Jim Hoops, Partnerships & Alliances

Jim taught mathematics and coached football for 35 years at the high school and college level. He graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a Bachelor of Arts degree and then received a M.Ed. from Western State College. Many of Jim's calculus students have attended Stanford, Harvard, and University of California at Berkeley, Colorado School of Mines, Dartmouth, Colorado University, Regis College, Colorado State University and West Point as well as many small liberal arts schools. He has been recognized as an outstanding math teacher while at Westminster High School and chairman of the math department.

His football teams participated in state playoffs nine times and won three state championships and league titles. Many of his players have successfully gone on to colleges and universities to play while earning a college degree. He coached in the All-State high school football game while coaching at Manual High School and was recognized as coach of the year. He has coached football at the college level at Western State College and at Colorado School of Mines. Jim has been a regular member of the Colorado University Summer Football Camp working with teens throughout the state.

Jim has been involved with experiential learning styles while working with the Senior Seminar program created by Colorado Outward Bound at East High School in Denver. He ran a white water rafting program for students at East High School. Presently he is working with the Wolverines at West Middle School. This is an experiential organization that develops team and leadership skills. Jim is also working with a team of teachers at West Middle School to create awareness of how students obtain the assets to be successful in the world.

Jim learned to be a personal coach through the Coaches Training Institute. This was the experiential approach that helps people to make the changes in their lives that they want and deserve. He is a certified professional co-active coach and has clients that discover the purpose and direction that they want to take to achieve their goals. His clients range from students and parents to business people that want to reach their goals.