Colorado College men's soccer coach Horst Richardson and former hockey great Peter Geronazzo were inducted into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame Tuesday night at The Broadmoor World Arena.
 
With credentials that have reached legendary proportions, Richardson celebrates his 50th season with the Colorado College men's soccer program in 2014. No other coach at CC, in any sport, ever has come close to matching his remarkable duration on the sideline.

Since joining CC in 1965 as an assistant under Bill Boddington and then taking the reigns a year later in 1966, Richardson has compiled a distinguished record of 552 victories, 300 defeats and 69 ties. He has taken the Tigers to the NCAA playoffs 19 times, and guided them to seven conference championships in the old Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League. Heading into the 2014 campaign, CC's eighth as a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, Richardson ranks fourth nationwide among active Division III men's soccer coaches with his 552 career victories.  

Now retired from his former position in the college's German department (1965-2006), Richardson has earned NCAA regional coach-of-the-year honors five times. In 1998, at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's annual convention, he was one of five recipients of an NSCAA Letter of Commendation. He also received the NSCAA's prestigious Bill Jeffrey Award, for longtime achievement in college soccer, in 2001. In 2006 he was recognized by the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation as winner of the F. Don Miller Award for his commitment to athletics in the local community.

The Tigers have earned four NCAA tournament bids since 2000. In 2004, with All-American and NCAA Division III Player of the Year Patrick McGinnis leading the way, they finished 16-4-1 while recording their highest victory total since that '92 campaign. CC was 144-68-16 (.667) during the 1990s, including an 18-2-2 (.864) mark and trip to the national semifinals in 1992.

Richardson earned his bachelor's (1963) and master's degrees ('66) from the University of California-Riverside, where he earned four letters in varsity soccer, then added a Ph.D. ('76) from the University of Connecticut. He formerly served on the District 11 school board in Colorado Springs and has a United States Soccer Federation "A" coaching license.
 
Geronazzo, meanwhile, came to Colorado College from Trail, British Columbia, as a walk-on and watched the 1991-92 Tiger ice hockey team from the stands. He then proceeded to become an All-American, Hobey Baker top-ten finalist, and one of the school's most productive players in history.
 
After collecting just seven goals and seven assists his official freshman season in 1992-93, when the Tigers finished dead last in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and won only eight of 34 games overall, Geronazzo was instrumental in a remarkable turn-around that saw Colorado College soar to an unprecedented three consecutive regular-season titles in the WCHA.  During those 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96 campaigns under head coach Don Lucia, CC posted 86 victories in 124 outings. Geronazzo was credited with the game-winning goal in 20 of the victories.
 
In 1995-96, when the Tigers reached the NCAA Frozen Four title game against the University of Michigan, losing a 4-3 overtime defeat and finishing 33-5-4, Geronazzo was one of eight Colorado College players to garner All-WCHA accolades, joining goaltender Ryan Bach on the league's elite First Team before both raked in All-America honors. Geronazzo, who tied with linemate Colin Schmidt for the CC scoring lead with 57 points (29 goals, 28 assists) as a junior in 1994-95, also led the team in scoring his senior year (1995-96) with 69 points in 42 games (36 goals, 33 assists) while leading the NCAA in power play goals and game winning goals. Pete completed his collegiate career with 91 goals and 87 assists in 146 games. As of 2014, his 178 points ranked him 13th on the program's all-time chart.