Renzy Kelly can be seen losing his mind and high stepping all around the basketball court on all those videos of Dougie Peoples hitting that game-winning shot for Butte Central in the 2022 Class A State championship game in Missoula.

He also went crazy when Cade Holter hit a three-quarters shot to tie the Butte High-Butte Central game a while back. That one was because he thought the shot won the game, not just tied it.

Renzy has to be one of the longest tenured high school freshmen basketball coaches in the state, if not the country. He has been a hoops coach for the Maroons since his brother Brodie took over as head coach of the program before the 2004-05 season.

Renzy has had the Jack Nicholson seats for ever BC varsity game for the past 20 seasons. That is where Renzy specializes in funny comments to the referees — even if not every ref finds him funny.

The Maroons qualified for the State tournament in 18 of those years. They shared the title with Hardin after COVID forced the shutdown of the season one day before it ended in 2020.

Two years later, Renzy was high stepping as Dougie and the Maroons won the State title.

Renzy is a 1998 graduate of Butte Central. He was a three-sport standout for the Maroons before taking his talent to play receiver for coach Bob Green on the Montana Tech football team.

Kelly had a solid career for the Orediggers. He had a knack for big plays and for scoring touchdowns.

Listen in to this podcast as Renzy talks about losing his mind a couple of times after big shots by the Maroons. Listen as he talks about coaching with his brother and growing up the little brother of one of the most competitive guys who ever lived.

Listen as he talks about some fun road trips with Lee LaBreche, the man we called the Big Kahuna.

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