"Thomas "Tad" Boyle" is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Colorado at Boulder/University of Colorado. He was named the 18th coach in University of Colorado men's basketball history on April 19, 2010 replacing Jeff Bzdelik. He played collegiately at Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball/Kansas under coach Ted Owens (basketball coach)/Ted Owens and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame/Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown (basketball)/Larry Brown.

While playing for the Kansas Jayhawks/Jayhawks, Boyle played on two NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship/NCAA Tournament teams in 1984 and 1985. He served as team captain his senior year, which was 1988 NBA Draft choice Danny Manning's freshman season and University of Maryland coach Mark Turgeon's sophomore season.

Before heading to play collegiately at Kansas, Boyle was a standout performer at Greeley Central High School, where he led the Wildcats to a state championship as a senior in 1981 and earned Colorado Player of the Year honors as well as being selected to the Converse All-American team. His high school jersey was retired at the conclusion of his senior season.

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I am humbled and honored to be the next head basketball coach at the University of Northern Colorado. This is going to be both a tremendous challenge and opportunity for me.

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I'll talk to everybody once I get to Greeley and get on campus.

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There will be a lot of things to solidify once I get there, but I need to get there and get my feet on the ground. I'll work on recruiting first, then get a coaching staff on board.

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To get our guys, we've had to go into someone else's back yard and either out-recruit them or out-evaluate them.

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This is going to be both a tremendous challenge and opportunity for me and where I am at in my career. I have been preparing myself for the last 17 years for this opportunity.

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Timing is everything. The first time around, the timing wasn't right. They demonstrated a better commitment level. It's a heck of an opportunity.

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You can't get stars in your eyes. You have to be realistic about recruiting without selling yourself short. And that decision is critical.

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I'm in a different position right now than I was two months ago. This whole process had pretty much come full circle. That's what I mean when I say timing is everything. The commitment level was just right at the right time.

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