Sean Ryan has one of the best marriage proposals you will ever hear. He popped the question to his wife Sara Happy Gilmore style.

If that doesn’t make you like the head golf coach of the Montana Tech Orediggers, then nothing will.

After a solid career playing at Great Falls Central, Sean played golf at Montana Tech. When his playing days were finished, he volunteered as an assistant coach. He took over the program following the untimely death of coach Lee LaBreche in 2019.

The Orediggers then went on to achieved success on the golf course that the school had not seen before.

Sean also had to fill the shoes of LaBreche as director of the Southwestern Montana Junior Golf Tour. The Tour jumps back into action June 12 with the Lee LaBreche Kick-Off Classic at the Highland View Golf Course. 

The tour is open to boys and girls 11 through 18. The tour will stop seven times before closing the season at the Old Works Championship Aug. 7 in Anaconda. Go to SWMJGT.com to sign up.

Listen in to this podcast to hear Sean Ryan talk about the Tour, which has been a springboard to college golf for so many area players. Listen as he talks about his days growing up playing and working at the R.O. Speck Golf Course in Great Falls. Listen to him talk about playing for the Orediggers and replacing the man we called the “Big Kahuna.”