Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Perhaps best known in basketball, “Doc” Cotton coached the ASC men’s team from 1960-1978 and the women’s team from 1978-1987. He led the ASC women to four RMAC titles (1981, 82, 84 and 85) and five NAIA district championships. Cotton was also Athletic Director, golf, tennis and football coach. Plus he drove the athletic bus and maintained a full teaching load. Cotton was the head coach of RMAC Hall of Famers Lonnie Porter and Debra Gilbert. Prior to arriving at ASC, Cotton served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, touring in the South Pacific. In 1950, Cotton played for the Denver Nuggets, during the first ever season of the NBA. The team disbanded after one season. Cotton was part of the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1960 to 1972 and President of the NAIA coaches association. Cotton and his wife Mabel have been married for more than 60 years.