CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame
Years at CSU Pueblo: 1969-81, 1988-89)
Category: Coach
Sports: Tennis, Basketball
Eras: Southern Colorado State College (1963-75), University of Southern Colorado (1975-2003)
Don McIntosh - The second most successful coach in terms of conference champions (behind only Harry Simmons), “Coach Mac” claimed nine conference championships as the Indians’ tennis coach. His teams claimed five top ten national finishes, including a 4th place NAIA national finish in 1977. It was also in 1977 that the Indians finished top ten in the NCAA Division II national tournament, tying for 9th. The 1977 tennis squad remains the only team in CSU-Pueblo athletics history to finish in the top ten in both the NAIA and NCAA Division II in the same season. As a basketball coach, he was the top assistant under the legendary Simmons from 1967-1980, helping the Indians to three conference championships and an NCAA Division II Elite Eight appearance in 1972. Taking over the reins from Simmons in 1980-81, his teams where conference runners up three times, going 69-44 in a four-year span. Today, McIntosh has the second-highest winning percentage of any Pack basketball coach, behind Simmons.
