Cory Schwartz

Biography

The 2021-22 season represents Cory Schwartz's 40th year coaching the Nordic program and 35th year as the ski coordinator at UNH. During his tenure, Schwartz has led the Wildcats to 28 Top-10 NCAA placements, including ninth place most recently at the 2021 NCAA Championships, hosted by UNH. Schwartz has mentored 41 student-athletes to a total of 56 All-America Team selections. Included in that number are 20 Nordic skiers compiling 15 All-America team honors. On Oct. 3, 2015, Howie Bean ’78, Paul Berton, Byron “Buzz” Davis ’75, Nathaniel ’81 and Marianne Lucy ’83 and Josiah Miles ’87 collaborated to establish the Cory L. Schwartz ’82 Ski Team Endowment in honor of Schwartz. In 2014, Schwartz was awarded the Profile of Service Award by the UNH Alumni Association for his outstanding performance on behalf of the Alumni Association or the University. Schwartz was named Coach of the Year by the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) in 1985, ’86, 2002, ’03, and ’15. UNH hosted the NCAAs in 2021 for the sixth time in program history. Will Bruneau-Bouchard of the alpine team earned All-American Second Team in slalom (8th place), and the Wildcats finished ninth overall. In 2020, the ’Cats finished ninth in NCAAs at Montana State. The Championships were cut off following two days -midway through the scheduled four-day event-- at Crosscut Mountain Sports Center when the NCAA cancelled all remaining winter and spring championships due to the evolving COVID-19 public health threat.