Head Varsity Coach
Mike Puccio
greenmountainbasketball@gmail.com
Coach Puccio is entering his third season as the head coach at Green Mountain. Prior to the Rams, Puccio was the head coach at Standley Lake for nine seasons. Puccio has coached under former state champion Rudy Martin at Green Mountain High School as well as under John Anderson at Golden High School where he was a part of their 2006 Jeffco league championship. For 9 summers, Puccio coached for the Colorado Chaos Basketball Club where he has helped 82 players to go on to play college basketball including 32 at the division 1 level.
As a player, Puccio played at Colorado State University at Pueblo for two seasons under coach Joe Folda. Prior to Pueblo he played for two seasons at Northeastern Junior College under Junior College Hall of Fame coach Lowell Roumph. Following his college career, Puccio played two seasons of semi-professional basketball with the Colorado Crossover of the International Basketball League and 7 seasons with the Colorado Kings of the American Basketball Association.
Puccio currently teaches Physical Education at Peak to Peak Charter School in Lafayette and has a masters degree in Human Performance and Physical Education with an emphasis in Coaching from Adams State University. He lives in Lakewood with his wife Erin and son Jackson.
Varsity Assistant Coach
Alex Miller
Coach Miller is entering his third season at Green Mountain. Prior to the Rams, Miller coached for eight years at Standley Lake as well as two summers with the Colorado Chaos Basketball Club.
As a player, Miller played high school basketball under the defensive mind of John Anderson at Golden High school where he was named first team all state and 4A Jeffco player of the year. Following a stellar high school career, Miller was recruited by Metro State College where he played one season under coach Derrick Clark.
Miller is currently taking classes at Red Rocks Community College and lives in Golden.
Junior Varsity Coach
Jordan Deignan
Coach Deignan is entering his third season as the head JV coach at Green Mountain. Prior to coaching for the Rams, Deignan was the head JV coach at Evergreen High School for five seasons where he compiled a 73-26 record. At Evergreen he coached under long time Jeffco legend Scott Haebe, and he also coached at the club level for four years.
Level III Coach
Kyle Harris
Coach Harris is entering his third season at Green Mountain as an assistant and his first season as the head level III coach. Prior to coaching for the Rams, Harris was a program assistant for Standley Lake for nine years under Mike Puccio where he served rolls as head 8th grade coach, head level III coach and varsity assistant.
Program Assistants
Alex Erickson
Managers
Katie Bense
Strength Coach
Barron Underwood
Coach Underwood is entering his second season assisting with Green Mountain. This is Barron’s first opportunity working within a program construct after mainly working with local athletes individually.
Underwood attended Academy High School in Westminster and was a Varsity Starter in Basketball, All-Conference Baseball Player, and first team All-State for Football. Following short playing stints with Howard University and Colorado State University’s Football teams, Underwood finished his Degree at CSU with Bachelors of Science in Human Development with a Pre-Health Concentration.
Underwood currently works as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor facilitating his services under his company “B-Fit”. You can find him in the Denver area at Dynamic and Carbon Fitness.
Athletic Trainer
TBA