The Casper College Men’s Rodeo Team has a history of success, particularly within the last decade thanks in no small part to head coach, Tom Parker. However, Parker’s young team was sitting back in the pack until a couple of big late-season wins earned them a return visit to the 2016 College National Finals Rodeo.
“It was a pivotal moment in my life when I was offered a rodeo scholarship to Casper College,” says Dan Cheney (AS, AAS, ’87), vice-president and chief operating officer for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
In high school, Terry and Jerry Dunn were asked to wear colorful rubber bands around their wrists so the coach could tell them apart in practice. This need for individuality increases the irony that both brothers eventually gained fame in the same profession: as basketball coaches.
Casper College’s Women’s Basketball Head Coach, Dwight Gunnare, has been named Coach of the Year in Region IX for the 2015-2016 year. The Lady T-Birds ended the year with a record of 28-5.
Both Casper College basketball teams will take to the court on Wednesday, Sept. 30 as part of the Third Annual Basketbash set to begin at 8 p.m. at Erickson Thunderbird Gym.
Casper College basketball coach Dan Russell announced Monday that it is official – two Thunderbirds have signed national letters of intent to play Division I basketball next year.
Casper College basketball coach Dan Russell announced this week that Thunderbird center Tanner Morgan has signed a letter of intent to play next year at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.