Walt Currie | |
Birth Date: | 20 October 1943 |
Birth Place: | Missoula, Montana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Great Falls, Montana, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | University of Montana (1969) |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Team2: | Carroll (MT) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1969–1976 |
Coach Team2: | Hermiston HS (OR) (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1977 |
Coach Team3: | Havre HS (MT) (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1978–1986 |
Coach Team4: | Havre HS (MT) |
Coach Years5: | 1987–1990 |
Coach Team5: | Hermiston HS (OR) |
Coach Years6: | 1991–1997 |
Coach Team6: | Great Falls HS (MT) (freshman) |
Coach Years7: | 1998–2003 |
Coach Team7: | Montana State–Northern |
Coach Years8: | 2006–? |
Coach Team8: | Fort Benton HS (MT) |
Coach Sport9: | Wrestling |
Coach Years10: | 1969–1976 |
Coach Team10: | Hermiston HS (OR) (assistant) |
Coach Years11: | 1977 |
Coach Team11: | Havre HS (MT) (assistant) |
Coach Years12: | 1978–1986 |
Coach Team12: | Havre HS (MT) |
Coach Years13: | 1987–1990 |
Coach Team13: | Hermiston HS (OR) |
Coach Years14: | 1991–1997 |
Coach Team14: | Great Falls HS (MT) |
Overall Record: | 10–42 (college football) 51–35 (high school football; Havre) 52–61 (high school wrestling; Havre) |
Walter Eugene Currie (October 20, 1943 – June 16, 2013) was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Havre High School from 1978 to 1986,[1] [2] Hermiston High School from 1987 to 1990,[3] [4] Montana State University–Northern from 1998 to 2003,[5] [6] [7] [8] and Fort Benton High School starting in 2006.[9]
Currie resurrected the Montana State–Northern Lights football program which had not fielded a team since 1971. He was also the head wrestling coach for multiple high schools in Montana and Oregon.[10]
Currie died on June 16, 2013, in Great Falls, Montana, as a result of an iron overload.[11] He was inducted into the Montana State–Northern Hall of Fame in 2023.[12]