Podcast No. 42: Rick Sparks

The ButteCast with Bill Foley · Jan 12, 2023 · 1h 11m

Rick Sparks is a Butte Central coaching legend. Before that, he was a Butte High Bulldog.

"Sparky," as he is affectionately called, was an All-State center for Butte High's undefeated state championship football team in 1964. He is one of seven members of that team inducted into the Butte Sports Hall of Fame. He then went on to play for the Montana Grizzlies before returning to Butte to coach the Maroons.

Listen in as Sparky talks about his career as an athlete and a coach. Listen as explains how he wishes he gave Brian Morris the ball one more time in the classic 1981 overtime game against…