University of Utah Men's Skiing

Since arriving in Salt Lake City in July 2018, Fredrik Landstedt has reestablished the Utah Ski Team as a national power at the collegiate level. Now entering up his eighth year leading the program in 2026, Landstedt has led the Utes to five of the last six NCAA Championships (2019, ’21, ’22, ’23, ‘25) plus a national runner-up finish in 2024. No other program in the mixed-gender era of NCAA skiing has enjoyed such a run, which included four straight team titles from 2019-23. A nation-leading 93 NCAA All-America awards and 14 individual NCAA championships have been collected by Utah skiers with Landstedt at the helm. Including at Utah, Landstedt has been part of seven NCAA title-winning teams (New Mexico 2004; Colorado 1995) throughout 32 years of college ski coaching. In his first five seasons at Utah, the Utes won every RMISA regular season championship and all but two meets overall. The Utes returned to the pinnacle of the collegiate skiing world in 2025 with the program’s 17th national title. After sitting in third place on day one of the four-day NCAA Championships meet, Utah stayed positive and responded with three individual champions on the way to the crown. Freshmen Erica Lavén (women’s 7.5K classic) and Johs Braathen Herland (men’s giant slalom) along with senior Joe Davies (men’s 20K freestyle) each claimed victories, and were among a meet-leading 17 All-American awards for the Utes. Despite missing certain members of the team at points due to international competi