Varsity Coach
Jordan Deignan
Coach Deignan is entering his eighth season at Green Mountain, first as varsity head coach. Prior to being a head coach, Deignan was the head JV coach at Evergreen High School for five seasons under Scott Haebe, and a head JV and Varsity assistant at Green Mountain for 8 seasons for Mike Puccio. Jordan also coached at the club level for four years for the Colorado Chaos and the Colorado Icons.
As a player, Deignan is a Green Mountain alumni playing from 2004-2008 under former state champion Rudy Martin. Coach Deignan was a part of the 2008 league championship team, the most recent in school history, and garnered all conference honorable mention his senior year.
Coach Deignan currently teaches Physical Education and is an assistant for the boys golf program at Green Mountain High School. Deignan has two masters degrees in Secondary Education and History. He lives in Littleton with his wife Sarah and his two kids, Jace and Kennedy.
Varsity Assistant Coach
Tim Deignan
Coach Deignan is entering his nineteenth overall season with the Rams. Prior to coaching for the Rams, Deignan was the varsity assistant coach at Evergreen High School for ten years under Scott Haybee. Prior to Evergreen, Tim was the level III and jv coach under state champion Rudy Martin and Derek VanTassle for twelve years.
As a player, Deignan is a Green Mountain alumni playing for the legendary Paul Davis from 1976-1980 and a member of the state championship team in 1980. Deignan played college basketball at the University of California Santa Cruz and the Colorado School of Mines. After college, Deignan played overseas in Italy and France.
Coach Deignan has been married for 37 years to his wife Becky and they have three sons; Jordan, Keegan, and Jacob and a new grandson Jace. In his spare time, Coach Deignan enjoys the outdoors with trial running, cycling, fishing, and rock and ice climbing.
JV Coach
Cory Miller
Coach Miller is entering his fifth season at Green Mountain High School, first year as the head JV coach. Prior to the Rams, Miller was the head varsity baseball coach at Fort Lupton High School.
As a player, Miller is a Green Mountain alumni playing for the Bruce Dick and Derek VanTassle from 2001-2005. During his time at Green Mountain, Miller was a part of a league championship and was selected to All Jeffco honorable mention his senior year. After Green Mountain, Cory played division one college baseball at Purdue Fort Wayne.
Coach Miller currently teaches special education at Green Mountain and is the head baseball and softball coach. Miller has a masters degree in special education from Metro State University.
JV Assistant
Jack Kwiat
Coach Kwiat is entering his second season at Green Mountain. An alumnus of Evergreen High School, Coach Kwiat earned all-conference honorable mention honors during his senior year, averaging the second-most assists per game in Jeffco. He played under Coach Deignan throughout his high school career, crediting much of his success to both Coach Deignan and former Evergreen High School Head Coach Scott Haebe.
Coach Kwiat went on to attend the University of Colorado Boulder, where he studied Accounting and Finance and earned his master’s in accounting in 2021. He then began his accounting career at Ernst & Young, where he worked while obtaining his CPA license.
In 2023, Coach Kwiat joined UDR, a publicly traded REIT based in Highlands Ranch, CO, as a Manager in their Corporate Services department.
Level III Coach
Kyle Harris
Coach Harris is entering his ninth season at Green Mountain. Prior to coaching for the Rams, Harris was a program assistant for Standley Lake for nine years under Mike Puccio where he served roles as head 8th grade coach, head level III coach and varsity assistant.
Coach Harris is currently taking classes at Metro State College as he pursues a degree in exercise science health promotion and recreation and plans to become a physical education teacher
Managers
Noah Garcia
Madison Nash
Ashlyn Wise
Movement Specialist
Kami Kugler
Kami is enjoying her forth season as the movement instructor for the boys basketball program. Kugler is a long time movement lover, finding yoga during her college volleyball career at Pacific University. She has been practicing yoga for the past 11 years and believes in yoga’s ability to elevate athletes both physically and mentally.
Prior to Green Mountain, Kami was a head coach at Alpine Volleyball Academy for 3 seasons, as well as the head coach at Dawson High School. Before moving back to Colorado, Kugler coached at the Oregon Juniors Volleyball Academy for 4 seasons under two time NCAA Hall of Fame Coach Marty Mozocchi. During her coaching career, Kami has had the privilege of helping 32 athletes play volleyball at the college level, including 6 at the division 1 level.
Kugler excels in utilizing body awareness, breath and alignment to exceed athletes’ game, both physically and mentally, using techniques that are practiced on and off the court. Kami’s passion for taking athletes to the next level has led her to work with athletes of all ages and abilities.
Kami Kugler A Native of Colorado, Kami played volleyball at Fairview High School and for Juggernaut Volleyball Club under coach Tom Paszko.
Athletic Trainer
Catherine Ortiz
Catherine is entering her sixth season with the Green Mountain Rams. Prior to the Rams, Catherine worked with student-athletes at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, CO for about 2 and a half years. She started as an athletic trainer coordinator, eventually becoming the head athletic trainer.
Originally from New York, Ortiz attended Ithaca College where she received her Bachelor’s degree in athletic training. Catherine then received her Masters Degree in exercise physiology at San Diego State University where she was a graduate assistant athletic trainer and worked with many different sports programs.
Catherine is passionate in helping others get back to their full potential of physical function to live their highest quality of life and to help them maintain their peak physical fitness. Ortiz enjoys the Colorado outdoor lifestyle of hiking, cycling, skiing and camping.
