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Bob Burt
Bob Burt, an independent business consultant and contract scout for college athletics, has spent 21 years in the Fort Collins community. Bob attended Colorado State University from 1968-1972, and was a varsity tennis player in college. Throughout high school, Bob played multiple sports and then after college was a professional tennis player. He has also coached tennis, baseball, and basketball from youth all the way up to the college level. Bob, along with his wife Pam and sons Joshua and Brandon, enjoys spending time with his family, reading, traveling, hiking, and attending sporting events.
Matt Phillips has lived in the Fort Collins since 1990. Matt graduated with a business finance degree and then a MBA from Colorado State University. Since graduation Matt has worked as a Certified Financial Professional with AXA Advisors. At CSU Matt played football for Sonny Lubick and was an Academic All-Conference Wide Receiver. Matt is married to Eileen, another former CSU athlete. They have two sons, Marcus and Julius. In his spare time Matt enjoys working out, running, and swimming with the kids. He is active in the 20/30 Club and is a member of the CSU Hall of Fame selection committee.
Craig Moddelmog
Craig Moddelmog has lived in Fort Collins for 28 years. Craig has earned a business communications degree and received a masters in athletic administration from the University of Northern Colorado. Craig has been in the financial services industry the last 17 years, and currently owns and operates his own private wealth management firm, Cornerstone Wealth Management. As a high school athlete, Craig was an all-state football and baseball player at Fort Collins High School and was later an all-conference quarterback while playing football at Fort Hays State University. Craig is married to Tonya and has two children, C.J. and Liz Ann. Outside of work Craig enjoys “Family, Family, and Family”.
As a respected athlete, coach and teacher in Colorado for many years, Bob continues to positively impact countless individuals. Bob received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from CSU where he was ranked as one of the nation’s best middle distance runners achieving all-conference and all-American honors. Bob coached the Colorado State Rams for 16 years and was inducted into the CSU Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. When he was not at the track, Bob taught high school history for 33 years while also coaching at the high school level. He is married to Amy and has five beautiful children.
Matt Beck came to Fort Collins in 1992. After leaving a baseball scholarship at another school to attend CSU and play baseball, the program was discontinued that same year. Fort Collins felt like home and he stayed to graduate 
Dean Barber
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“My daughter plays basketball for Lincoln Junior High. I also coach football at Lincoln...I am more comfortable knowing that the CHAMP program is reminding players, parents and coaches that building character in a teen is more important than winning games.”
~ Champ Elite Program Parent
I am very fortunate to have had an outstanding high school coach. He ran a character based program that taught me to always prioritize good character first. These character lessons have been fundamental to my success off the playing field and have stayed with me through my entire life.”
~ Tom Livingston, Livingston Real Estate and Development
“I have nothing but respect for the efforts that the coaches and the players have been putting forth...I thank Lincoln Junior High and CHAMP for helping to bring out the best in my son and many other students”.
~ Margaret Watson, Parent
“Our team’s emphasis on positive character has impacted far beyond just our players. It has extended out and impacted the whole school community. Players have worked to improve their character in all aspects of their life...”
~ CHAMP Elite Player
“The best part of having our team participate in this program is the pleasure we get from watching the girls...I think it helps build a stronger more cohesive community that I am proud to be a part of.”
~ Jenny Hubbard, Parent
“The CHAMP Program has helped us strive for greatness and provided our team with a quality standard of what it means to have true character in athletics.”
~ 2008 CHAMP Elite Team Coach
"In a 20-year study of 80,000 athletes ranging from high school, college and professional levels, researchers found that athletes are not as morally developed as the normal population. When faced with a moral issue, athletes respond differently from non-athletes..."
~ Tom Kuyper, Athletes in Training
“My family has been so happy and confident to participate in the Rookie league for the first time, primarily because Coach Ron Frasco’s Mustangs understand and practice true sportsmanship...The whole CHAMP program is to be applauded for encouraging, recognizing and celebrating excellence in the character leadership.”
~ Youth baseball club parent
“...Parents (are) more concerned about themselves and how good they look than what type of person their child will be...That is why I was so happy to hear about the CHAMP Commission and how this Program is being utilized in the schools.”
~ Soccer Mom
“As an official, it’s important that I see athletes who play with a positive attitude towards other teams, their teammates and officials and coaches. I’ve watched this team play a number of times. All the players do an exceptional job of not only exuding good sportsmanship when winning, but also when down in the score!”
~ Local Sports Official
"I’m very pleased with how the CHAMP program has influenced our basketball team. As a coach, I believe that class, hard work, sportsmanship, and teamwork are the most important qualities in a successful team...The CHAMP program has helped us strive for greatness and provided out team with a quality standard...”
~ Champ Middle School Coach
"...I am putting my full support behind the CHAMP Elite Team Award...Please join me in developing these young athletes to their full character potential for success in every area of their lives..."
~ Sonny Lubick, former CSU head football coach
