Stephen Dimit will head both the boys and the girls soccer programs at Niwot. (Kai Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Stephen Dimit will take over as coach of both the boys and the girls soccer programs at Niwot.
The school announced his hired late Thursday night.
Dimit will head both programs starting with the 2016-17 school year, taking over both roles from Rob Johnson. Johnson is set to resign after the current girls season as he has agreed to become the head boys soccer coach at Silver Creek.
Dimit has been the head boys soccer coach at Vista Ridge since 2011. He has also been an assistant with the girls team since 2013.
“Coach Dimit has developed the Vista Ridge program to a playoff-caliber team,” Niwot athletic director Chase McBride said in a statement. “He builds his programs emphasizing a positive soccer culture that highlights attitude, character and effort. Priding himself in developing the whole person, he relishes the opportunity to mentor student-athletes to pursue greatness both on and off of the field.”
Prior to Dimit’s arrival in 2011, Vista Ridge’s boys program had just four wins in its first two seasons of existence. He’s since led the Wolves to three winning seasons, including a mark of 19-11-1 over the past two. Vista Ridge made the state tournament in 2011 and 2014.
Vista Ridge’s girls team has also had a lot of recent success with Dimit on staff. The Wolves went 9-6-0 in 2015, the program’s first winning season, and are off to a 3-0-0 start this season.
Dimit will be taking over equally successful programs at Niwot.
Niwot’s boys team went 15-2 last fall, falling to Standley Lake in overtime of the second round at the Class 4A state tournament. The boys have had a lot of recent success under Johnson, going 81-19-5 since 2010.
They reached the 4A quarterfinals in 2014, 2012, and the semifinals in 2011.
The Cougars’ girls program, meanwhile, is 1-2-0 to start the 2016 campaign. They went 8-4-3 last season, and 13-4-0 in 2014 — Johnson’s first year as girls coach.