Butte is a consolidated city-county and the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers 718 square miles (1,860 km2), and, according to the 2020 census, has a population of 34,494, making it Montana's fifth-largest city. It is served by Bert Mooney Airport with airport code BTM.
Montana Technological University, popularly known as Montana Tech, is a public university in Butte, Montana. Founded in 1900 as the Montana State School of Mines, the university became affiliated with the University of Montana in 1994. After undergoing several name changes, in 2017 the Montana University System Board of Regents voted to designate Montana Tech as part of Special Focus Four-Year Universities, the only such designation in the Montana University System. To recognize this new designation and the greater independence with it, the name was officially changed in 2018 from Montana Tech of the University of Montana to Montana Technological University. Montana Tech's focus is on engineering, applied and health science.
Robert O'Billovich, nicknamed "Bobby O" or "Obie", is an east regional scout for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). O'Billovich has been involved with the CFL since 1963 in the roles of player, coach, general manager, scout, and several front-office positions. As a long-time coach in the CFL, he won 107 regular season games in the CFL, the eighth highest win total by a head coach in the league's history.
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a public university in Rapid City, South Dakota. It is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents and was founded in 1885. South Dakota Mines offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.
Bernard W. Bierman was an American college football coach best known for his years as head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football program. Between 1934 and 1941, his Minnesota teams won five national championships and seven Big Ten championships and had four perfect seasons. Bierman's five national championships rank him among the greatest college football coaches of all time, as only 2 coaches have won more.
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company, known as the Amalgamated Copper Company from 1899 to 1915, was an American mining company headquartered in Butte, Montana. It was one of the largest trusts of the early 20th century and one of the largest mining companies in the world for much of the 20th century.
Joseph Roguet Aillet was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana Tech University from 1940 to 1966, compiling a record of 151–86–8. Additionally, under Aillet, the Bulldogs won nine conference championships. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989. Joe Aillet Stadium, the home of the Louisiana Tech football team, was dedicated in Aillet's honor in 1972.
The 1925 Texas Tech Matadors football team was an American football team that represented Texas Technological College as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its first season of intercollegiate football, Texas Tech compiled a 6–1–2 record. Windy Nicklaus was the team captain. The team played its home games at the South Plains Fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas.
Fred John "Steve" Furman was an American college football player and coach, athletics administrator, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical Collegenow known as Mississippi State University—from 1907 to 1908, compiling a record of 9–7.
Ray Dreyer Hahn was an American football and basketball player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the South Dakota School of Mines—now known as South Dakota School of Mines and Technology—from 1929 to 1934 and Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1938 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1956, compiling a career college football coaching record of 70–104–4.
Patrick J. "Pat" Kearney (1955–2014) was an American reporter, broadcaster, coach, author and historian, noted for his newscasting, sportscasting and books about his hometown of Butte, Montana.
Ray Braun is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the Montana State School of Mines—now known as Montana Technological University–for one season, in 1968, compiling a record of 2–6. Before coming to Montana Tech, Braun was an assistant football coach at North Dakota State University and coached high school football at Hellgate High School in Missoula, Montana. Braun was the defensive coordinator at Washington State University under head coach Jim Sweeney from 1972 to 1973. He served two stints in the same capacity at Oregon State University, from 1976 to 1978 under Craig Fertig and 1982 to 1983 under Joe Avezzano. Braun also coached in the professional ranks, as an assistant with the Portland Storm/Thunder of the World Football League (WFL) from 1974 to 1975 and with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) in 1988. During the 1990s he coached at a number of high schools in Oregon.
Cecil Carwin "Jim" Deming was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Carroll College in Helena, Montana in 1958.
The 1922 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1922 college football season. The Bobcats compiled a 4–4 record, finished last in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 128 to 127. The team lost the annual rivalry game to Montana by a 7–6 score on Armistice Day.
The 1902 Montana Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented the Agricultural College of the State of Montana during the 1902 college football season. In its first season under head coach J. E. Flynn, the team compiled a 4–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 94 to 22. With two victories over the Montana School of Mines and a 38–0 victory on Thanksgiving Day over the University of Montana, the Agricultural College was declared to be the champion of Montana.
Robert Riley was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Montana Technological University from 1970 to 1971 and at Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska in 1974. After one year at Peru State, he left college coaching and served as the head coach at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Wyoming from 1975 to 1978.
Harry "Swede" Dahlberg Sr. was an American college football player and high school coach, teacher and athletic director. He was a high school sports coach for 45 years, 44 years at Butte High School, Butte, Montana. During his 44 year tenure his teams won 27 state championships across football, basketball, track and field and cross country.
Chuck Morrell is an American college football coach who currently serves as an defensive analyst at the University of Alabama. He was the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at the University of Washington from 2022–2023. He was the safeties coach at Fresno State from 2020 to 2021. Before that, he spent nine years as the head coach for Montana Tech. He attended Sioux Falls, was part of Kalen DeBoer's coaching staff during a five-year run in which Sioux Falls won three NAIA football national championships.
T. S. Ary was the 18th Director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
Lindsay D. Norman is an American mining engineer and educator. He served as the 16th director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. He also worked as an executive for Jones and Laughlin Steel Company and Chase Manhattan Bank. He later served as president of Montana Technical Institute and Massachusetts Bay Community College.
