Ute Otley ready for new challenge at Norwich University [Video]

One of the greatest coaching runs in Vermont basketball history came to a close last week.Ute Otley led the Champlain Valley Union RedHakws to eight titles in 13 years, qualifying for the semifinal in every season there was a postseason tournament. Now she’s taking all that experience to the NCAA, accepting the position as the next head coach of the Norwich Cadets women’s basketball team.”It wasn’t really so much ‘it’s time to call it a day at CVU,'” said Otley. It was more, ‘Hey, this opportunity is not going to come around every week.'”Norwich Athletic director Ed Hockenbury said he started watching Otley before she got to CVU, when the two were coaching Chittenden County mini-metro basketball in the early 2010s.”And I lost every time,” said Hockenbury. “I’ve admired her coaching and watched what she built at CVU and it was truly remarkable.”Otley has a resume that would make any …