The day after he was fired as head coach of the University of Utah mens basketball team in 2011, Jim Boylen turned to one of his favorite activities for solace: He went skiing at Snowbird.
“I wanted that thing really bad there, to make it work,” Boylen said. “We had some success, and when it gets taken away from you, it’s painful. So recovering from that is difficult.”
But during the 2018 All-Star break, he returned to Utah to ski with his family, this time at Park City, reflecting how he came to enjoy Utah during his time here, even during his team’s up-and-down campaign.