Since December of 2006, Dan Boyle has worked as a Butte-Silver Bow firefighter. 

He was known for his mustache before he recently shaved it off.

Dan is also known for being a part of the incredible Boyle family of Butte. That family name is synonymous with the Knights of Columbus Hall in Butte.

Pretty much since the day he was born, the 1998 Butte Central graduate has been a fixture at the KC.

He grew up playing and attending family functions at the KC. Today, Dan and Tom run the KC’s Little Kids Hoops program with some help from their brother Matt and their parents, Bernie and Peggie.

The KC Little Kids Hoops program is one of the best sports programs in town. Boys and girls from kindergarten (or even younger) through sixth grade (or maybe a little older) get to play basketball for free on Saturday mornings.

The first week of the new seasons starts this Saturday. The players from kindergarten through second grade go from 9 to 10:30 a.m., and the players in third through sixth play from 10:30 to noon.

The league is built for players of all talent levels, and the Boyle brothers make sure that every player is involved. There are no set teams and no coaches. Players can show up every week or just some of the weeks. During the last week, all the players are given a league T-shirt.

The league, which was started by Bernie Boyle and has run for more than three decades, has turned out state champions. It has also given boys or girls who otherwise wouldn’t have played at all the chance to play in front of their parents, grandparents, siblings and aunts and uncles.

It is a great program, and we owe it all to the Boyle family.

Listen in to this podcast as Dan talks about growing up with his three brothers and following in the footsteps of his father and becoming a fireman. Listen to how that can be a difficult job that can also be very rewarding and fun.

Listen in as his Dan’s children, Ben and Madison, say hello.

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