***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 29th 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.
