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SNOWSPORTS BUILDERAWARD FOR 2012WILLIAM “BILL”MAROLTCOACH,PROGRAMDIRECTOR & TEAMBUILDERPresident/ChiefExecutive Officer,U.S. Ski & SnowboardAssociationby Jane Wyckoff and John WatsonBill Marolt, Olympic skier, has coached skiingat the university and national team level forover 20 years. He was Athletic Director at theUniversity of Colorado for 12 years. He built winningnational teams over several WinterOlympiads, with five medals in 1984 at Sarajevoand 21 medals in Vancouver 2010. An athletefrom a legendary Colorado ski family, he was onthe 1964 Olympic team with Billy Kidd, JimmieHeuga, Buddy Werner and Jean Saubert (heplaced 12th in GS).A University of Colorado engineering alumnus,he was skiing coach there for ten years com-photo by Agence ZoomBillMarolt,was arecipientof theSnowsportsBuilderAward, inrecognitionof hiscontributionsthat havemade anindelibleimpact onsnowsports.mencing in 1968. Marolt guided Colorado toseven consecutive NCAA team championships,1971 through 1978, and produced 30 All-Americansin 10 years. After taking leave for six yearsto guide the U. S. Team through the 1984 WinterOlympics, he returned to Colorado as Athletic Director.He put together one of the strongest Division1 collegiate sports programs in the USA,including a national football title (1990) and severalmore NCAA ski championships. Under hisdirection, the University of Colorado added threewomen’s sports, in volleyball, golf and soccer.Marolt is the President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association.In 1996, he took control of Team USSA andraised the bar publicly with an oath to developan organization that would be the “best in theworld”. He developed state-of-the-art facilitiesthat would propel competitors to historic heights.In 2010, 17 American skiers and snowboarderscombined to win 21 Olympic medals at the VancouverOlympic Games.A Colorado native raised in Aspen, he continuallypushed himself to out-ski his brother(and former Olympian) Max and rose quicklythrough the junior ranks. He lettered in bothfootball and skiing in high school and entered theUniversity of Colorado in 1961. He won NCAAChampionships in the downhill in 1965, theSlalom and the Alpine combined in 1966. He alsowon three national titles: the downhill in 1963,the slalom in 1964, and the giant slalom in 1965.Marolt skied on the national teams that competedin the 1961 and 1966 world championshipsand the 1964 Olympics.He was inducted into the Colorado Ski andSnowboard Hall of Fame in 1986, and the U.S.Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 1993.Bill Marolt has two daughters, Katy andShannon. He and his wife, Connie, live in ParkCity, Utah. ▲▲Note: Jane Wyckoff is a Trustee, FWSAand John Watson is History CommitteeChair, FWSA.40 Far West Skier’s Guide 2O12 - 2O13 / See the Digital Edition of the Far West Skier’s Guide at www.fwsa.org.