The more I read about Coach Layer, the more I like this hire.
Layer and his staff daily have a set of goals for the program that include:
• Recruit great players to compete at the highest level in the nation.
• Develop those players each day to strive for excellence and improve skills to play at the next level.
• Emphasize academics in such a way as to ensure maximum commitment to having each student-athlete graduate....
Academics remain the focal point of the entire program. Student-athletes at Colorado State are exactly that: Students first, players next. Layer and his staff emphasize the importance of academics. To succeed as a player in the program an individual must first succeed as a student.
Honesty. Hard work. Passion. Toughness. Defense. Teamwork. Unity.
Those are the tenets that Layer inserted when he took control of Colorado State's program and remain prominent to date.
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