically get the movement down and to mentally come to terms with being a pitcher in the bullpen. Prior to that, Mike had always been a starter. Little did he know how much he would love being a reliever and how far it would take his career.

These days, Mike is a liaison for MLB’s Player’s Association – a job he saw a need for as a player because he never fully understood the ins and outs of the business. The job didn’t exist when Mike retired, so he went to the MLBPA in New York and presented his thoughts. They created the job and now Mike, along with two others, split up the league and spend the season reaching out and educating players about their rights, the Collective Bargaining Agreement and much more.

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