Danny Noyes heads into his third year as the Head Coach of Colby's Men’s and Women’s Alpine Ski Teams in the 2009-10 academic year. He is a 2002 graduate of Colby College and is currently the Vice President of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association.

"Colby is a special place to extend yourself not only within academic endeavors, but athletic ones as well," reflects Noyes. "The Alpine program has a strong history of competitiveness and performance, and I feel we have taken it a step further in recent years to establish ourselves on the hill. Colby has made a mark at the National level and will strive to further that mark in the coming years. We have the talent to be competitive and win podium positions at EISA carnivals, and we hope to attract those motivated and gifted athletes who want to make a difference and have their impact felt."

Noyes has had four Colby skiers - two men and two women - qualify for the NCAA Skiing Championships in his first two years with the Mules. Vincent Lebrun-Fortin '11 earned All-America honors in both the slalom and giant slalom in the 2008 season, while Josh Kernan '10 earned All-America honors in both events in 2009. Lebrun-Fortin also earned another All-America honor in 2009 for slalom.

Prior to coming to Mayflower hill as the Head Coach of the Alpine program, Noyes was the head coach of the alpine ski teams at Colby-Sawyer College for two years. He also had assistant coaching stints at St. Lawrence University and his two years ('01-'02, '02-'03) with the Mules. As an assistant under the previous coach Mark Godomsky, Noyes worked with Colby All-American skiers Warner Nickerson, Rob Saunders, Jenny Lathrop, and National Champion Abbi Lathrop.

In addition to previous coaching duties, Noyes served as president of the USCSA’s MacConnell Division for two years while he was at Colby-Sawyer. He also holds referee certification for the United States Ski Association.

Noyes had an outstanding athletic career at Colby. He was the men’s Millett Award winner, given to the senior who has contributed the most to Colby athletics in their four years. Noyes still holds football career receiving records for yards in a game (209), season (977) and career (2,466). His 65 catches in 2001, 164 career receptions, and 80-yd run fromscrimmage are also school records. Noyes earned first team honors from the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and the New England Football Writers after his junior and senior seasons.  

Danny currrently resides in Augusta, ME with his wife Erin and son Anderson.  

 

 

Assistant Coaches

Chris Bashaw '08

Chris Bashaw enters his second season as Assistant Coach of the Colby Men's and Women's Alpine Ski Teams. In his first year with the mules he worked with All-Americans Josh Kernan '10 and Vince Lebrun-Fortin '11 as well as NCAA qualifiers Emily Colin '09 (2009), and Dana Breakstone '10 (2008).  

"Getting on the hill and working with motivated athletes creates a bond between coach and athlete," says Bashaw. "Our athletes push themselves day in and day out to be the best. The level of athleticism they display, combined with their work ethic, makes my job as their coach very rewarding."

Bashaw graduated from Colby in 2008 and captained the football team his senior year. In the fall he is the Running Back position coach for the football program here at Colby.