Danny Thatcher was born to coach, and that is what he does.
Coach Thatcher is the offensive line coach and run game coordinator for the Montana Tech football team. He joined the Oredigger staff when Head Coach Coach Kyle Samson took over for Chuck Morrell. He added the run game coordinator to his title this spring. Yes, that is a real thing.
Danny is one many Coach Thatchers who have led young men and women in the Mining City. He is the son of Mike and Debbie Thatcher and the younger brother of Sarah Stepan, Lindsay LeProwse and Kelci Thatcher.
While Danny will tell you he is the least athletic of the Thatchers, don’t let that fool you. He was a standout player on some very good Butte Central teams. After having his sophomore year sidelined by a back injury, Danny was an all-conference lineman two years for the Maroons. He was an All-State center as a senior, and he was selected to play in the Badlands Bowl and the Montana East-West Shrine Game.
Danny signed to play football for Montana Tech. But he was a little undersized, and back problems sidelined his playing career.
It didn’t take lone, however, for him to turn to coaching. He started in middle school and then coached with the Bozeman Hawks.
Danny was the offensive line coach for the Bozeman team that beat Butte High in the 2019 Class AA State Championship game at Naranche Stadium.
Listen in to this episode of the ButteCast as Danny talks about his lifelong desire to coach. Listen as he talks about his playing days, how he rose up the ranks in Bozeman and how Coach Samson recruited him to join the Oredigger family.
Listen as he talks about losing his cousin and best friend Alex Thatcher and his good friend Mariah McCarthy have helped him keep his coaching career in perspective. Listen to how Alex and Mariah will always be a part of his life.
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