After two improved seasons, University of Denver men’s basketball coach Joe Scott signed a contract extension that will keep him on the Pioneers bench through the 2014-15 season, DU athletic director Peg Bradley-Doppes said Tuesday.
In two seasons at DU, Scott has a 26-35 record. He led the team to 11 victories his first season after they won just four in 2006-07.
The Pioneers’ 15-16 record last season with the youngest roster in the nation included four victories over NCAA tournament teams. He has a 21-6 record at home.
“We are proud of the progress that coach Scott and his staff have made since coming to Denver,” Bradley-Doppes said. “We remain committed to making DU the premier basketball program on the Front Range.”
Byrd loses opener.
Denver’s Louie Byrd, an 18-year-old flyweight, dropped an opening-bout decision to Mexico’s Braulio Avila at the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Milan, Italy.
Trailing 11-7 entering the final round, Byrd rallied with a flurry, outscoring Avila 5-3. But he came up short and Avila won 14-12.
Garmin-Slipstream adds six for 2010.
The Boulder-based Garmin-Slipstream pro cycling team added six riders to its 2010 roster: Robbie Hunter of South Africa; Fredrik Kessiakoff, a four-time Swedish mountain biking champ; 21-year-old Michel Kreder; Peter Stetina, a two-time U-23 national time trial champ; Johan Vansummeren, a veteran of Paris Roubaix; and Tom Zirbel of Boulder, who finished second behind Gar-Slip veteran David Zabriskie at the U.S. National Time Trial Championships Saturday.
Rankings update.
The Metro State women’s soccer team was ranked No. 3 in this week’s NSCAA coaches poll. Regis was tabbed 20th. In men’s soccer, Fort Lewis remained at No. 4 and Metro jumped to No. 13.
In volleyball, the Roadrunners were picked No. 23 in the AVCA coaches poll. Nebraska-Kearney is No. 5.
