Dick Mosher’s impact on UBC athletics and the students he taught and coached will be felt for generations to come.  His enduring legacy includes a remarkable 25-year coaching career that saw him set the blue and gold standard as one of the most accomplished figures throughout the decorated history of UBC varsity athletics.  His unique career, which included unparalleled success at the helm of T-Birds men’s and women’s soccer, also saw Mosher as one of the most iconic coaches in Canadian university varsity sports history.

Mosher guided the T-Bird men and women to unprecedented heights throughout his career, amassing a total of eight national championship titles, and holding the record for most national titles on the men’s side, while tied for the most national titles on the women’s side.

In addition to a remarkable winning record, and countless awards, including ‘national coach of the year’ on three occasions, Mosher was equally recognized and universally respected for his innate ability to believe in and connect with his students and athletes.

A graduate of Physical Education at UBC in 1966, Mosher returned to his alma matter as a professor in 1975 in the now school of Kinesiology.  Throughout his 37 years at UBC, he impacted and touched the lives of numerous students and graduate students, as well as faculty and staff across UBC.  Always a strong and steady presence, Mosher served as a teacher, mentor and coach with his distinctive ability to lead and inspire with kindness, humility, and wisdom.

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To honour Dick’s life and accomplishments, his friends and family will be establishing the Dick Mosher Memorial Fund. Your gift will pay tribute to Dick’s life by supporting students following in his footsteps at UBC. Final decisions on the award description and student eligibility will be made in consultation with the family.