Volume 41, Issue 23 - March 6, 2019

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The Student Newspaper of MSU Denver

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VOL. 41  NO. 23

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MARCH 6, 2019

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From student to the sidelines

Bahl’s plan for bringing Roadrunners back to the top

Photo by Kaileigh Lyons | klyons9@msudenver.edu

MSU Denver Men’s Basketball head coach Michael Bahl talks to Demetrius Jackson before he subs back into the game against Chadron State on March 1 at the Auraria Events Center.

“I wouldn’t change it for anything

By James Burky jburky@msudenver.edu Michael Bahl is about to sit down in a plastic, cushioned chair in his office on the third floor in the Tivoli. Before he can though, his phone

school history. In his senior season, he

in the world,” he says softly. “The

drained 52 percent of his threes, a mark

best part of my day is when I get to

that led all of the NCAA’s Divisions I and II.

go home and see my family.”

His dream wasn’t to nail game-winning

fellow-assistant Adam Wall took over

buzzer beaters and to wear the admiration

as co-coaches to finish the season.

spent 15 of those years at MSU Denver.

and cheers of thousands of fans. His dream

That summer, Michael was hired as

was much more modest with much less

the sole head honcho. It took seven years. No shortcuts. The job was his.

From 2003-2007, Michael played on the MSU Denver men’s basketball team. A star

glitz. Michael wanted to be a coach. A

accompanied by his three daughters:

at Broomfield High School, he rode the

coach for the MSU Denver Roadrunners.

Alice, Abby and newborn Annie Bahl.

bench to start his career, but once given

After graduating from MSU Denver,

his chance, blossomed into one of the

Michael briefly worked in banking

Daddy!” like an unrehearsed trio. To

most reliable three-point shooters in the

before coaching at the high school

Michael, it’s nothing but heavenly. Family

country. Michael shot 45.9 percent from

level. He was hired as an assistant to

is the most important thing for him.

beyond the arc in his career, sixth best in

join Derrick Clark’s coaching staff at

INSIDE

Clark was fired in spring 2017 after multiple DUI arrests, Michael and

Michael Bahl is 34 years old. He’s

buzzes. It’s his wife Amy on video chat,

His children shout, “Happy birthday,

MSU Denver for the 2010-11 season.

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