Charlie McAuliffe

Daniel Charles McAuliffe (November 25, 1895 – August 8, 1983) was an American college football coach and university administrator. He was associated with Montana School of Mines—now known as Montana Technological University—for 43 years, from 1923 to 1966, holding post including football and basketball coach, athletic director, mathematics instructor, dean, and vice president.

Early years McAuliffe was born in Butte, Montana, in 1895. He attended Butte High School, where he competed for the football and basketball teams, set an interscholastic record in the pole vault, and graduated in 1914. He then enrolled at the Montana School of Mines—now known as Montana Technological University (Montana Tech)—where he completed in football, baseball, and track, before receiving a degree in mining engineering in 1920.

Death and honors McAuliffe died at the Veterans Hospital in Spokane, Washington, in 1983 at age 87. He was inducted into the Montana Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.