{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1963)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Tad Boyle | image = File:Tad Boyle.jpg | alt = | caption = Boyle in 2017 | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Colorado | current_conference = Big 12 | current_record = {{winpct|329|220|record=y}} | contract = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|1|6}} | birth_place = Greeley, Colorado, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1981–1985 | player_team1 = Kansas | coach_years1 = 1988–1989 | coach_team1 = Greeley West HS (sophomores) | coach_years2 = 1989–1991 | coach_team2 = Loveland HS (assistant) | coach_years3 = 1991–1994 | coach_team3 = Longmont HS | coach_years4 = 1994–1997 | coach_team4 = Oregon (assistant) | coach_years5 = 1997–1998 | coach_team5 = Tennessee (assistant) | coach_years6 = 1998–2000 | coach_team6 = Jacksonville State (assistant) | coach_years7 = 2000–2006 | coach_team7 = Wichita State (assistant) | coach_years8 = 2006–2010 | coach_team8 = Northern Colorado | coach_years9 = 2010–present | coach_team9 = Colorado | overall_record = {{winpct|385|286|record=y}} (college) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = 4–6 (NCAA Division I)<br>6–5 (NIT)<br>1–1 (CIT)<br>1–1 (CBI)<br>0–2 (CBC) | championships = Pac-12 tournament (2012) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Thomas Martin "Tad" Boyle''' (born January 6, 1963) is an American college basketball coach who is the men's head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference. He was named the 18th coach in Colorado men's basketball history on April 19, 2010,<ref name=espn1>[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=5113342 Colorado Buffaloes hire Tad Boyle as coach – ESPN]</ref> replacing Jeff Bzdelik. Boyle was named as an assistant coach for USA Basketball a second time in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://northdenvernews.com/buffs-tad-boyle-named-to-usa-basketball-coaching-crew/|title=Buffs' Tad Boyle named to USA Basketball coaching crew|date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> He played collegiately at Kansas under coach Ted Owens and Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown.
While playing guard for the Jayhawks, the 6'4" Boyle played on NCAA tournament teams in 1984 and 1985.<ref>{{cite news | first = Gary | last = Bedore | title = Coaches Bill Self, Tad Boyle to collide again Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse | date = February 19, 2011 | url = http://www2.kusports.com/news/2011/feb/19/coaches-self-boyle-collide-again-today-allen-field/ | work = Lawrence Journal-World | accessdate = February 19, 2011 | quote = Boyle — he started 34 games his first two seasons at KU, then came off the bench his final two seasons — played on two NCAA Tournament teams (1984, ’85) and was part of the 1984 Big Eight postseason tourney championship squad. He served as team captain his senior year, which was Danny Manning’s freshman season.}}</ref> He served as team captain his senior year, which was 1988 NBA draft choice Danny Manning's freshman season and Mark Turgeon's sophomore season.<ref name=espn1/>
Before heading to Kansas, Boyle was a standout performer at Greeley Central High School. 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.<ref>Tad Boyle CUBUFFS.com BIO – {{cite web |url=http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=204940904 |title=Tad Boyle Bio |accessdate=September 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603142808/http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=204940904 |archivedate=June 3, 2013 }}</ref>
==Playing career== Boyle played collegiately for legendary coaches Ted Owens and Larry Brown at Kansas (1981–85). He was a member of two NCAA Tournament teams (1984, 1985) and was part of the 1984 Big Eight tournament championship squad. As a senior, Boyle captained the Jayhawks, which featured freshman Danny Manning, who three years later led the Jayhawks to the NCAA Championship.
==Coaching career==
===Early days=== After earning a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Kansas in 1985, he became a commodities broker in Kansas City.<ref>Woodling, Chuck. "Armed with degree, Boyle to tackle commodities business" Lawrence Journal-World, March 13, 1985.</ref> In 1986 he returned to Colorado and continued his career as a commodities broker. He also got back into basketball and went on to serve for six years as a high school basketball coach at various Colorado programs. He was the sophomore basketball coach at Greeley West High School for a year and then was an assistant coach at Loveland High School for two years. From there, he served at Longmont High School for three years.
A car accident in 1994 changed Boyle's career forever. Boyle was heading to work one morning when somebody ran a red light and plowed into his vehicle at the intersection of McCaslin Boulevard and South Boulder Road in Louisville, Colorado. The collision crushed the front of Boyle's car. He was knocked unconscious, but the air bag likely saved his life. At that point, Boyle was earning six figures as a stockbroker and considered his "other" job, as head coach at Longmont High, to be little more than a hobby. Later that year, Boyle received a phone call from his former University of Kansas teammate, Mark Turgeon, then an assistant at Oregon. Turgeon stated that there was an opening on Oregon's staff, but it was a restricted earnings position that paid $16,000 a year. Boyle, not married at the time, decided to take the plunge into a full-time coaching gig.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kensler |first=Tom |date=April 24, 2010 |title=Car accident changed Buffs basketball coach Tad Boyle’s destiny |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2010/04/24/car-accident-changed-buffs-basketball-coach-tad-boyles-destiny/ |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Other jobs== After his first year at CU, Boyle received interest for the head coaching position at Texas A&M vacated by his old friend Mark Turgeon, after Turgeon left to be the head coach at Maryland. Boyle rebuffed this interest and stayed at his "dream job" at CU.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thorburn |first=Ryan |date=May 12, 2011 |title=CU Buffs’ Tad Boyle not leaving for Texas A&M |url=https://www.dailycamera.com/2011/05/12/cu-buffs-tad-boyle-not-leaving-for-texas-am/ |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Boulder Daily Camera |language=en-US}}</ref>
Following his second season at CU, Boyle continued to draw interest from other programs, and his name was linked with the Nebraska and Kansas State openings, although he once again denied interest in both jobs, stating "I want to do something special here at Colorado. I don’t have any interest in other jobs. I would love it if CU were my last job."<ref>C-U NEXT YEAR http://www.milehighsports.com/?p=9331</ref>
==Fan following== Under Boyle's leadership, there have been several sell-outs for CU games at Coors Event Center and increased season ticket sales. Several thousand fans also made the trip to Albuquerque for CU-UNLV and CU-Baylor NCAA tournament games. Colorado Athletic Director Mike Bohn responded to increased student interest by flying 50 students, all expenses paid, to Los Angeles for the Pac-12 tournament and taking 100 students to the NCAA tournament games in Albuquerque.<ref>Trips for loyal CU Buffs fans cost $67,200 in private donations http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_20210327/trips-loyal-cu-buffs-fans-cost-67-200</ref> After the success of the C-Unit OG 50, Colorado Athletic Director Mike Bohn repeated the trip the following year by taking another group of 50 students on an all-expense-paid trip to Las Vegas for the 2013 Pac-12 tournament. However, the Buffaloes were unable to repeat as champions as they lost in the second round to the eventual runner-up Arizona Wildcats.
==Personal life== Boyle is married to the former Ann Schell of Greeley, and they have two sons, Jack and Pete, and a daughter, Claire.<ref>CUBUFFS.com Bio {{cite web |url=http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3897&SPID=257&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=204940904&Q_SEASON=2011 |title=Tad Boyle Bio - CUBuffs.com - Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado |accessdate=March 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829152526/http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3897&SPID=257&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=204940904&Q_SEASON=2011 |archivedate=August 29, 2011 }}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Northern Colorado Bears | conference = Big Sky Conference | startyear = 2006 | endyear = 2010 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2006–07 | name = Northern Colorado | overall = 4–24 | conference = 2–14 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2007–08 | name = Northern Colorado | overall = 13–16 | conference = 6–10 | confstanding = T–7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2008–09 | name = Northern Colorado | overall = 14–18 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2009–10 | name = Northern Colorado | overall = 25–8 | conference = 12–4 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = CIT quarterfinal }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Northern Colorado | overall = {{winpct|56|66|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|28|36|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Colorado Buffaloes | conference = Big 12 Conference | startyear = 2010 | endyear = 2011 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2010–11 | name = Colorado | overall = 24–14 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = T–5th | postseason = NIT semifinal }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Colorado Buffaloes | conference = Pac-12 Conference | startyear = 2011 | endyear = 2024 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2011–12 | name = Colorado | overall = 24–12 | conference = 11–7 | confstanding = T–5th | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2012–13 | name = Colorado | overall = 21–12 | conference = 10–8 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2013–14 | name = Colorado | overall = 23–12 | conference = 10–8 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2014–15 | name = Colorado | overall = 16–18 | conference = 7–11 | confstanding = T–8th | postseason = CBI quarterfinal }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2015–16 | name = Colorado | overall = 22–12 | conference = 10–8 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2016–17 | name = Colorado | overall = 19–15 | conference = 8–10 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = NIT first round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2017–18 | name = Colorado | overall = 17–15 | conference = 8–10 | confstanding = T–8th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2018–19 | name = Colorado | overall = 23–13 | conference = 10–8 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = NIT quarterfinal }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2019–20 | name = Colorado | overall = 21–11 | conference = 10–8 | confstanding = T–5th | postseason = NCAA Division I Canceled }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2020–21 | name = Colorado | overall = 23–9 | conference = 14–6 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2021–22 | name = Colorado | overall = 21–12 | conference = 12–8 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = NIT first round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2022–23 | name = Colorado | overall = 18–17 | conference = 8–12 | confstanding = T–8th | postseason = NIT second round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2023–24 | name = Colorado | overall = 26–11 | conference = 13–7 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Colorado Buffaloes | conference = Big 12 Conference | startyear = 2024 | endyear = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2024–25 | name = Colorado | overall = 14–21 | conference = 3–17 | confstanding = 16th | postseason =CBC First Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2025–26 | name = Colorado | overall = 17–16 | conference = 7–11 | confstanding = T–11th | postseason =CBC Quarterfinals }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Colorado | overall = {{winpct|329|220|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|149|147|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = {{winpct|385|286|record=y}} }}
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