{"id":16,"date":"2014-05-07T23:34:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T23:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenmountainbasketball.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-11-23T17:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:21:31","slug":"coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greenmountainbasketball.com\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Varsity Coach<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jordan Deignan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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,\u00a0and a head JV and Varsity assistant\u00a0at 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.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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As a player, Deignan is a Green Mountain alumni playing from 2004-2008 under former state champion Rudy Martin.\u00a0 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.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Coach Deignan currently teaches Physical Education and is an assistant\u00a0for the boys golf program at Green Mountain High School.\u00a0 Deignan has two masters degrees in Secondary Education and History.\u00a0 He lives in Littleton with his wife Sarah and his two kids, Jace and Kennedy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Varsity Assistant Coach<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Deignan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coach Deignan is entering his nineteenth overall season with the Rams.\u00a0 Prior to coaching for the Rams, Deignan was the varsity assistant coach at Evergreen High\u00a0 School for ten years under Scott Haybee.\u00a0 Prior to Evergreen, Tim was the level III and jv coach under state champion Rudy Martin and Derek VanTassle for twelve years.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 Deignan played college basketball at the University of California Santa Cruz and the Colorado School of Mines.\u00a0 After college, Deignan played overseas in Italy and France.<\/b><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 In his spare time, Coach Deignan enjoys the outdoors with trial running, cycling, fishing, and rock and ice climbing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u00a0JV\u00a0Coach<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cory Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Coach Miller is entering his fifth season at Green Mountain High School, first year as the head JV coach.\u00a0 Prior to the Rams, Miller was the head varsity baseball coach at Fort Lupton High School.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As a player, Miller is a Green Mountain alumni playing for the Bruce Dick and Derek VanTassle from 2001-2005.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 After Green Mountain, Cory played division one college baseball at Purdue Fort Wayne.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
Coach Miller currently teaches special education at Green Mountain and is the head baseball and softball coach.\u00a0 Miller has a masters degree in special education from Metro State University.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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JV Assistant<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Jack Kwiat<\/strong><\/div>\n
Coach Kwiat is entering his second season at Green Mountain. An alumnus of Evergreen High School, <\/strong>Coach Kwiat earned all-conference honorable mention honors during his senior year, averaging the <\/strong>second-most assists per game in Jeffco. He played under Coach Deignan throughout his high school <\/strong>career, crediting much of his success to both Coach Deignan and former Evergreen High School Head <\/strong>Coach Scott Haebe.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Coach Kwiat went on to attend the University of Colorado Boulder, where he studied Accounting and <\/strong>Finance and earned his master\u2019s in accounting in 2021. He then began his accounting career at Ernst &amp; <\/strong>Young, where he worked while obtaining his CPA license. <\/strong><\/div>\n
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In 2023, Coach Kwiat joined UDR, a publicly <\/strong>traded REIT based in Highlands Ranch, CO, as a Manager in their Corporate Services department.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u00a0Level III Coach<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kyle Harris<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coach Harris is entering his ninth season at Green Mountain.\u00a0 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Managers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Noah Garcia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Madison Nash<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ashlyn Wise<\/strong><\/p>\n

Movement\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Specialist<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

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Kami Kugler<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kami is enjoying her forth season as the movement instructor for the boys basketball program.\u00a0 Kugler is a long time movement lover, finding yoga during her college volleyball career at Pacific University.\u00a0 She has been practicing yoga for the past 11 years and believes in yoga’s ability to elevate athletes both physically and mentally.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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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.\u00a0 Kami’s passion for taking athletes to the next level has led her to work with athletes of all ages and abilities.\u00a0 <\/b><\/div>\n
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Kami Kugler A Native of Colorado, Kami played volleyball at Fairview High School and for Juggernaut Volleyball Club under coach Tom Paszko.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Athletic Trainer<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Catherine Ortiz <\/strong><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 Ortiz enjoys the Colorado outdoor lifestyle of hiking, cycling, skiing and camping.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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