Otis' Wallin-Kuntz To Be Inducted Into Colorado High School Coaches Association Hall-Of-Fame

***Press Release**

The Colorado High School Coaches Association is proud to announce its Hall-of-Fame class for the year 2014.  This is the 51st class to be inducted.

The Hall-of-Fame induction Ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 29^th at the Red Lion Hotel, 3200 S. Parker Road, Aurora, CO.  A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. with the dinner and induction starting at 6:30 p.m.  Ticket prices for the event are $42 per person and reservation forms may be obtained from the CHSCA web site at www.colohsca.org or by e-mailing CHSCA executive director John Burke at jburke24@cox.net.

Following is a brief biography of the 5 inductees.

Carl Fetters – Football – Basketball – Cheyenne Mountain High School

A 1959 graduate of Cheyenne Mountain High School, and three-sport All State Athlete, Carl Fetters returned to work for much of his career in the same high school.  Carl coached the same three sports football, basketball, and baseball that he was All State in for the Indians.  He served as the head football coach from 1968-1997.  His teams won 203 games while appearing in the state semi-finals four times and twice were state runners-up.  During that tenure Coach Fetters was the head baseball coach for four years, head girls’ basketball coach for 8 years, and head boys’ basketball coach for 8 years.  Since leaving Cheyenne Mountain in 1997 he has been an assistant football coach at Manitou Springs, Palmer, and currently at Colorado State University at Pueblo.  In addition to coaching for 46 consecutive years Carl has been married to his wife Susan since June 1, 1963, and is the proud father of Gwen, Jill, and Monte.

Ron Keller – Cross Country – Track & Field – Durango High School

Ron Keller was the Head Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country and Track and Field Coach at Durango High School from 1978-2002.  Ron ran track and field and played football at Littleton High School and received a track scholarship to Northeastern Junior College.  While at the helm of the Cross Country programs Ron’s boys team set a state record for consecutive years qualifying a full team to the state cross country meet. The Durango Cross Country Team’s won eight team state championships under Coach Keller’s tutelage.  Numerous Durango athletes won medals at the Colorado State Cross Country Championships and State Track and Field Championships.  The one that Coach Keller has fond memories of a relishes to this day is his daughter Kati (Keller) Moore who medaled in both events.  She continued her career collegiately at Colorado State University.  Ron received the Cross Country Coach of the Year Award from the CHSCA in 1994 and 1998. 

Mike Provenzano – Hockey – Palmer and Cheyenne Mountain High Schools

Mike Provenzano a 1963 graduated of Roy J. Wasson High School returned to work in the same district at Palmer High School in 1968.  Mike graduated from Colorado State University where he helped formed the Club Hockey Team.  Mike’s hockey teams won three state championships while he coached at Palmer from 1968-1999.  There were four other state runner-up teams in that span.  Mike was the coach at Cheyenne Mountain High School from 2002-2011 and added one more state championship and two state runner-up teams.  In addition to his duties as the head hockey coach Mike also served as football and baseball assistant coach while at Palmer.  Mike and Jackie, his wife of 41 have two sons Freddie and Tony.  Mike’s hockey teams posted an impressive overall record of 394-200-15.

Bonnie Wallin-Kuntz – Volleyball – Otis High School

Bonnie Wallin made her way from Newman Grove Nebraska to Otis High School where she has been coaching for the past 27 years.  She married Roger Kuntz in 1990 and they have three children Karson, Kati, and Kylee.  Bonnie’s Volleyball teams won state championships in 1998, 2002, 2009, and 2011.  There were two runner-up teams in that same time frame.  Her teams have an amazing 505-145 over the past 24 years under her rein.  In addition to her duties as the head volleyball coach she also been the head coach in boys’ basketball for one year, girls’ basketball for five years, track for eleven years, and has coached junior high sports for 27 years.  She serves as the athletic director for Otis High School and was named the 1A Athletic Director of the Year by the Colorado Athletic Directors Association.

 

Randy Yaussi – Cross Country – Track & Field - Poudre High School

Randy Yaussi did not venture from the city of Fort Collins.  A graduate of Poudre High School and Colorado State University the record setting athlete continued his successful ways coaching at Poudre High School.  He served as the Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country Coach for 25 years, and the Track and Field Coach for both genders 27 years.  Coach Yaussi’s teams won state championships in Cross Country in 1990 in the boys’ division and 1993, 1994, and 1995 in the girls’ division.  His coaching efforts garnered 30 league or conference team championships, and he coached 23 individual state champions.  Since hanging up the coaching attire in 2001 Randy has been serving as a school administrator, and is currently the principal at Highland-Ault High School.  Randy and his wife Carol have a daughter Tiffany and son Deric.