We Are Superman

We are bringing you a special treat in this episode, a sit-down chat with one of the legends of high school basketball coaching not just in Colorado, but in the country. Dick Katte began coaching basketball and teaching math at Denver Christian High School in 1960, becoming the head coach in 1964. He finished with a record of 876-233, which until this past season represented the most wins ever for a coach in Colorado. A lot of you know me as a running coach, but I actually broke into the coaching biz in basketball, way back in 1983. A dozen or more of Coach Katte’s wins were against teams that I helped coach, and it was always particularly gratifying when you could steal a rare win from the master, as we did in the 1998 state title game. Sorry Coach, I had to throw that in. His final team in 2012 went 26-0 and culminated with his eighth state championship. Coach Katte has been inducted into an alphabet soup of halls of fame, including those of CHSAA, the Colorado Sports HOF, the National High School, and Nati