Chiaverini Named Interim Football Coach

BOULDER – University of Colorado athletic director Rick George named Darrin Chiaverini as the school's interim head football coach Wednesday afternoon.

Head coach Mel Tucker resigned Tuesday night to accept a similar position at Michigan State.

"I have a lot of confidence in Darrin to lead us through this interim period," George said. "He has been associated with the program beginning with his playing days 25 years ago and cares deeply about the Buffs."

Chiaverini, 42, just completed his fourth year as the wide receivers coach on the CU staff. This past season, he also served as the program's assistant head coach. Earlier this week he was once again named as one of the top 25 recruiters in the country by Rivals.com, the third straight year he has bestowed the honor.

"It's an honor to be named the interim head coach at the University of Colorado, and my focus will be to help make it a smooth transition for the student-athletes and the program overall," Chiaverini said. "This campus and the city of Boulder is where I grew up as a young man, and there's no better place to be than CU. The pride and tradition of the Colorado Buffaloes is something every student-athlete, like myself, in the country should experience."

He served as co-offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator for his first three seasons (2016-18) on the staff under previous head coach Mike MacIntyre. He returned to his alma mater where he lettered four times as a wide receiver under head coach Rick Neuheisel from 1995-98. Chiaverini was the receivers coach at Texas Tech University for two seasons prior to joining the CU staff on January 1, 2016.

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