The day Vance Joseph was introduced as the Broncos’ new head coach, his look ahead included a look back, as allegations from his past soon resurfaced.

Joseph was accused of sexually assaulting two female trainers while a defensive backs coach at Colorado from 2003-04. The allegations were investigated by a state task force that examined a recruiting scandal at the school. Joseph was not charged or interviewed as part of the investigation.

On Saturday, The Boulder Daily Camera published details it obtained from a 2004 Boulder Police Department report.

One of the two women involved said she did not want to press charges and the other declined to talk to police. As a result, the case was closed.

Joseph had never publicly addressed the allegations before Wednesday, when, in an interview with The Denver Post about the team and his recent coaching hires, he said the claims of sexual assault “are false.”

“That was resolved a long time ago,” he said. “For myself, for my family, for the Denver Broncos, I’m disappointed and embarrassed. I was a young guy and it showed to my immaturity and irresponsibility in my life when I was younger. But I’ve grown so much and that’s why I’m disappointed, because I’ve grown so much as a person, as a coach, as a father, as a husband.

“Everyone who knows me knows that I try to live my life the right way, and I regret that my name is even associated with this.”

Joseph spoke with Broncos general manager John Elway and president/CEO Joe Ellis about the allegations in the past week.

Patrick Smyth, the Broncos’ vice president of public relations, on Saturday addressed the accusations during Joseph’s time at CU, saying: “While we were aware of these accusations, he was not charged with anything from the report filed in 2004.”

Joseph, a quarterback and running back at CU from 1990-95, returned to the school as a graduate assistant in 1999 on the staff of head coach Gary Barnett. He stayed on until 2001 before heading to the University of Wyoming as a defensive backs coach in the spring of 2002. He returned to CU as a defensive backs coach and worked for two seasons (2003-04).

In 2004, during the investigation, Joseph was placed on administrative leave for what the university then described as a “personal matter.” Shortly after, Colorado announced Joseph had accepted an assistant’s coaching job at Bowling Green State University.