Jeff Bzdelik (born December 1, 1952) is a former National Basketball Association coach, who coached the Denver Nuggets for slightly over two seasons, from 2002 through 2004. He is best remembered for leading the 2003-04 Nuggets to a 43-39 record, a 26-game improvement over the 2002-03 campaign when the team went 17-65.
He is currently the head basketball coach for the Colorado Buffaloes. He was hired April 3 2007. Bzdelik is the highest paid coach ever at Colorado, earning approximately $800,000 per year.
Before his current position, he was the head coach at the United States Air Force Academy where he led the team to a NIT semi-final game and a total record in 2 seasons of 50-16, including the most successful season ever at the Academy in 2006-07 of 26-9.
