1867

• Saturday, Oct. 27 - First athletic event. Colorado Seminary loses to Arapahoe Baseball Club 69-30.

1885

• DU plays its first intercollegiate football game, losing to Colorado College 12-0.

1901

• Leland hired as first football coach.

1902

• Ben Griffith takes over as football coach.

1904

• Ian. 16, 1904 - DU defeats the Denver Athletic Club in the school's first men's basketball game.
• Ora Smith Fowler named football coach.

1906

• John Koehler becomes football coach.

1907

• John Koehler becomes first men's basketball coach.

1908

• DU captures first conference football championship.

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1910

• Charles Wingender named men's basketball coach.
• Men's tennis becomes a varsity sport.

1911

• Tom Berry named football coach.
• Clem Crowley takes over as men's basketball coach.

1912

• DU defeats Colorado College in baseball; ties Colorado School of Mines for state title.
• Men's varsity track and field team begins participating with regularity.
• Clem Crowley named football coach.

1913

• DU basketball joins Colorado-Wyoming Collegiate League.
• Hiram Wilson becomes men's basketball coach.
• Charles Wingender named football coach.

1914

• Henry Buckingham takes over as football coach.

1915

• DU captures first outright state baseball championship.
• Charles Wingender returns for a second stint as men's basketball coach.
• Pioneers win first Colorado-Wyoming Collegiate League title in basketball.
• John Pike becomes football coach.

1917

• Football team wins second conference title with a perfect 9-0 record.
• John Fike named men's basketball coach.
• Men's tennis team wins its first Rocky Mountain Conference title.

1919

• Charles Wingender comes back to coach basketball team for a third time.
• George Koonsman named football coach.

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1920

• George Koonsman becomes men's basketball coach.
• Fred Murphy accepts football coaching job.

1921

• George Thompson named men's basketball coach.
• .Wrestling becomes a varsity sport.
• .Wrestlers compile an undefeated record in their first year of competition under coach Granville Johnson.

1922

• Ralph Woods embarks on two-year stint as men's basketball coach.

1923

• Elmer McOevitt takes over as football coach.

1924

• Aubrey DeVine takes over as men's basketball coach.
• DU fields first men's golf team.

1925

• Fred Dawson becomes football coach.

1926

• (First name not known) Middlebrook becomes men's basketball coach.
• Pioneers defeat Regis 15-1; win first Rocky Mountain regional baseball title.
• Oct. -Football team defeats Colorado School of Mines 27- 7 in official dedication game at DU Stadium.

1927

• Burt Potter named men's basketball coach.
• Men's golf team wins first Rocky Mountain Conference title.
• Men's track and field team squeaks past Colorado by one point to win Colorado Relays.

1929

• Jeff Cravath begins three-year stint as football coach.
• Wrestlers capture conference championship.

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1930

• Stuart Clark becomes men's basketball coach.
• Sept. 20-Pioneers rout Regis 40-0 in first night football game at DU Stadium.
• Several DU women participate in Play Day in Greeley, forming a team that competed against other women in different athletic events.

1931

• Men's golf team wins the second of two straight Rocky Mountain Conference championships.
• Two Pioneer baseball players - Roy Byers and Charles Lively - honored as the school's first All-Americans in any sport.

1932

• Clyde "Cac" Hubbard assumes control of men's basketball program.
• Percy Locey named head football coach.

1936

• Bill Saunders becomes football coach.
• Denver football team posts 7-6 Thanksgiving Day victory over Byron "Whizzer" White and Colorado in front of a DU Stadium crowd of 27, 777.
• Guard Alex Drobnitch first DU football player named first-team All-American.

1937

• Jack Hauser honored as DU's first men's basketball All-American.
• DU basketball becomes part of the Mountain States Conference (name later changed to the Skyline Conference.)

1939

• Clyde "Cac" Hubbard named football coach.

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1940

• Ellison Ketchum takes over as men's basketball coach.

1943

• Art Quinlan becomes men's basketball coach.
• Mark Duncan takes reins of football program.

1944

• Cliff Rock named men's basketball coach.
• Adam Esslinger and Clyde "Cac" Hubbard serve as football co-coaches.
• Granville Johnson retires as wrestling coach.

1945

• Ken Loeffler takes over as men's basketball coach.
• Clyde "Cac" Hubbard takes over football coaching duties.
• DU football team makes its first postseason appearance, losing to New Mexico 34-14 in the Sun Bowl in El Paso.

1946

• Ellison Ketchum takes reins of men's basketball program.
• Barbara Kidder captures collegiate individual ski championship, the first national champion in DU history.
• Golfer Charles "Babe" Lind wins medalist honors at NCAA golf tournament.
• Hardin-Simmons hands football team 20-0 loss in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.

1947

• DU posts 16-4 record and earns a berth in the NCAA baseball tournament; Pioneers fall to eventual national Champion California in the first round.
• Football team defeats Colorado 26-20 before 28,063 at DU Stadium in the final meeting between the two teams.
• Men's swimming team participates in its in- augural season.

1948

• John Baker begins five-year run as football coach.
• Men's skiing becomes a varsity sport under head coach Willy Schaeffler.

1949

• Men's swimming and diving team holds first home swimming meet at DU Fieldhouse Pool.
• Men's track and field team captures Skyline Conference championship.
• Hoyt Brawner begins 13-year stint as men's basketball coach.
• Vince Boryla named first-team basketball AII- American.
• Men's golf team wins last of four straight Rocky Mountain Conference titles.
• Construction of DU Arena completed.
• December 19-DU plays first intercollegiate hockey game under the direction of Vern Turner, losing to Saskatchewan 17 -0.

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1950

• February 17 - Men's basketball team defeats Wyoming 45-33 in front of 7,236 fans in DU Arena, the largest basketball crowd in school history.
• February 18 - Hockey team defeats Wyoming 10-6 for first win in DU Arena.
• Men's gymnastics officially recognized as a varsity sport.
• Paul McClung takes the reins of baseball program.
• Track star and future Olympic gold medalist Jerome Riffle wins broad jump at Kansas Relays, Drake Relays and West Coast Relays.

1951

• Hoyt Brawner named head baseball coach.
• Neil Celley takes over as hockey coach.
• Football team loses to Hawaii 28-27 in the Pineapple Bowl in Honolulu.

1952

• Eddie Miller becomes first hockey player to win All-America honors.
• Two-time Skyline Conference champion Will Howard places second in the 130-pound class at the NCAA tournament.
• Men's tennis team captures Skyline Conference title.

1953

• Bob Blackman named football coach.

1954

• Tom Murphy becomes baseball coach.
• DU football team wins lone Skyline Conference championship with a 9-1 record.
• Thorn Murphy named men's swimming coach.
• Don Brown named DU's first men's swimming AII-American.
• DU men's ski team wins first of 14 NCAA titles.
• Three DU skiers - John L'Orange (slalom), Marvin Crawford (individual cross country and skimeister) and Willis Olson Gumping) - win NCAA individual titles.

1955

• Bill Heiss takes over as baseball coach Men's golf team wins its last Rocky Mountain Conference championship.
• John Roning named football coach.
• Pioneers repeat at NCAA men's skiing champions.
• Skier Willis Olson wins NCAA ski-jumping individual championship.

1956

• Murray Armstrong begins 2l-year run as hockey coach.
• Football player Ernest Pitts first-team All-American selection.
• Men's ski team wins third straight NCAA championship.
• Skier Willis Olson wins his third straight NCAA title in ski jumping while John Cress wins the NCAA skimeister individual title.
• Skiers John Cress, Renning Arstal and Peder pytte named AI1-Americans.

1957

• DU wins Skyline Conference Eastern Division baseball championship, loses NCAA District 7 title to Colorado State.
• Pioneers men's ski team captures fourth straight NCAA title.
• Skiers Al Vincelette (jumping) and Harald Riiber (nordic) take NCAA individual titles.
• Three skiers -Henning Arstal, Al Vincelette and Harald Riiber -named to the All-American team.

1958

• DU wins share of Western Intercollegiate Hockey League championship.
• Pioneers defeat North Dakota 6-2 for first NCAA hockey title.
• Ed Zemrau named first-team hockey All-American.
• Doug DeWitt takes over as men's gymnastics coach.
• DU wins last of three straight Colorado Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament titles.
• Men's swimming 43 dual-meet win streak snapped by Long Beach Community College.
• Two skiers - Clarence Servold (nordic, indi- vidual cross country) and Oddvar Ronnestad (jumping) - win NCAA individual championships.
• Skiers Clarence Servold, Oddvar Ronnestad and Harald Riiber named to the All-American squad.

1959

• Men's basketball team accepts a bid to the National Invitational Tournament; Pioneers suffer 90-81 first-round loss to New York University.
• Clarence Servold (individual cross country) and Ted Farwell (nordic) win NCAA individual skiing titles.
• Five skiers - Al Vincelette, Oddvar Ronnestad, Clarence Servold, Mauritz Sonberg and Ted Farwell- receive AII-American honors.

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1960

• Pioneers win WCHA regular-season title.
• DU defeats Colorado College 6-1, captures WCHA playoff crown.
• DU upends Michigan Tech 5-3 for second NCAA hockey championship.
• Murray Armstrong wins WCHA Coach of the Year and Spencer Penrose Award honoring NCAA Division I coach of the year.
• Three hockey players - Bill Masterton, George Konik and Marty Howe - named first-team All-Americans.
• Skiers Mauritz Sonberg and Asbjom Nordheim named to AII-American squad.
• Rusty Fairly named baseball coach.
• DU defeats Colorado State 21-12 in the final football game in school history.

1961

• Jan. 9 - Chancellor Chester Alter announces that Board of Trustees have voted unanimously to discontinue football program.
• Jan. 21 - Men' s gymnastics team begins streak of 34 consecutive dual meet wins.
• Denver wins second straight WCHA regular season championship.
• DU wins second straight WCHA playoff title by Defeating Michigan Tech.
• Pioneers win second straight NCAA championship by handing St. Lawrence a 12-21oss.
• Five hockey players - Bill Masterton, Jerry Walker, Grant Munro, George Kirkwood and Marty Howe - receive first-team AII-American honors.
• Swimmer Jack Kelso wins the NCAA Division I title in the 200 IM.
• Men's ski team wins first NCAA title since 1957 and fifth overall.
• Skier Christoffer Selbeck wins NCAA ski- jumping individual title.
• Skiers John Koltzow, Asbjorn Nordheim, Jim Shea, Christoffer Selbeck and Charles Ferries named to AII-American team.
• Men's soccer becomes a varsity sport.
• Edgar Laipenieks named first men's soccer coach.

1962

• Troy Bledsoe replaces Hoyt Brawner as men's basketball coach.
• Men's gymnastics team finishes ninth in NCAA team standings-
• Men's ski team repeats as NCAA champions.
• Skiers Mike Barr (downhill) and Oyvind Floystad (jumping) win NCAA individual titles.
• Christoffer Selbeck and Mike Barr named to All-America ski team.
• Jack Rose becomes baseball coach.
• Willy Schaeffler takes over as coach of the men's soccer team.

1963

• Denver captures WCHA regular season title.
• DU wins WCHA playoff title with 5-4 overtime win vs. North Dakota.
• North Dakota upends Pioneers 6-5 in NCAA hockey championship game.
• Bill Staub honored as a hockey first-team All-American.
• Pioneers men's ski team wins third straight NCAA crown.
• Aarne Valkama wins NCAA nordic skiing individual crown.
• Three skiers - Aarne Valkama, Oyvind Floystad and Charles Ferries - capture All-American honors.
• Men's soccer team begins streak of 27 straight wins.

1964

• Pioneers win WCHA regular season crown.
• DU wins WCHA playoff title by defeating Michigan 6-2.
• Pioneers finish as NCAA hockey runner-up for the second straight year, losing to Michigan Tech 6-3 in the title game.
• Men's gymnastics team finishes seventh at the NCAA championships.
• John Quintana first DU men's gymnast to receive All-America honors.
• Men's ski team makes it four straight NCAA titles.
• Skier Erik Jansen wins NCAA individual titles in the nordic and jumping categories.
• Skiers Aarne Valkama, Harald Bjerke and Erik Jansen gamer All-American honors.

1965

• First baseman Jerry Causey garners first-team NCAA Division I All-American honors.
• Pioneers lose NCAA District 7 baseball title to Colorado State.
• Hockey player Wayne Smith tabbed as a first- team All-American.
• Ski team captures fifth consecutive NCAA title.
• Rick Chaffee (slalom and alpine) and Erik Jansen (jumping) take NCAA individual skiing titles.
• Skiing All-Americans are Erik Jansen, Rick Chaffee and Jon TeIje Overland.

1966

• DU sneaks past North Dakota 5-4 in overtime to capture WCHA playoff championship.
• Pioneers place third in the NCAA hockey tournament by defeating Boston University 4-3.
• Wayne Smith honored as hockey first-team All-American for second straight year.
• Men's ski team wins NCAAchampionship for the sixth straight time.
• Jon Terje Overland wins NCAA skiing individual title in downhill.
• Skiers Oivind Skauerun, Randall Garretson, Dennis McCoy and Jon Terje Overland receive All-American honors.

1967

• Men's soccer team's win streak snapped at 27 by Michigan State before 4,018 fans at DU stadium.
• Basketball star Harry Hollines named to All-American team.
• Jim Wiste named to hockey All-American team.
• Men's ski team wins seventh straight NCAA crown.
• Jon Terje Overland (alpine), Rick Chaffee (slalom) and Dennis McCoy (downhill) win NCAA individual skiing titles.
• Five skiers - Randall Garretson, Rick Chaffee, Dennis McCoy, Jon Terje Overland and Georg Krog - are named All-Americans.
• DU drops wrestling as a varsity sport.

1968

• Denver Boone, a Walt Disney Studios creation, is unveiled as the new DU mascot.
• Pioneers men's tennis team posts 11-1-1 record; wins Colorado State Collegiate Tennis tournament.
• DU falls to Weber State in NCAA District 7 baseball finals.
• Stan Albeck takes over as men's basketball coach.
• Harry Hollines named to All-American basketball team for the second straight year.
• Denver wins WCHA regular season championship.
• DU defeats Minnesota 4-0 to win WCHA play-off title.
• Pioneers beat North Dakota 4-0; capture fourth NCAA hockey crown.
• Murray Arrnstrong named WCHA Coach of the Year.
• Jim Wiste and Keith Magnuson named to hockey All-American first team.
• Dennis McCoy wins NCAA individual ski titles in the slalom and alpine categories.
• DU skiers Dennis McCoy and Georg Krog are named All-Americans.

1969

• DU wins WCHA playoff championship with 3-1 win over Colorado College.
• DU wins its fifth NCAA hockey title with a 4- 3 win against Cornell.
• Pioneers Keith Magnuson and George Morrison are first-team All-American hockey honorees.
• DU men's gymnastics team finishes seventh at the NCAA championships.
• DU men's ski team wins 12th NCAA title.
• DU skiers Paul Rachetto (slalom and alpine), Odd Hammernes (jumping) and Georg Krog (nordic) capture NCAA individual titles.
• DU skiers named to the All-American team are Jeffy Blann, Paul Rachetto, Georg Krog and Odd Hammernes.

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1970

• George Morrison named hockey first-team All-American.
• Men's ski team once again wins NCAA title.
• Otto Tschudi (downhill) and Ole Ivar Hansen (individual cross country) win NCAA individual ski championships.
• Ole Ivar Hansen and Otto Tschudi named to the All-American ski team.
• Pioneers advance to finals of NCAA district baseball tournament, where they lose to Arizona.
• Jim Karabetsos becomes men's basketball coach.
• Peder Pytte takes over as men's soccer coach.
• Men's soccer team advances to NCAA quarterfinals. The Pioneers defeat San Jose State 2-1 in the second round before falling to UCLA 3-1.

1971

• Cliff Gauthier named men's gymnastics coach.
• Peder Pytte named men's skiing coach.
• Dave Bustion named men's basketball All- American.
• Pioneers dump Minnesota-Duluth 9-3, claim WCHA playoff crown.
• Denver places third at NCAA hockey tournament.
• Two hockey players - Mike Christie and Vic Venasky - named to All-American first team.
• Men's ski team wins its 14th NCAA crown.
• Skier Otto Tschudi wins an unprecedented three NCAA individual championships (slalom, alpine and downhill) while Ole Ivar Hansen wins his second straight individual crown (individual cross country).
• Five skiers - Ole Ivar Hansen, Otto Tschudi, Eric Poulsen, Pat Costello and Odd Hammernes - receive All-American honors.
• DU discontinues golf as a varsity sport.
• DU drops men's tennis as a varsity sport.

1972

• Al Harden takes over as men's basketball coach.
• DU takes WCHA regular season champion- ship.
• DU wins WCHA playoff championship with a 9-3 defeat of Michigan State.
• Pioneers place fourth at NCAA hockey tournament.
• Hockey player Tom Peluso named a first-team All-American.
• Skiers Otto Tschudi (downhill) and Odd Hammernes (jumping) win NCAA individual titles.
• Ski team All-Americans for the year are Otto Tschudi, Terje Gulbrandsen, Gary Nagle and Odd Hammernes.
• Jim Bain named men's swimming coach.

1973

• Denver wins WCHA regular season title.
• Denver blanks Michigan Tech 4-0 to win WCHA playoff championship.
• DU places second at NCAA hockey tourna- ment.
• Hockey players Ron Grahame and Rob Palmer garner first-team All-American honors.
• DU reaches the finals of the NCAA district baseball tourney, where they're ousted by Arizona State.
• Peik Christensen (slalom and alpine) wins two NCAA individual ski titles.
• Men's gymnastics discontinued as a varsity sport.
• John Byrden takes over as men's soccer coach.

1974

• DU sanctions first women's varsity programs - basketball, field hockey, gymnastics, skiing and tennis. Teams compete as members of the AIAW.
• First women's coaches - Heidi Weishaupt (basketball), Kathy Stacey (gymnastics), "Poo" Putsch (field hockey), Roge Holman (skiing) and Carlene Peterson (tennis)
• Peik Christiansen wins an NCAA individual ski title in the alpine category
• Peik Christiansen and Morten Aas named to the All-American ski team.

1975

• Pitcher Dan Schatzeder, who would win a World Series ring with the 1987 Minnesota Twins, sets a school single-season record for strikeouts (118).
• Peik Christiansen wins an NCAA individual ski title in the slalom category.
• Peik Christiansen named to All-American ski team.
• Barbara Breeding named women's basketball coach.

1976

• Men's soccer program switches from NCAA Division I to NCAA Division II/NAIA affiliation.
• Pioneers men's swimming program moves to NCAA Division II/NAIA affiliation.
• Women's tennis team wins Colorado Tennis Conference title.
• Roge Holman named ski coach.

1977

• Murray Armstrong retires as hockey coach after 462 wins and five national championships; Marshall Johnston named new head coach.
• Baseball program moves to NCAA Division II/NAIA status.
• Bill Weimar becomes men's basketball coach.
• Seven swimmers - Brad Busse, Jeff Davies, Mark Evans, Irwin Futemick, Clifton Louis, James Lyle and Frederic Plotkin - receive NAIA All-American honors.
• Women's gymnastics team wins AIAW Region 7 championship.

1978

• DU wins WCHA regular season title.
• Marshall Johnston named WCHA Coach of the Year.
• Ernie Glanville and Doug Berry named to first-team All-American hockey squad.
• Jim Bain named NAJA Swimming Coach of the Year.
• Men's soccer team wins Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League title.
• Ben Jobe takes over as men's basketball coach.
• Bernie Barras named women's basketball coach.
• Max Vercruyssen assumes role as women's gymnastics coach.
• Sue Pringle becomes women's field hockey coach.
• Women's gymnastics team places fourth at AIAW nationals.
• Women's tennis team wins second Colorado Tennis Conference championship.

1979

• Men's basketball program shifts to NCAA Division II/NAIA status.
• Basketball player Matt Teahan sets a school record with 61 points vs. Nebraska Wesleyan.
• DU initiates varsity women's swimming program; Marcia Middel named head coach.
• Men's soccer players Bob Wagenhoffer and Peter Howard become the school's first soccer All-Americans.
• Women's field hockey team wins AIAW Region 7 title.
• Women's gymnastics team places second at AlAW nationals.
• Women's tennis team hosts AIAW Small College nationals and finishes 11th in nation.

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1980

• Floyd Theard named men's basketball coach.
• February 12 - DU men's basketball team records first of 79 straight home victories.
• Linda Raunig graduates as the leading scorer and rebounder in DU women's basketball history.
• Dan Garcia takes over as women's gymnastics coach.
• Jody Martin becomes women's field hockey coach.
• DU reinstates men's tennis as a varsity sport.
• Men's soccer players Mustapha Zidane and Keith Cooper receive All-American honors.
• Sim Thomas named ski coach.
• April Gerard becomes first women's skier to receive All-American honors.
• Women's gymnastics team finishes second at AlAW nationals.

1981

• Ralph Backstrom takes over as hockey coach.
• Jim Reinig named ski coach.
• Men's swimmers Paul Eckenroad (200 butterfly) and Goran Jem (200 breaststroke) capture NAIA individual titles.
• Swimmer Carol Doyas captures AlAW title in the 100 butterfly.
• Women's gymnastics team places second at AIAW nationals.
• Women's field hockey team takes fourth place at AIAW nationals.

1982

• Five DU men's swimmers - Paul Stanford (200 and 400 individual medley), Tom Ullrich (100 butterfly, 400 freestyle relay), Alan Voisard (400 freestyle relay), Mike Richmond (400 freestyle relay) and Mark Collings (400 freestyle relay) - win NAJA championships.
• Women's gymnastics team wins AIAW Division II national title.
• Gymnast Karen Beer captures AIAW all-around national championship.

1983

• DU adds women's soccer and volleyball; Dave Farrar named first women's soccer coach while Ed Allbright becomes first volleyball coach.
• Women's field hockey dropped as a varsity sport.
• Men's soccer team advances to NA1A championships. The Pioneers bow out in the tourney's second round.
• Men's swimmer Dale Barschak (200 butterfly) wins NAJA title.
• Barb Standteiner named to the All-American ski team.
• Men's and women's skiing programs disbanded.
• Women's gymnastics team wins AIAW Division II national title.
• Gymnast Karen Beer captures AIAW all-around national championship.
• Athletics programs join Continental Divide Conference.

1984

• Bruce Casagrande takes over as women's basketball coach.
• Men's basketball team posts 28-4 record, advances to NAJA National Tournament.
• Gymnast Karen Beer named Colorado Sports-woman of the Year.
• Steve Swanson named women's tennis coach.
• Women's tennis team wins Continental Divide Conference championship.
• Swimmers Greg Remmert (200 freestyle and Alain Steenbeeke (400 individual medley) win NAJA championships.
• Men's lacrosse program regains varsity status.

1985

• Renee Bailey-Phoenix named women's basketball coach.
• January 8 - DU men's basketball team loses to Northern Colorado, snapping 79-game home win streak.
• Dick Peth takes over as men's basketball coach replacing Floyd Theard, who died from a heart attack in the off-season.
• DU swimmers Neil Anderson (100 & 200 freestyle and Yoram Kochavy (200 & 400 individual medley and 200 butterfly) capture NAIA titles.
• Jim Bain named NAIA Swimming Coach of the Year.

1986

• DU wins WCHA regular season title.
• Denver defeats Minnesota to capture WCHA playoff title.
• Pioneers place fourth at NCAA hockey tournament.
• Ralph Backstrom named WCHA Coach of the Year and Spencer Penrose Award-
• Dallas Gaume scores a single-season record 99 points for the hockey team and closes his career with a record 266 points. He is named a first-team AII-American for his efforts.
• Swimmers Neil Anderson (100 & 200 freestyle) and Yoram Kochavy (200 individual medley) win NAlA individual titles.
• Leanne Palrnissano takes over as women's tennis coach.
• Men's tennis team advances to NAIA national tournament.
• Women's basketball player Anayansi Rickets named to District VII AII-American team.
• Dean Kitchen named women's soccer coach.
• Chuck Ellis takes over as women's volleyball coach.
• Jim Bain named women's swimming and diving coach.

1987

• Men's tennis team advances to NAIA National Tournament.
• Women's tennis team wins Continental Divide Conference title.
• Women's tennis players Allison Hope and Caryn Honig named to NCAA Division II All-American team.

1988

• DU swimmers Noel Droomer (100 & 200 backstroke) and Jesus Crende (500 and 1650 freestyle) each win two NAJA titles.
• Women's tennis team wins second straight Continental Divide Conference championship.

1989

• Catcher Jim Elliot, DU's career home runs leader, is named to the NAIA All-American first team.
• Men's tennis team advances to NAIA National Tournament.
• Jerrie McGahan named women's volleyball coach.
• Noel Droomer (100 and 200 backstroke) wins two NAJA individual swimming titles for the second straight year.
• Albert Adetoye takes over as men's soccer coach.
• Pioneer men's soccer team posts a school-best 19-1-1 record.
• Tracey Sheehan takes over as women's basketball coach.

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1990

• Frank Serratore named head hockey coach.
• Swimmer Brian Thompson wins an NAJA crown in the 200 backstroke.
• Jerry Cook takes over as women's tennis coach.
• Women's tennis team wins Continental Divide Conference title.
• DU joins Colorado Athletic Conference.

1991

• Dave Clements becomes men's soccer coach.
• Women's tennis player Leslie McCulloh named Division II All-American and Colorado NCAA Woman of the Year.

1992

• Men's basketball team advances to NCAA Division II Tournament.
• DU reinstates men's and women's skiing as varsity sports; Kurt Smitz named head coach.
• Michael Bradac becomes DU's first NCAA Division II swimming All-American.
• Men's tennis team wins second straight Colorado Athletic Conference title.
• Women's lacrosse team participates in its first season of varsity competition.
• Lacrosse player Todd Dickson sets a single- season record for goals (57).
• Men's soccer team finishes the season with a 14-3-1 record and an NCAA Division II rank of 19th.
• Women's tennis team wins Colorado Athletic Conference title.
• Women's volleyball player Lorna Lyles named to AVCA all-region first-team.
• Jeff Hooker takes over as women's soccer coach.
• Women's soccer team wins Colorado Athletic Conference championship.
• Diana Cole becomes volleyball coach on an interim basis.

1993

• Women's volleyball player Lorna Lyles named to AVCA all-region first team.
• Skiers Atle Hovi and Erlend Loedemel capture All-American honors.
• Women's basketball team wins Colorado Athletic Conference championship with a perfect 14-0 league mark.
• Women's basketball team qualifies for the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time ever.
• Todd Dickson graduates as the leading scorer (199 points) and goal scorer (144 goals) in DU men's lacrosse history.
• Women's soccer team wins Colorado Athletic Conference title.
• Annette Wagner becomes first DU women's soccer player to score 100 career points.
• Women's tennis player Angela Mycock named ITA Division II Midwest Region Rookie of the Year.

1994

• February 24-Men's basketball team defeats Metro State 83-78; Dick Peth becomes winningest basketball coach in DU history with l64th career victory.
• Denver men's basketball team qualifies for NCAA Division II Tournament.
• Six swimmers - Michael Bradac, Mark Ramlish, Chace Passanante, Barry Rein, Eric Brushaber - receive Division II All-American honors.
• Erik Roland wins an NCAA giant slalom title.
• Skiers Atle Hovi, Bernie Lafleur, Annie Manshaus, Erik Roland and Narcisa Sehovic receive All-American honors.
• Steve Willoughby named women's tennis coach.
• Deanna Blood named women's lacrosse coach.
• George Gwozdecky named head hockey coach.
• Women's soccer team wins third straight CAC title.
• Women's soccer player Deshaunne Running named to NCAA Division II All-American team.

1995

• Pam Tanner takes over as women's basketball coach.
• DU advances to NCAA hockey tournament for the first time since 1986.
• Hockey coach George Gwozdecky named WCHA Coach of the Year.
• Hockey team defeats then-No. 1 ranked Colorado College 3-2 to win its fourth straight Denver Cup title. The game attracts the largest crowd ever to witness a college hockey game in Colorado - 16,061 at McNichols Sports Arena.
• Swimmers Michael Bradac, Barry Hein and Matt Harveson take home NCAA Division II AII-American honors.
• Women's swimming team takes Intermountain Swimming League title.
• Narcisa Sehovic wins the NCAA slalom championship.
• Skiers Atle Hovi, Bernie Lafleur, Erik Roland and Narcisa Sehovic garner All-American citations.
• Women's basketball team wins Colorado Athletic Conference title and makes second trip to NCAA Tournament.
• Women's tennis team wins CAC title.
• Women's tennis player Jane Farquhar earns NCAA Division II AII-American honors.
• Chad Ashton named men's soccer coach.
• Women's soccer team wins CAC title.
• Women's soccer player Deshaunne Running named to Division II All-American team.

1996

• Rob Oertel takes over as women's tennis coach.
• Men's basketball team makes its third NCAA Division II Tournament appearance in five years.
• Women's basketball player Kelly Cobb named NCAA Woman of the Year for the state of Colorado.
• Women's swimming team takes Intermountain Swimming League crown.
• Ryan Bradley wins two NCAA Division II individual swimming championships (100 butterfly and 200 backstroke.)
• Six swimmers - Barry Rein, Ryan Bradley, Mariano Delle Donne, Eddie Lary, Tyler Morgan and Matt Plezia - win Division II All-American honors.
• Skier Geir Skari wins the NCAA individual championship in the classical category.
• Skiers Lisbeth Johnson (classical and freestyle) and Roberta Pergher (slalom) take NCAA individual championships.
• Skiers taking home All-American honors are Kristina Andersson, Lisbeth Johnsen, Vidar Lofshus, Roberta Pergher, Erik Roland, Narcisa Sehovic and Geir Skari.