Montana Tech Athletics

Montana Tech Director of Athletics Matt Stepan announced the hiring of Kyle Samson to lead the Oredigger football team on January 21, 2020. Samson served as the Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach last season after joining the team in January of 2019.

Coach Samson began his collegiate head coaching career with the Orediggers and is 12-8 in his first two seasons at the helm. Coach Samson was the offensive coordinator for one season at Montana Tech prior to being named head coach.
 
The Orediggers finished 7-3 in 2022 and had a successful campaign in Coach Samson’s second season at the helm. The Orediggers just missed out on the NAIA Football National Championship Series finishing third in the conference standings. The Orediggers defeated four conference opponents ranked or receiving votes in the NAIA Coaches Top 25 reaching No. 19 in the national poll during the season and finishing No. 24 in the final poll.

Tech led the league in scoring and were third on defensive points. The Oredigger defense forced 24 turnovers and gave up the ball 15 times.
The Orediggers placed 13 on the all-conference team including eight first team selections, three from the offense, three defense, and two special teams. 
 
Samson led the Flathead High School football program for five seasons prior to arriving in the Mining City. The Braves had one of the top offenses in the state reaching the AA state title game in 2018 for the first time since 2000. Flathead also made the playoffs three out of his five seasons while in Kalispell. Samson called the offense and coached the quarterbacks at Flathead.
 
Samson served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for seven seasons at Montana State Northern 2007-14. The Lights offense was ranked in the top 10 nationally from 2011-13.
 
A player first, Samson was an all-state quarterback at Helena Capital High School. A three-time All-Conference selection for Montana State Northern, Samson was the 2006 Frontier Conference Offensive Player of the Year. Samson finished his career with 5,303 yards passing and 1,591 yards on the ground. He had a 62.1 career completion percentage while scoring 45 total touchdowns.

Samson lives in Butte with his wife Brooke and there three children: Troy (11), Jordyn (9), and Beau (5).