Mike Folda took over as head coach before the 2010-2011 season following five seasons as the assistant to Coach Rich Holden.

Coach Folda joined the staff in 2004 during Coach Holden’s first year, and returned in the fall of 2006 after spending one season at Northeastern Junior College.

Folda is originally from Pueblo, Colorado where he was an all-state basketball player at East High School. He received an AA from Northeastern Junior College in Sterling Colorado while playing basketball for NJCAA Hall of Fame coach Lowell Roumph.

Mike transferred back to Pueblo to finish up his education by earning a BA from the University of Southern Colorado, now known as CSU-Pueblo, in the spring of 2004. While at Pueblo he had the good fortune to play two years for his father, Joe Folda, who has had many successful years at Southern Colorado/CSU-Pueblo as a coach and as the Athletic Director.