We Are Superman

This is part 2 of my chat with one of the legends of high school basketball coaching not just in Colorado, but in the country, Dick Katte. I hope you had a chance to listen to part 1; if not, please catch that first. Coach 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 surpassed this season, represented the most wins ever for a coach in Colorado. His final team in 2012 went 26-0 and culminated with his eighth state championship. During this long journey, he hit some daunting obstacles, to say the least. In 1984, he suffered a brain aneurysm that almost killed him. Nine years later, he contracted cancer which necessitated the removal of 4½ feet of his small intestine. Through each of these challenges, as we talked about in part one, Coach Katte felt like he was being tested by God to re-evaluate the way he was conducting his life on and off the court, and he came out on the other side