Retired UVM ski coach inducted into Vermont Ski Hall of Fame

The Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum inducted former University of Vermont (UVM) ski coach Chip LaCasse into the Vermont Ski Hall of Fame at a special ceremony on November 19 at the Stoweflake Resort in Stowe, Vermont.

LaCasse is credited with building the UVM ski program into one of the nation’s best. He retired in 2003 after serving his 33rd and final year as the director of skiing.

During his tenure at UVM, LaCasse built the Catamount program into a national power, leading the Cats to six national titles, 10 runner-up finishes and a record 28 Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) championships. Named EISA Coach of the Year a record seven times, LaCasse’s skiers earned 44 individual NCAA titles and more than 250 All-America certificates during his remarkable 33-year run at UVM.

Vermont skiers won three of the six individual titles at the NCAA Championships six times, and 36 skiers LaCasse coached have been inducted into the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame.

A Class of 2011 special inductee into the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame, LaCasse is one of five inductees to be enshrined as the Vermont Ski Hall of Fame Class of 2016.

Release courtesy of the University of Vermont