Colin Cushman Father

“How in the world did Colin Cushman end up as an athletic director?” you might ask. My stepdad Colin went through rigorous classes at Montana State from 1984 to 1988. He has successfully gotten a degree in math, and a minor in chemistry. Young Colin who once had gracious, full hair, studies chemical engineering for two years. During this time, Colin began coaching high schooler’s, which immediately caught his interest. At the age of 22, Colin began his first year teaching middle schooler’s at Fairhaven Middle School. The sun way high in the sky, and Colin assumed he could simply skip a day of work and have some fun. Reality settled in and Colin realized that he could not miss a day of work. To this day, he explains this as his big “it sucks to be a grown-up moment”. Colin faced a large adjustment from his home life in Boseman, to Bellingham. He explained how in his old town, they were never given a snow day break from

His preferred way to study for a test was to cram. He said with emphasis he’d actually cram so much, that sometimes he’d get no sleep the night before a test. This may sound like agony to the average being, but this 26 year old believed it was all worth it. After class, Colin spent his time with friends doing intermural sports. Basketball, tennis, golf, skiing, you name it, Colin played it. He played so many recreational games. He was like a multi-sport athlete at Montana State. Colin spent much of his free time with his fraternity in College. Many laughs and memories came along with those in his brotherhood, especially considering he was president. With all this freedom, college forced Colin to look out for himself. A major change he faced was being independent when he got sick. Colin explained how had to simply suck it up, and make himself feel better or else he’d look like a beggar off the streets for weeks on