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Pete Sterbick was named offensive coordinator at Mines in January 2019. He came to Golden from Montana Tech, where he was offensive coordinator for some of NAIA's most explosive offenses over four seasons.
Sterbick's first season in charge of the Orediggers was filled with superlatives as Mines had one of the nation's best and most balanced offenses. The Orediggers ran for a program-record 3,269 yards and averaged 488.2 yards per game behind running backs Cameron Mayberry and Michael Zeman; Zeman ran for 1,421 yards and 12 touchdowns. True freshman quarterback John Matocha emerged as one of the nation's best dual-threat signal callers, throwing for 2,825 yards and 29 touchdowns on an impressive 73.7 percent completion percentage, while also running for 11 touchdowns and 598 yards. In NCAA Division II, Mines ranked fourth in first downs, 11th in total offense, 13th in rushing offense, and 14th in scoring offense in 2019.
At Montana Tech from 2014 to 2018, Sterbick helped them to a 31-13 record over four seasons, including two Frontier Conference titles and appearances in the 2015 and 2016 NAIA national quarterfinals. His offenses broke more than 30 school records while averaging 458.3 yards and 35 points per game between 2015 and 2018. His top unit was in 2017, when Montana Tech averaged 543.8 yards per game (with a balance of 343.8 pass/200.0 rush) and 43.4 points per game, while also setting the NAIA national record for total offense in a game with 932 yards that season.
Sterbick has deep experience at multiple levels of football prior to Montana Tech. In 2012 and 2013 he was the head coach and offensive coordinator at McPherson College, where the Bulldogs ranked in the NAIA top-30 in passing offense both seasons. Prior to that he was offensive coordinator at Grand View University from 2008 to 2011, helping that program start up from scratch and achieve a 22-11 record over three seasons including a 2011 conference championship in the team's third year of official play.
Sterbick also has extensive experience in NCAA Divisions I and II including a role as the offensive graduate assistant at Washington State from 2005-07, the same role at North Dakota in 2004-05, and wide receivers coach at Missouri Western in 2003-04. Sterbick was a wide receiver and punter for Augustana (S.D.) from 1998-2002, receiving his degree in physical education in 2003. He also has a master's in higher education administration from Washington State.
