University of Northern Colorado Athletics
Men's Basketball
Gause, Colin
Colin Gause
- Title:
- Assistant Coach and Director of Basketball Operations
- Email:
- colin.gause@unco.edu
- Phone:
- 970.351.2983
Gause is entering his fourth season on staff at Northern Colorado and his second year as Assistant Coach/Director of Operations. He was promoted to the role ahead of the 2023-24 season after serving as the Bears’ Director of Player Development in 2022-23.
In his current position, Gause oversees day-to-day operations including team travel, budgeting, housing logistics, and on-campus recruiting, while also assisting with on-court player development, basketball analytics, recruiting, and scouting. During his first year at UNC, he also served as the Director of the 2023 Steve Smiley Basketball Camps.
Before returning to his alma mater in 2022, Gause spent the 2021-22 season as an assistant coach at Western Nebraska Community College, where he was involved in every aspect of the program, practice planning, scouting, film breakdown, recruiting, and skill development. He also managed team travel, equipment, social media, community service, and served as both dorm supervisor and academic liaison.
From 2019-21, Gause worked at Division II Cameron University as a graduate assistant coach. In that role, he functioned as a full-time assistant, handling practice design, film breakdown, recruiting, and game planning. He also managed travel logistics, organized scout teams, coordinated academic monitoring, and assisted with summer camps.
A Tucson, Ariz. native, Gause began his career in basketball as the head manager for UNC men’s basketball from 2016-19.
He has also coached at several prestigious camps, including the Lute Olson Basketball Academy, the Sean Miller Basketball Camp, and the Point Guard College Camp.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in sociology from UNC.
In his current position, Gause oversees day-to-day operations including team travel, budgeting, housing logistics, and on-campus recruiting, while also assisting with on-court player development, basketball analytics, recruiting, and scouting. During his first year at UNC, he also served as the Director of the 2023 Steve Smiley Basketball Camps.
Before returning to his alma mater in 2022, Gause spent the 2021-22 season as an assistant coach at Western Nebraska Community College, where he was involved in every aspect of the program, practice planning, scouting, film breakdown, recruiting, and skill development. He also managed team travel, equipment, social media, community service, and served as both dorm supervisor and academic liaison.
From 2019-21, Gause worked at Division II Cameron University as a graduate assistant coach. In that role, he functioned as a full-time assistant, handling practice design, film breakdown, recruiting, and game planning. He also managed travel logistics, organized scout teams, coordinated academic monitoring, and assisted with summer camps.
A Tucson, Ariz. native, Gause began his career in basketball as the head manager for UNC men’s basketball from 2016-19.
He has also coached at several prestigious camps, including the Lute Olson Basketball Academy, the Sean Miller Basketball Camp, and the Point Guard College Camp.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in sociology from UNC.
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