Jim Cotter (curler)

Cotter grew up in Kamloops, playing both curling and baseball as a youth. As a high school student, he won three provincial high school championships (1990, 1991, 1993). He won two provincial junior crowns, in 1990 and in 1995. At the 1990 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, he skipped the B.C. team to a 6-5 round robin record. This put them in a five-way tie for third place. They would be eliminated from the playoffs however, when they lost their first tie-breaker match to Nova Scotia's Brian Fowlie.^[2] Five years later in his last year of eligibility, Cotter was back at the national juniors, skipping the B.C. team. This time, he would finish with a better, 7-4 record, but it was only good enough for fourth place, and they missed the playoffs.^[3]

After juniors, Cotter would team up with two-time world champion Pat Ryan. Cotter would throw fourth stones for the team, while Ryan called the shots. The team qualified for the 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, where they went 5-4, missing the playoffs.

After playing with Ryan, Cotter joined up with Bob Ursel. Just like for the Ryan rink, Cotter would throw fourth stones, but let Ursel call the games. This rink won the provincial championship in 2008, qualifying them for the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier in Winnipeg. The team finished with a 7-4 round robin record, but lost to Ontario's Glenn Howard in the 3 vs. 4 playoff match.

Cotter would move up to the skip position for much of the 2010-11 season, while Ursel was nursing a knee injury. The team qualified for the 2011 Tim Hortons Brier without Ursel. They finished with a 4-7 record.

Ursel decided to not play for the following season, and Cotter took control as skip for the full season.

On May 1, 2013, Cotter announced that Olympic champion John Morris would join the team for the 2013–14 season.^[4]

Personal life

Cotter is a graduate of the University College of the Cariboo, and attended Norkam Secondary School in Kamloops. He is employed as health information systems data architect for Iatric Systems. He is married to Bobbi Cotter and has three children.^[5]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
1996–97	Robert Kuroyama	Jim Cotter	Kevin Miles	Neal Dustin
1998–99	Jim Cotter	Robert Kuroyama	Kevin Miles	Neal Dustin
1999–00	Cory Heggestad	Jim Cotter	Aron Herrick	Trevor Miyahara
2000–01	Cory Heggestad	Jim Cotter	Aron Herrick	Trevor Miyahara
2007–08	Jim Cotter (fourth)	Bob Ursel (skip)	Kevin Folk	Rick Sawatsky	2008 Brier
2008–09	Jim Cotter (fourth)	Bob Ursel (skip)	Kevin Folk	Rick Sawatsky	2009 BC
2009–10	Jim Cotter (fourth)	Bob Ursel (skip)	Kevin Folk	Rick Sawatsky	2010 BC
2010–11	Jim Cotter	Ken Maskiewich	Kevin Folk	Rick Sawatsky	2011 BC, Brier
2011–12	Jim Cotter	Kevin Folk	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	2012 BC, Brier
2012–13	Jim Cotter	Jason Gunnlaugson	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	2013 BC
2013–14	Jim Cotter (fourth)	John Morris (skip)	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	2013 RTTR, COCT, 2014 BC, Brier
2014–15	Jim Cotter	Ryan Kuhn	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky

Grand Slam record

Key
C	Champion
F	Lost in Final
SF	Lost in Semifinal
QF	Lost in Quarterfinals
R16	Lost in the round of 16
Q	Did not advance to playoffs
T2	Played in Tier 2 event
DNP	Did not participate in event
N/A	Not a Grand Slam event that season

Event	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Masters / World Cup	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	Q	DNP	Q	Q	F	DNP	Q	F
Canadian Open	DNP	QF	DNP	Q	Q	QF	Q	Q	QF	Q	QF	Q
The National	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	Q	Q	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP
Players' Championships	Q	Q	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q	DNP	DNP	QF	DNP	DNP

References

External links

CCA profile: Jim Cotter

Jim Cotter on the World Curling Tour database

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