Longtime Denver Christian coach Dick Katte publishes book
Longtime Denver Christian boys basketball coach Dick Katte, a coaching legend in Colorado, has published a book based on his career.
Katte, the state’s winningest basketball coach and a member of multiple halls of fame, now serves as a liaison and advisor to CHSAA.
His book, Over Time: Coach Katte on Basketball and Life, is set to release in local bookstores in the coming days.
CHSAA is hosting a book signing event with Katte at its office on Nov. 6 from 5-7 p.m.
A brief description of the book:
Coach Dick Katte’s secret is simple and straightforward; work very hard and demand the same from your team, adapt to the changes in players and parents over time and never waver from the core principles that make you one of the most honored and respected coaches in the nation’s high school basketball history. Katte survived two brushes with death: a brain aneurysm that burst during neurosurgery performed by the closest friend and a bout with cancer nine years later that required the removal of four feet in his small intestine. Katte turned aside numerous chances to coach on a larger stage, choosing his role as mathematics teacher, coach and mentor to young people as well as to remain very active in his church. This book is a unique blend of faith, biography and basketball as Katte explains in detail the philosophies and special strategies that have resulted in his 79% career winning percentage, among the highest in high school basketball history.
Katte is a longtime educator and coach, who set the same standards on the court as in the classroom. His teams won 79.3 percent of their games (876-233) from 1964-2012, placing him 26th on the all-time list nationally. He won eight state titles.
During his career at Denver Christian, Katte has served in a variety of teaching and administrative roles, but always remained a math teacher. At times, he was the school’s track, baseball, football and boys basketball coach. He was the school’s athletic director and assistant principal, as well.
Katte has numerous coach-of-the-year honors and has been honored by the state and national coaches associations, as well as for his work as athletic director. He is a member of the CHSAA Hall of Fame, as well as four others, including the National High School Hall of Fame (2004). He served on CHSAA’s Executive Committee (now Board of Directors) twice.
