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Andy LeRoy
- Title:
- Head Ski Coach
- Email:
- Phone:
- 303-492-5402
Andy LeRoy, a former Olympian, All-American and individual national champion while a student-athlete at the University of Colorado, was named the 18th head ski coach on March 18, 2021, replacing Richard Rokos, who headed the program for 31 seasons.
Leroy, 45, who was a student-athlete in 2000 and won the individual NCAA slalom championship, and assistant alpine coach in 2002, returned to Colorado from the University of Denver, where he was the head coach and led the alpine team for 15 seasons from 2007-21, leading the Pioneers to six NCAA Championships in his tenure.
With Rokos retirement, LeRoy is the leader for most NCAA Championships won among active coaches, and his six titles are four more than any other active coach. Utah’s Fredrik Landstedt, another former Rokos assistant, has two while Dartmouth’s Cami Thompson Graves and Vermont’s Bill Reichelt have one apiece. LeRoy ranks fifth all-time in NCAA Championships, behind only Denver’s Willie Schaeffler (13), Utah’s Pat MIller (nine) and two CU coaches, Rokos (eight) and Bill Marolt (seven).
LeRoy was named the head coach at Denver in 2006 ahead of the 2007 season and since that season either the Buffs or Pioneers have won nine of the 14 championships in that span. LeRoy’s championships came quickly in his tenure at DU, a three-peat in his second through fourth seasons in 2008, ‘09, and ‘10, and he’s won the most recent three championships held in the west in 2014, ‘16 and ‘18, the latter two in his hometown of Steamboat Springs and hosted by the Buffs, the same location as his third championship in 2010.
While at Denver, LeRoy’s alpine teams were dominant, collecting the most points at the NCAA Championships, the mythical Alpine National Championship, 11 times in 15 seasons, including his last eight seasons at DU from 2014-21. His men’s alpine teams and women’s alpine teams both earned the most points at the NCAA Championships seven times and each also finished second three times meaning 10 of 15 seasons both genders finished first or second at the championships. His teams either collected the most overall, most men’s or most women’s points in 14 of his 15 seasons at Denver, twice earning the top spot in all three categories in 2015 and ‘20.
At the NCAA Championships, his alpine teams won 21 races as a team, seven women’s slalom, six women’s GS, five men’s slalom and three men’s GS, and both the women’s and men’s GS teams finished first or second in eight of 15 seasons while his men’s and women’s teams in slalom races each finished first or second in nine of 14 races. Overall in 58 possible races, his teams won 21 of those races and finished second another 13 times, while finishing lower than third in a race just 16 times in those 58 races.
Denver secured 29 individual NCAA Champions during his tenure, nearly two per season, the most in the nation in that span ahead of Colorado’s total of 24 titles while Utah and Vermont each had 16 champions in that span. In alpine action, DU was even more dominant, winning 22 individual NCAA Championships during his tenure, 12 more than second place Vermont (10) in that span and equal to the next three teams combined, with Colorado having seven and New Mexico five. His skiers won six men’s slalom, six women’s GS, five men’s GS and five women’s slalom titles in his 15 seasons.
Overall in 15 seasons at DU, the Pioneers had 166 All-America honors in both alpine and Nordic, second only to Colorado’s total of 167, but LeRoy’s skiers racked up 107 first-team honors, 18 more than second place Colorado (89). His alpine teams secured both the most overall honors with 95 and most first-team honors with 66, both ahead of Vermont’s alpine totals of 86 and 55, respectively.
LeRoy has also had success at the regional level, winning three NCAA West Regional titles, including his first season in 2007 and two of the last four in 2018 and ‘20. The 2020 win was especially dramatic as his slalom skiers swept the women’s podium and finished first and third on the men’s side to turn a 20-point deficit to Utah into a 10-point victory and the overall title. He has also coached the Pioneers to two RMISA regular season championships (2007, 2014), while his alpine teams have scored the most regular-season points nine times in his career, including seven straight seasons from 2013-19.
LeRoy has been coached by both Rokos and Marolt. Rokos recruited LeRoy to ski for the Buffs for the 2000 season. After he graduated from high school in 1993, LeRoy joined the National Team for then-coach Bill Marolt, who would have the team train over the summers in Boulder. Over his six seasons on the National Team, he took summer classes at CU to get started on a degree, but that unfortunately also started his eligibility clock. By 2000 when he had left the National Team, he had one season of eligibility remaining, building enough hours to be a sophomore academically.
LeRoy made the most of his one season skiing collegiately, winning three slalom races, including the individual title at the NCAA Championships. He finished 11 of 12 races with 10 top 10 finishes and six top five finishes including five podium appearances and the three race wins. While a slalom specialist, he also had two podiums in GS races that season, taking second at the CU meet and third at the Montana State meet, the same meets he won his other two slalom races.
After his one college season was over, he was rejuvenated and gave professional skiing one more try, skiing for the 2001 season before retiring from competitive ski racing with nagging back injuries and a fifth knee surgery. He returned to CU and served as a volunteer coach for Rokos for part of the 2002 season while finishing his degree.
While a member of the U.S. National Team from 1993-99, he was on the Olympic Team in Nagano in 1998, participating in the slalom. He made eight starts on the World Cup and participated in Continental Cup races in Australia-New Zealand, Europe, and North America. He won four North American Cup slalom races, three in 1997 and two in 1998, and he was also the slalom champion at the British National Championships in 1998. He won the NorAm slalom title in 1999. At the U.S. National Championships, he finished third in both slalom and the overall alpine competition in 1998.
After graduating from CU's Leeds School of Business with a degree in Finance and compiling and a perfect 4.0 GPA in his major, and before becoming the coach at Denver, he returned home to Steamboat Springs to coach for the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, and less than a year after returning, he was running the alpine program and was named Rocky Mountain Regional Coach of the Year in 2005 and Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Coach of the Year in 2006.
As a junior skier, he was a two-time member of the World Junior Team with three top 10 finishes in competition and an eight-time Junior Olympic Medalist (including four gold medals). He also held the longest win streak in Rocky Mountain Trophy Series with eight straight victories.
LeRoy was born June 24, 1975, in Steamboat Springs, Colo., and graduated from Steamboat Springs High School while skiing for the storied Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. He is married to the former Julie Barron and the couple has two children, Andrew and Lydia.
Leroy, 45, who was a student-athlete in 2000 and won the individual NCAA slalom championship, and assistant alpine coach in 2002, returned to Colorado from the University of Denver, where he was the head coach and led the alpine team for 15 seasons from 2007-21, leading the Pioneers to six NCAA Championships in his tenure.
With Rokos retirement, LeRoy is the leader for most NCAA Championships won among active coaches, and his six titles are four more than any other active coach. Utah’s Fredrik Landstedt, another former Rokos assistant, has two while Dartmouth’s Cami Thompson Graves and Vermont’s Bill Reichelt have one apiece. LeRoy ranks fifth all-time in NCAA Championships, behind only Denver’s Willie Schaeffler (13), Utah’s Pat MIller (nine) and two CU coaches, Rokos (eight) and Bill Marolt (seven).
LeRoy was named the head coach at Denver in 2006 ahead of the 2007 season and since that season either the Buffs or Pioneers have won nine of the 14 championships in that span. LeRoy’s championships came quickly in his tenure at DU, a three-peat in his second through fourth seasons in 2008, ‘09, and ‘10, and he’s won the most recent three championships held in the west in 2014, ‘16 and ‘18, the latter two in his hometown of Steamboat Springs and hosted by the Buffs, the same location as his third championship in 2010.
While at Denver, LeRoy’s alpine teams were dominant, collecting the most points at the NCAA Championships, the mythical Alpine National Championship, 11 times in 15 seasons, including his last eight seasons at DU from 2014-21. His men’s alpine teams and women’s alpine teams both earned the most points at the NCAA Championships seven times and each also finished second three times meaning 10 of 15 seasons both genders finished first or second at the championships. His teams either collected the most overall, most men’s or most women’s points in 14 of his 15 seasons at Denver, twice earning the top spot in all three categories in 2015 and ‘20.
At the NCAA Championships, his alpine teams won 21 races as a team, seven women’s slalom, six women’s GS, five men’s slalom and three men’s GS, and both the women’s and men’s GS teams finished first or second in eight of 15 seasons while his men’s and women’s teams in slalom races each finished first or second in nine of 14 races. Overall in 58 possible races, his teams won 21 of those races and finished second another 13 times, while finishing lower than third in a race just 16 times in those 58 races.
Denver secured 29 individual NCAA Champions during his tenure, nearly two per season, the most in the nation in that span ahead of Colorado’s total of 24 titles while Utah and Vermont each had 16 champions in that span. In alpine action, DU was even more dominant, winning 22 individual NCAA Championships during his tenure, 12 more than second place Vermont (10) in that span and equal to the next three teams combined, with Colorado having seven and New Mexico five. His skiers won six men’s slalom, six women’s GS, five men’s GS and five women’s slalom titles in his 15 seasons.
Overall in 15 seasons at DU, the Pioneers had 166 All-America honors in both alpine and Nordic, second only to Colorado’s total of 167, but LeRoy’s skiers racked up 107 first-team honors, 18 more than second place Colorado (89). His alpine teams secured both the most overall honors with 95 and most first-team honors with 66, both ahead of Vermont’s alpine totals of 86 and 55, respectively.
LeRoy has also had success at the regional level, winning three NCAA West Regional titles, including his first season in 2007 and two of the last four in 2018 and ‘20. The 2020 win was especially dramatic as his slalom skiers swept the women’s podium and finished first and third on the men’s side to turn a 20-point deficit to Utah into a 10-point victory and the overall title. He has also coached the Pioneers to two RMISA regular season championships (2007, 2014), while his alpine teams have scored the most regular-season points nine times in his career, including seven straight seasons from 2013-19.
LeRoy has been coached by both Rokos and Marolt. Rokos recruited LeRoy to ski for the Buffs for the 2000 season. After he graduated from high school in 1993, LeRoy joined the National Team for then-coach Bill Marolt, who would have the team train over the summers in Boulder. Over his six seasons on the National Team, he took summer classes at CU to get started on a degree, but that unfortunately also started his eligibility clock. By 2000 when he had left the National Team, he had one season of eligibility remaining, building enough hours to be a sophomore academically.
LeRoy made the most of his one season skiing collegiately, winning three slalom races, including the individual title at the NCAA Championships. He finished 11 of 12 races with 10 top 10 finishes and six top five finishes including five podium appearances and the three race wins. While a slalom specialist, he also had two podiums in GS races that season, taking second at the CU meet and third at the Montana State meet, the same meets he won his other two slalom races.
After his one college season was over, he was rejuvenated and gave professional skiing one more try, skiing for the 2001 season before retiring from competitive ski racing with nagging back injuries and a fifth knee surgery. He returned to CU and served as a volunteer coach for Rokos for part of the 2002 season while finishing his degree.
While a member of the U.S. National Team from 1993-99, he was on the Olympic Team in Nagano in 1998, participating in the slalom. He made eight starts on the World Cup and participated in Continental Cup races in Australia-New Zealand, Europe, and North America. He won four North American Cup slalom races, three in 1997 and two in 1998, and he was also the slalom champion at the British National Championships in 1998. He won the NorAm slalom title in 1999. At the U.S. National Championships, he finished third in both slalom and the overall alpine competition in 1998.
After graduating from CU's Leeds School of Business with a degree in Finance and compiling and a perfect 4.0 GPA in his major, and before becoming the coach at Denver, he returned home to Steamboat Springs to coach for the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, and less than a year after returning, he was running the alpine program and was named Rocky Mountain Regional Coach of the Year in 2005 and Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Coach of the Year in 2006.
As a junior skier, he was a two-time member of the World Junior Team with three top 10 finishes in competition and an eight-time Junior Olympic Medalist (including four gold medals). He also held the longest win streak in Rocky Mountain Trophy Series with eight straight victories.
LeRoy was born June 24, 1975, in Steamboat Springs, Colo., and graduated from Steamboat Springs High School while skiing for the storied Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. He is married to the former Julie Barron and the couple has two children, Andrew and Lydia.
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