{"id":712242,"date":"2026-04-17T06:54:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712242\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:54:42","slug":"cmu-introduces-ken-deweese-as-new-mens-basketball-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712242\/","title":{"rendered":"CMU introduces Ken DeWeese as new men\u2019s basketball coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kkco11news.com\/2026\/04\/10\/cmu-announces-hiring-ken-deweese-next-mens-basketball-coach\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kkco11news.com\/2026\/04\/10\/cmu-announces-hiring-ken-deweese-next-mens-basketball-coach\/\">Colorado Mesa University introduced Ken DeWeese<\/a> as its new men\u2019s basketball coach today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">DeWeese comes over to Grand Junction from Colorado State, where he served as an assistant coach. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis was an important hire for us, for our program, and for the entire department. We approached this with intention and knew we had to be deliberate throughout the process and find the right person. And I think we found that right person. This is not a rebuild. We\u2019ve had a ton of success in our program, and we want to find someone who can continue that success while elevating us in the future,\u201d Colorado Mesa Athletic Director Rob Courtney said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">DeWeese takes over a program that has won 19 games or more in each of the last nine seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWinning 17-18 games at Colorado-based University is not good enough. And is it always going to be better than that? I can\u2019t guarantee that. You know, sometimes the ball bounces different ways. But we understand that this place is a championship-level university, a championship-level athletic department. You can see it across the board through all the other great sports. We\u2019re going to tow the line in men\u2019s basketball. Is it going to be year one? Sure as heck hope so. That\u2019s what we\u2019re going to work for. But we\u2019re going to get there. We will get there,\u201d DeWeese said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">During the introductory press conference DeWeese mentioned how he plans on dipping into his Colorado Recruiting connections, having previously coached at Colorado State and Northern Colorado. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI\u2019m excited about what the future\u2019s going to be. I can tell you guys, we\u2019re going to try and build this thing as much as we can with Colorado kids. You know, whether that\u2019s from the Valley, whether that\u2019s from, you know, going to the Denver Metro in Northern Colorado, Southern Colorado, wherever they\u2019re at, we\u2019re going to go try and get them. I\u2019m going to try and build a fence around the state and keep all the best players that are going to be playing Division 2 playing here,\u201d DeWeese said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">CMU went 21-11 this last season and made an NCAA DII Tournament appearance under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kkco11news.com\/2026\/03\/17\/colorado-mesa-mens-basketball-coach-mike-dunlap-steps-down-citing-health-concerns\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kkco11news.com\/2026\/03\/17\/colorado-mesa-mens-basketball-coach-mike-dunlap-steps-down-citing-health-concerns\/\">Mike Dunlap<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KJCT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. 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