Steve Stosich is part of so many team plaques from the Butte Sports Hall of Fame that he lost count.

Stosich was an undersized, but hard-nosed center and linebacker as Butte Central won the 1964 Class A State championship in football. He started three years on the gridiron for the Maroons.

After playing freshman football and then wrestling at Montana State, Stosich went on to a coaching career that is still going strong today.

In 1971, Stosich won his first State title as an assistant for Butte Central’s football team. In 2011, he was the head coach as Butte High won the Class AA State softball crown.

Along the way, Stosich won multiple football titles as an assistant at BC and Butte High. He was also an assistant coach as Butte High’s wrestling teams won 13 straight State titles. He coached track and field, guiding many individual state champions.

Before his teaching and coaching career, Stosich was an all-around great athlete, competing in basketball, football, track and baseball during his high school years. He was inducted into the Butte Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

Stosich is now an assistant in the Butte High softball program, where he works under his son, Ryan.

Listen in to this podcast as Stosich talks about the role his family, particularly his wife Mary Jo, played in his success. Listen as he talks about some of his high school teammates and the time he reached base against the great pitcher Dave McNally, albeit on a wild pitch following a strikeout.

Listen in as Stosich talks about so many of the great players he coached and the many great coaches he worked for and worked with over the years.

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