Mike Folda just finished up his sixth season as the head coach for the Trojan Basketball
team. He took over as head coach before the 2010-2011 season following five seasons
as the assistant to Coach Rich Holden.
Coach Folda joined the staff in 2004 during Coach Holden’s first year, and returned
in the fall of 2006 after spending one season at Northeastern Junior College.
Folda is originally from Pueblo, Colorado where he was an all-state basketball player
at East High School. He received an AA from Northeastern Junior College in Sterling
Colorado while playing basketball for NJCAA Hall of Fame coach Lowell Roumph.
Mike transferred back to Pueblo to finish up his education by earning a BA from the
University of Southern Colorado, now known as CSU-Pueblo, in the spring of 2004. While
at Pueblo he had the good fortune to play two years for his father, Joe Folda, who
has had many successful years at Southern Colorado/CSU-Pueblo as a coach and as the
Athletic Director.
