Coach Busher was the boys and girls coach at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs for 25 years, retiring from both in 2005.

Jack’s success as a coach is marked by a number of obvious achievements that rank at or near the top of State coaching records.  Some of those records are:

Most wins boys coach: 246  Most boys’ games coached: 401 Most years coaching boys: 25
Boys Coach of the Year twice and won two State Championships with the Indians.
Girls:
Ranked third in years coaching girls: 25    Third with girls games won: 246    Second in games coached: 377
His Indians won 1 State Championship and he was named Girls High School Coach of the Year 7 times.

He is the only high school coach from southern Colorado to win State Championships with both the boys and girls.

He was instrumental in establishing high school soccer as a recognized sport through the Col. High School Activities Assoc. in the early 1980’s serving on the State soccer committee.

Coach Busher served on various committees for the Col. High School Soccer Coaches Association and as its President.  He has been nominated for the Robby Robinson Award presented by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for his long-term achievements and contributions to high school soccer on and off the field.  Jack is one of only two soccer coaches inducted into the Colorado High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

 In supporting Coach Busher, Scott Johnson, his one time assistant and now Cheyenne Mountain head girls’ coach said “I can speak to his honor, integrity, and character, as well as how he instilled each of these in the players he coached…”

 One of his former players said of Coach Busher after he visited her in the hospital (the only Cheyenne Mountain teacher to do so) following heart surgery that “it touched me in ways that I cannot explain, but I know it was a genuine gesture from his soul to come and see one of his players lying in bed attached to multiple machines.  This is a very intense memory I will always cherish in my heart.”

 An opposing coach remarked that “Jack was a mentor and model for him for the past 10 years, as Coach Busher always had his teams prepared to the fullest.  He was always willing to advocate for not only his players but for other school’s players and teams.”  

Coach Jack Busher was always there for his players, team, school, and soccer across the State of Colorado.