Tag: Fernando Lovo
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Mark Kiszla: Buffs sell soul, forfeit control of Coach Prime’s tired, fading act
Ralphie doesn’t run, and nobody at Colorado lifts a finger, until genuflecting to the great and powerful Coach Prime. Long before the Buffaloes handed him a $54 million contract he did not earn on the football field, CU sold its soul to Deion Sanders. Does anybody in Boulder have the — um — gumption to…
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Colorado’s athletics departments striving to maintain Olympic sports identity in revenue sharing era
Grand Canyon cut men’s volleyball. Cal Poly discontinued men’s and women’s swimming. Washington State consolidated its track and field programs. Arkansas scrapped its tennis programs before donors stepped in to save it. Plenty more tennis programs have been shuttered across the country. In total, dozens of Division I sports programs have been dropped in the…
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Colorado joins Big 12 support for Protect College Sports Act, plots course ahead in ‘challenging’ era
BOULDER — The last weekend of May provided Fernando Lovo with another key milestone: his daughter’s first dance recital. Colorado’s new athletic director is now about five months on the job. His family is all settled in their new home and community, but Lovo’s work in guiding the Buffaloes through a “challenging time in college…
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Colorado women’s basketball coach JR Payne earns contract extension through 2031
A decade in and the JR Payne era isn’t slowing down. Colorado athletics director Fernando Lovo said Wednesday the Buffaloes are extending the longtime women’s basketball’s coach’s contract through the 2030-31 season. “I am deeply honored and humbled to sign a new contract to remain the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Colorado,”…
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Mark Kiszla: What CU sports needs more than a bright new athletic director is a billionaire sugar daddy
BOULDER – The first thing eager new CU athletic director Fernando Lovo must learn is the massive gap between wishful thinking and what it actually takes to win the Big 12 Conference football championship. Here’s a hint: Start with a $5 million quarterback. In 2026, that’s the going rate for success in college athletics. Are…
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New AD Fernando Lovo says there is ‘no limit’ for CU Buffs | 5 Takeaways
BOULDER — A small but distinguished club gained another member Monday. The University of Colorado introduced Fernando Lovo as its seventh full-time athletic director, a position that has existed for nearly 100 years. Despite Rick George not yet stepping into his new role as athletic director emeritus and special advisor to the chancellor, Lovo is…
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CU Board of Regents approves contract for new athletic director Fernando Lovo
BOULDER — Colorado’s search for a new athletic director has come to an end. After the board of regents unanimously approved his contract Monday, the Buffaloes are hiring New Mexico athletic director Fernando Lovo for the same position at CU. Lovo will replace Rick George, who has led the Colorado athletic department since 2013. According…