Walt Currie Explained

Walt Currie
Birth Date:20 October 1943
Birth Place:Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Death Place:Great Falls, Montana, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Montana (1969)
Player Sport1:Football
Player Team2:Carroll (MT)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1969–1976
Coach Team2:Hermiston HS (OR) (assistant)
Coach Years3:1977
Coach Team3:Havre HS (MT) (assistant)
Coach Years4:1978–1986
Coach Team4:Havre HS (MT)
Coach Years5:1987–1990
Coach Team5:Hermiston HS (OR)
Coach Years6:1991–1997
Coach Team6:Great Falls HS (MT) (freshman)
Coach Years7:1998–2003
Coach Team7:Montana State–Northern
Coach Years8:2006–?
Coach Team8:Fort Benton HS (MT)
Coach Sport9:Wrestling
Coach Years10:1969–1976
Coach Team10:Hermiston HS (OR) (assistant)
Coach Years11:1977
Coach Team11:Havre HS (MT) (assistant)
Coach Years12:1978–1986
Coach Team12:Havre HS (MT)
Coach Years13:1987–1990
Coach Team13:Hermiston HS (OR)
Coach Years14:1991–1997
Coach Team14:Great Falls HS (MT)
Overall Record:10–42 (college football)
51–35 (high school football; Havre)
52–61 (high school wrestling; Havre)

Walter Eugene Currie (October 20, 1943 – June 16, 2013) was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Havre High School from 1978 to 1986,[1] [2] Hermiston High School from 1987 to 1990,[3] [4] Montana State University–Northern from 1998 to 2003,[5] [6] [7] [8] and Fort Benton High School starting in 2006.[9]

Currie resurrected the Montana State–Northern Lights football program which had not fielded a team since 1971. He was also the head wrestling coach for multiple high schools in Montana and Oregon.[10]

Currie died on June 16, 2013, in Great Falls, Montana, as a result of an iron overload.[11] He was inducted into the Montana State–Northern Hall of Fame in 2023.[12]

Head coaching record

College football

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Notes and References

  1. News: June 10, 1978 . Walt Currie named football, wrestling coach at Havre . June 5, 2024 . Great Falls Tribune . 13.
  2. News: June 22, 1978 . Currier Named Head Coach . June 5, 2024 . The Flathead Courier . A6.
  3. News: May 10, 1987 . Havre's Walt Currie moving to Oregon . June 5, 2024 . The Billings Gazette . 16.
  4. News: June 5, 1987 . Currie leaving Havre with memories . June 5, 2024 . The Havre Daily News . 10.
  5. News: Backa . Curt . May 5, 1998 . Currie to coach new MSU-Northern football team . June 5, 2024 . Great Falls Tribune . 19.
  6. Web site: December 25, 2003 . Samson named MSU-N's football coach . June 5, 2024 . The Missoulian.
  7. Web site: Ferguson . George . June 28, 2013 . Walt Currie did so much more than coach . June 5, 2024 . Havre Weekly Chronicle.
  8. Web site: Ferguson . George . June 19, 2013 . Havre, sports community loses the great Walt Currie . June 5, 2024 . Havre Weekly Chronicle.
  9. Web site: October 2013 . Smoke Jumper . June 5, 2024 . Smokejumpers . 23.
  10. Web site: Walt Currie Obituary (2013) - Great Falls, MT - Great Falls Tribune . June 5, 2024 . Legacy.com.
  11. Web site: June 20, 2013 . Walter Eugene Currie . June 5, 2024 . Havre Weekly Chronicle.
  12. Web site: Walt Curie (2023) - Hall of Fame . June 5, 2024 . Montana State University Northern Athletics.