Jeff Bzdelik
Title	Head coach
College	Colorado
Sport	Basketball
Born	December 1, 1952 (1952-12-01) (age 57)
Place of birth	Mount Prospect, Illinois, US
Annual salary	$750,000
Career highlights
Playing career
1972–1976	Illinois-Chicago
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1980 1980–1986 1986–1988 1988–1994 1994–1995 1995–2001 2001–2002 2002–2004 2005–2007 2007–present	Davidson (asst.) Northwestern (asst.) UMBC Washington Bullets (asst.) New York Knicks (scout) Miami Heat (asst.) Denver Nuggets (scout) Denver Nuggets Air Force Colorado

Jeff Bzdelik (born December 1, 1952) is an American basketball coach, currently coaching at the University of Colorado. He formerly coached the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association for slightly over two seasons, from 2002 through 2004. As an NBA coach, he is best remembered for leading the 2003-04 Nuggets to a 43–39 record, a 26-game improvement over the 2002-03 campaign when the team went 17–65.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Air Force Academy

Before his current position, he was the head coach at the US Air Force Academy where he led the team to a NIT semi-final game and a total record in 2 seasons of 50–16, including the most successful season ever at the Academy in 2006–07 of 26–9.^[1]

[edit] CU

He is currently the head basketball coach for the Colorado Buffaloes. He was hired April 3, 2007.^[1] Bzdelik is the highest paid coach ever at Colorado, earning approximately $800,000 per year.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Kyle Ringo (2007-04-04). "Bzdelik's a Buffalo". Dailycamera.com. http://www.buffzone.com/news/2007/apr/04/bzdeliks-a-buffalo/. Retrieved 2007-04-04. 

[edit] External links

• Official Air Force basketball profile
• BasketballReference.com: Jeff Bzdelik (as coach)

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