Dave Conarroe, author of Confronting Drug Use, has been teaching at Aspen High School since 1976. During that time he was the athletic director 1989 to 1998; the girls basketball coach 1976 to 1991 and 2004-2006; the boys basketball coach 1992 to 1998; the head track coach 1978 to 1986; an assistant football coach 1977-1985; co-founder of Aspen’s youth football team in 1998 as a member of Three Rivers Youth Football; a member of Colorado High School Activities Association Board of Control 1995-1998; Fulbright teacher of A-Level Business Studies at Victoria College Belfast, Northern Ireland 2001-2002; AHS teacher of the following courses: IB/AP Economics, IB Business and Management, Marketing, Intro to Finance, Business Law, Accounting, Sports and Entertainment Marketing, MS Office, Journalism, Psychology, Physical Education, Web page development, Career Planning, and Drug Education. His graduate assistantship at Northern Arizona University was in the University Advisement Center.
