Staff Directory
Carl, Lance
Lance Carl
- Title:
- Associate AD/Assistant Revenue Officer/NIL
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Lance Carl, who participated in one of the key plays on the football field as a player for the University of Colorado in the mid-1980s, returned to his alma mater for the fourth time in his career when he was named associate athletic director for business development and the sports supervisor for the football program on November 5, 2013.
In the summer of 2021, he shifted into the newly created role of director of player development and alumni relations for the football program, two years after he transitioned into the associate AD for football, where he had daily interactions with head coaches Mel Tucker and Karl Dorrell, the assistant coaches, support personnel and the student-athletes.
Carl, 56, remains CU’s liaison to the National Football League and its member teams with scouts and personnel staff, having worked as a scout in the late 1990s himself. In addition, he has long been active and on the board of directors with Buffs4Life, an organization of former CU athletes that help former Buffs in need. Thus his new title fits perfectly with some of what he has been coordinating since he rejoined the program in 2013.
In his new role, he immediately created the S2S (shoulder-to-shoulder) mentoring program, matching freshmen and redshirt freshmen student-athletes with local and national local football alumni. This unique undertaking has been developed, among several reasons, but most notably to provide guidance, direction, support and increased access to opportunities beyond the playing field, to improve the transition experience for the younger Buffs and introduces and establishes a deeper connection to the tradition and history of CU football.
He spent five years in his initial role, one that largely encompassed business development, community partnerships and served as the coordinator for non-game day events. His duties included working to build strategic community partnerships, improve the department’s engagement with local community entities and work to attract non-game day event business to CU’s athletic facilities. He has developed over two dozen key partnerships to date, as he is working to change the image and perception about athletics and its interactions in the business world. He also was the point-person working with AEG Rocky Mountain to bring the first concerts to Folsom Field in 15 years when Dead & Company played the stadium in July 2016 (and who has since returned for three additional shows).
In 2015, Carl implemented Training Day with the Buffs, a partnership between the CU football team and the Boulder and CU police departments. The program’s goal is to break down barriers, improve communication and build bonds between the two groups. He also serves as the athletic department representative on the board of directors for the YMCA of Northern Colorado, as well as serving on the board of “A Precious Child,” a non-profit based in Broomfield (the organization provides sports equipment, educational materials and backpacks for youth in the Boulder-Denver metro area).
He returned to CU after spending the six years (2007-13) with the Colorado Department of Higher Education, where he was a director for student motivational outreach. He was a direct liaison to all middle and high schools throughout the state, as well as for parents and administrators. He developed the Umbrella of Success motivational presentation and delivered that message to 160,000 students, parents and administrators during that time.
As a junior split end in 1986, he led the team in receiving with nine catches for 171 yards and two touchdowns, as with the Buffaloes in their second year of running the wishbone offense under coach Bill McCartney, Colorado didn’t throw the ball very often.
But one of those scores was as big as they come, a 52-yard reception from O.C. Oliver on a perfectly executed halfback option that answered a Nebraska touchdown put CU back up by two scores (17-7) on the first play of the fourth quarter. That helped keep the third-ranked Huskers at an arm’s length and the Buffaloes went on to win, 20-10, in a game referred to as “the turning point” for the school under McCartney.
He graduated from CU in 1991 with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Sociology; he had first returned to CU to finish his degree after signing as a free agent with the Washington Redskins and returning to his native Iowa.
Carl then came back to CU as a graduate assistant coach under Rick Neuheisel for the 1996 season. He also spent four years as a regional scout for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
He was born September 13, 1965 in Burlington, Iowa, and graduated from Fort Madison (Iowa) High School, where he was a four-sport letterman (12 letters total) in football, basketball, baseball and track. His hobbies include coaching his kid’s sports teams, golf, hiking and mountain biking; he was an assistant coach of the North Boulder Wildcats team that reached the Little League World Series in 2015. He is married to the former Jennifer Mysonhimer, also a CU graduate; she worked as a teaching assistant on campus and in the Herbst Academic Center when Carl was a graduate assistant. The couple has three children, grown sons Savoy and Jackson, and a pre-teen daughter, Alana.
In the summer of 2021, he shifted into the newly created role of director of player development and alumni relations for the football program, two years after he transitioned into the associate AD for football, where he had daily interactions with head coaches Mel Tucker and Karl Dorrell, the assistant coaches, support personnel and the student-athletes.
Carl, 56, remains CU’s liaison to the National Football League and its member teams with scouts and personnel staff, having worked as a scout in the late 1990s himself. In addition, he has long been active and on the board of directors with Buffs4Life, an organization of former CU athletes that help former Buffs in need. Thus his new title fits perfectly with some of what he has been coordinating since he rejoined the program in 2013.
In his new role, he immediately created the S2S (shoulder-to-shoulder) mentoring program, matching freshmen and redshirt freshmen student-athletes with local and national local football alumni. This unique undertaking has been developed, among several reasons, but most notably to provide guidance, direction, support and increased access to opportunities beyond the playing field, to improve the transition experience for the younger Buffs and introduces and establishes a deeper connection to the tradition and history of CU football.
He spent five years in his initial role, one that largely encompassed business development, community partnerships and served as the coordinator for non-game day events. His duties included working to build strategic community partnerships, improve the department’s engagement with local community entities and work to attract non-game day event business to CU’s athletic facilities. He has developed over two dozen key partnerships to date, as he is working to change the image and perception about athletics and its interactions in the business world. He also was the point-person working with AEG Rocky Mountain to bring the first concerts to Folsom Field in 15 years when Dead & Company played the stadium in July 2016 (and who has since returned for three additional shows).
In 2015, Carl implemented Training Day with the Buffs, a partnership between the CU football team and the Boulder and CU police departments. The program’s goal is to break down barriers, improve communication and build bonds between the two groups. He also serves as the athletic department representative on the board of directors for the YMCA of Northern Colorado, as well as serving on the board of “A Precious Child,” a non-profit based in Broomfield (the organization provides sports equipment, educational materials and backpacks for youth in the Boulder-Denver metro area).
He returned to CU after spending the six years (2007-13) with the Colorado Department of Higher Education, where he was a director for student motivational outreach. He was a direct liaison to all middle and high schools throughout the state, as well as for parents and administrators. He developed the Umbrella of Success motivational presentation and delivered that message to 160,000 students, parents and administrators during that time.
As a junior split end in 1986, he led the team in receiving with nine catches for 171 yards and two touchdowns, as with the Buffaloes in their second year of running the wishbone offense under coach Bill McCartney, Colorado didn’t throw the ball very often.
But one of those scores was as big as they come, a 52-yard reception from O.C. Oliver on a perfectly executed halfback option that answered a Nebraska touchdown put CU back up by two scores (17-7) on the first play of the fourth quarter. That helped keep the third-ranked Huskers at an arm’s length and the Buffaloes went on to win, 20-10, in a game referred to as “the turning point” for the school under McCartney.
He graduated from CU in 1991 with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Sociology; he had first returned to CU to finish his degree after signing as a free agent with the Washington Redskins and returning to his native Iowa.
Carl then came back to CU as a graduate assistant coach under Rick Neuheisel for the 1996 season. He also spent four years as a regional scout for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
He was born September 13, 1965 in Burlington, Iowa, and graduated from Fort Madison (Iowa) High School, where he was a four-sport letterman (12 letters total) in football, basketball, baseball and track. His hobbies include coaching his kid’s sports teams, golf, hiking and mountain biking; he was an assistant coach of the North Boulder Wildcats team that reached the Little League World Series in 2015. He is married to the former Jennifer Mysonhimer, also a CU graduate; she worked as a teaching assistant on campus and in the Herbst Academic Center when Carl was a graduate assistant. The couple has three children, grown sons Savoy and Jackson, and a pre-teen daughter, Alana.
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