TOP • The 1972 University of Colorado [UC] ski team, celebrating the first of four NCAA Championship victories in which Bill Marolt was an athlete. He’d win seven more as the UC coach. Photo: Steve Hatchell RIGHT • Marolt cut his teeth as an athlete, but it was his role behind the scenes that truly influenced the U.S. ski scene. Bill, talking with Frank Gifford at the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid, NY. Photo: Steve Hatchell 104 The Ski Journal