Biographical details | |
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Born | Missoula, Montana, U.S. | October 20, 1943
Died | June 16, 2013 Great Falls, Montana, U.S. | (aged 69)
Alma mater | University of Montana (1969) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1960s | Carroll (MT) |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1969–1976 | Hermiston HS (OR) (assistant) |
1977 | Havre HS (MT) (assistant) |
1978–1986 | Havre HS (MT) |
1987–1990 | Hermiston HS (OR) |
1991–1997 | Great Falls HS (MT) (freshman) |
1998–2003 | Montana State–Northern |
2006–? | Fort Benton HS (MT) |
Wrestling | |
1969–1976 | Hermiston HS (OR) (assistant) |
1977 | Havre HS (MT) (assistant) |
1978–1986 | Havre HS (MT) |
1987–1990 | Hermiston HS (OR) |
1991–1997 | Great Falls HS (MT) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 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. [10] [11] He was inducted into the Montana State–Northern Hall of Fame in 2023. [12]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Montana State–Northern Lights ( Frontier Conference) (1999–2003) | |||||||||
1999 | Montana State–Northern | 3–8 | 1–7 | T–4th | |||||
2000 | Montana State–Northern | 2–8 | 2–6 | 4th | |||||
2001 | Montana State–Northern | 3–8 | 2–6 | T–3rd | |||||
2002 | Montana State–Northern | 1–9 | 1–7 | 5th | |||||
2003 | Montana State–Northern | 1–9 | 1–7 | 5th | |||||
Montana State–Northern: | 10–42 | 7–33 | |||||||
Total: | 10–42 |