Our Story
The team was founded in 2006 by Eric Christensen. Since then, the team has seen great growth, going from a team that struggled to compete at sectionals, to qualifying for Nationals in 2016 and back-to-back appearances in 2025 and 2026. ZCU competes at a high level each year across the country and continues to be ranked in the top 25 nationally.
This past 2026 season for ZCU brought its second straight College Championships berth after battling through a strong regular season, finishing 2nd at Santa Barbara and claiming the final Northwest bid against UBC. With most of the team returning for their senior campaigns, the ZCU program looks to continue to build on the recent success and put all the pieces together to find their way back to the national tournament this spring.
Our 2025-26 Coaching Staff
Eric Christensen- Head Coach
Eric was born and raised in the Salt Lake valley, and founded teams at both Brighton High School and the University of Utah (as well as helping found Powderhogs possibly…he kind of invented ultimate in Utah). Aside from founding ZCU, Eric has been an instrumental part of ZCU’s success. He provides amazing on-on-one advice, and has a mean lefty backhand. Eric claims he works for a ski company, but he doesn’t really tell us what he does. Eric enjoys spending time with his dog, Penny, and his wife Tania, who coaches Utah’s women’s team. He is also much skinnier than you’d like to think and got a ton of steez.
Alex Walker
Walker comes from Seattle, Washington and returns to ZCU for his second season as he just loved us all so much! When he’s not drawing up plays in practice, you’ll find him chasing after his daughter on the sidelines. Walker played for Salt Lake Shrimp club team and also coaches ZCU’s summer club team X Wives! He rocks the greatest mustache you’ve ever seen and is too unc to understand what we’re ever talking about.
