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The Colorado Mines Orediggers football team represents the Colorado School of Mines in the sport of American football. [2] Pete Sterbick has been the head coach since 2023, succeeding Brandon Moore after the latter left to coach for the University of San Diego. The football team has played in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference since 1909 ...
Colorado Mines' football team, drawn from its student body of engineering students, has gained attention both for its ability on the field and for its nerdy and colorful characters. In November 2023, The Wall Street Journal profiled quarterback John Matocha, a computer science major, as the leader of "college football's nerdiest contender."
John Matocha (born November 2, 2000) is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers. [1] [2] He was a member of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Blake Delacruz rushed for 208 yards, Braden Jay added 161 yards and three touchdowns on the ground and Harding won its first Division II championship, defeating Colorado School of Mines 38-7 on ...
In 2022, Mines finished 13–3 and played for the NCAA Division II national championship, losing to Ferris State. Quarterback John Matocha won the Harlon Hill Trophy, the equivalent to the Heisman Trophy, awarded to the best player in NCAA Division II football. Sterbick was named D-II national coordinator of the year by footballscoop.com, as ...
The Colorado School of Mines has also been successful athletically as of late. The Orediggers claimed the institution's first-ever Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) All-Sports Cup during the 2011–12 academic year, and repeated in 2015–16. The 2015–16 season saw Mines win their first NCAA team championship (men's cross country ...
Its first athletic contest, held on May 20, 1893, was the first annual Colorado Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Field Day, featuring many athletic contests between the University of Colorado, Colorado A&M, Colorado School of Mines, and the University of Denver, in which Mines claimed the most medals. Its first football game took place on ...
Gregg Brandon (born February 29, 1956) is an American college football coach and former player. He was most recently the head football coach at the Colorado School of Mines, a position he had held from 2015 until his retirement after the 2021 season. [1]