South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football


The South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football program represents the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in college football. In 2010, South Dakota Mines announced that it would end the school's affiliation with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to join the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division II beginning with the 2011 season as a probationary member and becoming a full member in 2013.
The Hardrockers also went by the "Longhairs" early in their history. They have played football since 1895 with hiatuses taken in 1896–1899, 1907, 1915, and 1942–1945.

West River Rivalry-Black Hills Brawl

SDSM&T's first ever game was an 18–0 loss to Black Hills College on Nov. 28, 1895. This would prove to be a long-standing rivalry.
SDSM&T's main athletic rival is Black Hills State University. The rivalry is generated from proximity, with BHSU located less than 50 miles to the west in Spearfish, South Dakota. Educational differences between the schools also help fuel the rivalry, with BHSU being mainly a liberal arts college and SDSM&T an engineering/STEM-only research university. The football rivalry is the fourth most-frequently played series in the US, behind the Harvard–Yale football rivalry, Princeton–Yale, and The Rivalry . It is also the oldest football series west of the Mississippi River and the most played between current NCAA Div. II teams. Generally, the last game of each season is reserved for the two schools to play, however the two schools may play twice in the same season or earlier in the year. The teams battle for the Homestake Trophy, named for a mine in the Black Hills area and adorned with a prospector's pan. The rivalry is called the Black Hills Brawl, due to the location of the schools and ferocity in which the teams play each other, or the West River Rivalry, named for the area of South Dakota that both school's inhabit.
Since their first meeting in football 1895, the schools have played total of 131 times and to the point of having at least one yearly game since 1919. The only years they have not played one game against each other but have had teams are 1902, 1904, 1910, 1911, and 1918. The Hardrockers currently lead the series 62–58–11

Head coaching history

There have been 34 recorded coaches in the school's history. The coach, if there was one, for the 1905 season is unknown.
CoachYearsSeasonsGamesWinsLossesTiesPercentage
Rudolph F. Flinterman1895110100
E. M. Stevens1900–190237520.714
Green1903111001.000
Hendrickson1904122001.000
Unknown1905122001.000
Thomas R. Nelson190613201.666
George S. Keller1908–19092111010.909
Joseph Power191015221.400
Howard Fulweiler191116132.167
Guy C. Redfield191216240.333
J. H. Winterringer191317520.714
Ernest Allmendinger191415410.800
John F. Dulebohn191615230.400
Fred Gushurst1917, 1919–19203151050.666
Kenneth M. Harkness1918111001.000
John Redmon192117241.286
B. R. Schroeder1922–1923214941.643
Ollie C. Thomas1924–192853923151.560
Ray D. Hahn1929–193464215270.357
Lem Herting1935–193842914141.483
Art Sullivan1939–1940215591.333
Dave Strong194117421.571
Dan Lennon194618260.250
Marvin Lewellyn1947–195153919164.487
Clare Ekeland1952–195875615329.268
Homer Englund1959–1960, 196232312110.522
Jerry Welfl196118350.375
Darold King1963–197086625365.379
Gary L. Boner1971–19891917292737.535
Erv Mondt1990–199454511340.244
Rick Fiala1995–19973307230.233
Ron Richards1998–19992202180.100
Darren Soucy2000–200455010400.200
Dan Kratzer2005–201177123480.323
Stacy Collins2012–201544316270.372
Zach Tinker2016–present22210120.455