Doug Schleeman joined the Oredigger coaching staff in 1996 and was appointed assistant head coach after being named the NAIA Assistant Coach of the Year following the 2010 campaign.

During his career at Montana Tech, Schleeman has been part of seven conference championship teams. He has coached more than 60 all-conference selections including the all-time career reception, touchdown, and yardage record holders.

Schleeman played collegiately at Peru State College in Nebraska, where he was a four-year letterman and an all-conference performer at center. He helped lead his team to the school's first-ever playoff appearance in his senior season. Following his playing career, Schleeman assisted in coaching Peru's offensive line before making his first move to Montana. From 1990-1992, he was the head coach at Shields Valley High School in Clyde Park. In his three years at the helm, the Rebels made two state playoff appearances, and Schleeman served on the Class C All-Star Game coaching staff twice.

Following his tenure at Shields, Schleeman returned to the college ranks in his home state of Nebraska as an assistant at Chadron State College for two years, where he earned his master's degree in secondary education. He then took over as head coach at Kemmerer High School in Kemmerer, Wyo., where he coached until moving to Butte in 1996.

Schleeman is a native of Culbertson, Neb., and resides in Butte with his wife, Tara — who is part of the occupational safety and health faculty at Montana Tech — and their three children: Kenna, Kade, and Koda. He also has two older children, Nicole and Drew.

Travis Dean joined the Oredigger staff in February 2020 as the offensive coordinator, running backs, and tight end coach.

Under Dean's leadership, the Oredigger offense has been one of the nation's top-scoring teams in the NAIA, putting up 34.9 points per game in 2022 and 31.6 points in 2023. Over those seasons, the Oredigger offense has been the nation's top-scoring team in the red zone. The Oredigger O has had the highest third-down conversion percentage in the country, they also led the country in yards per completion.

Dean's tenure has seen a pair of running backs earn All-Frontier Conference honors, cementing Montana Tech's reputation as "Running Back U". Blake Counts merited all-league accolades at the position three times, and Landers Smith did so once. Montana Tech has ranked among the nation's team rushing leaders under Dean's watch.

He started his coaching career as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Mark Samson at Havre High School in 2015. After his stint at Havre, Dean was the quarterbacks and running backs coach at Flathead High School under current Orediggers head coach Kyle Samson. The Braves boasted the top offense in Class AA and reached the state championship game in 2018. Dean coached Counts when he set the MHSA's single-season rushing record as a senior.

Dean played quarterback for Montana State University-Northern, leading an explosive offense that ranked near the top of the NAIA in total yards and completion percentage. As a prep star, he was part of back-to-back state championships at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz.

Dean and his wife, Tricia, have two children, a son, Bentley, and daughter, Tatum.

Montell Allen comes to Montana Tech from the University of Chicago, where he spent one season as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Maroons.

Allen arrived at UChicago after a four-year tenure at Lehigh University. He was the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator for the Mountain Hawks in 2021 and 2022 and previously held the position of cornerbacks coach from 2019 to 2020. Allen also assisted in coaching wedge, gunners, and jammers on the special teams unit. Lehigh's defense ranked in the top three in the Patriot League for his final three seasons at the Pennsylvania school, with the 2022 squad ranking second in the conference in sacks. The 2019 squad ranked 22nd in the NCAA's FCS in scoring defense.

Before his time at Lehigh, Allen was the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach at Lake Erie College for the 2019 season.

Allen began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant and cornerbacks coach at Hastings College in Nebraska in 2016. He was also a graduate assistant at the University of South Carolina, where he worked with special teams and linebackers during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. The Gamecocks played in the Belk Bowl and the Outback Bowl, where they defeated the University of Michigan.

As a collegiate football player, Allen played for the University of San Diego, where he was a second-team All-Pioneer League selection and team captain. He earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from San Diego.

Khalin Anderson joined the Oredigger staff in February 2020. He currently coaches the defensive backs and is also the program's strength & conditioning coordinator.

Anderson came to Montana Tech from Sentinel High School in Missoula, where he was on staff for six seasons. From 2014-19, he was the Spartans' defensive backs coach, and he spent his final two seasons there as defensive coordinator. He also spent six seasons as the horizontal jumps coach for the Spartans' track & field team.

He spent the 2009-13 football seasons at his alma mater, Montana State University-Northern, coaching defensive backs and assisting with the strength program. Before he became a coach, Anderson played cornerback for the Lights from 2005-2009. He received three all-conference awards and one All-American honor. Anderson played and coached alongside current Montana Tech head coach Kyle Samson at MSU-Northern.

Anderson's wife, Anni, is currently a full-time instructor for the award-winning Montana Tech nursing department and also works part-time at St. James Hospital as a registered nurse. They have two daughters, Everly and Mia.

Dan Thatcher, a Butte Central product, returned to his hometown in February of 2020 to join the Orediggers as the offensive line coach.

Thatcher added run game coordinator to his duties in the spring of 2024. In his time coaching the Oredigger offensive line, the Digger offense has averaged over 30 points per game since the 2022 season. The Tech offense was also top 10 in the country in red zone scoring, third-down percentage, and yards per completion in that time. The Digger offense led the Frontier Conference in fewest sacks allowed both seasons.

In his time back home in the Mining City, Thatcher has mentored and coached five All-Frontier Conference players since the 2021 season. The Oredigger offensive line has helped pave the way in the run game the past two seasons averaging over 160 rushing yards per game and just shy of 5 yards per carry. The Diggers have had back-to-back seven-win seasons and made the NAIA playoffs in 2023 for the first time in seven years.

Before coming to Tech, Thatcher spent six years teaching and coaching in the Bozeman School District. He was an assistant football and basketball coach at Bozeman High School, working for Levi Wesche and Wes Holmquist. His Hawks won MHSA Class AA championships in both sports in 2019-20.

Thatcher comes from a long coaching and athletic background, with most of his family still living here in Butte.

Kody Torgerson joined the Oredigger coaching staff in the winter of 2021. 

Torgerson played wide receiver for Montana Tech before medically retiring. The Great Falls native played high school football under head coach Mark Samson at Great Falls High earning all-conference and all-state accolades at both wide receiver and defensive back.

Torgerson’s father Brion played for Montana Tech, and his brothers Kyle and Levi are currently playing for Orediggers.