DU's Ski Coach Has Winning Pedigree

(above) Head coach Andy Leroy will attempt to win DU's 22nd NCAA Skiing Championship in MarchFrom: NCAA.comby Jen GunnelsSkiing is one of the NCAA’s oldest championships, but only four individuals in the long history of the sport have captured an individual national title as a student-athlete and then gone on to coach a team to a national title. University of Denver head coach Andy LeRoy completed the feat most recently when his Pioneers captured the first of three consecutive national championship titles in 2008.It was an accomplishment that had not been reached in more than 30 years of NCAA skiing.Denver’s John Cress captured an individual national title in 1956 before going on to coach Wyoming to a team title in 1968; Colorado’s Bill Marolt captured individual titles in 1963, ‘65 and ’66, then led his alma mater to seven consecutive team titles from 1972-78. James Page skied to a national title for Dartmouth in 1962 and 1963 before leading the Big Green to a tie for the title...