Naseby Rhinehart and Tim Hauck to enter Big Sky Hall of Fame
4/24/2025 7:11:00 AM | Football, General
A pair of Montana Athletics legends – both on the field and off – are set to be inducted into the Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame this summer. The league announced its incoming class of 2025 on Thursday.
Pioneering athletic trainer and a three-sport standout Naseby Rhinehart will be posthumously inducted for his stellar athletic career followed by a lifetime of service to the University of Montana and the athletic training profession at large.
Grizzly football All-American, two-time Big Sky Defensive MVP, 13-year NFL veteran, Super Bowl-winning coach, and current UM co-Defensive Coordinator Tim Hauck will also be inducted at the league's Hall of Fame banquet in Spokane on July 19.
The pair are two of 10 members of the Big Sky's incoming class of 2025. They will join Dave Dickenson, Robin Selvig, Shannon (Cate) Schweyen, Larry Krystkowiak, and Don Read as Montana's recipients of the league's highest honor. This year's class is the fourth for the Big Sky Hall of Fame which features 46 total members.
"We are proud to have these two outstanding Grizzlies represent the University of Montana in the Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame. They are most deserving, and we look forward to celebrating their contributions at the July induction ceremony," said UM Director of Athletics Kent Haslam.
"Naseby Rhinehart was a trailblazer. The impact he made on not only Grizzly athletics, but the University of Montana and the Big Sky Conference is immense. The experience had by thousands of student-athletes was made better because of Naseby.
"When I think about former Montana players who epitomize what college football is all about, Tim Hauck is one of those that come to mind. Tim took advantage of every opportunity he was given and rose from small-town Montana to college All-American to a 13-year career in the NFL. He is living proof that hard work produces results."
"Doc" Rhinehart was a part of the fabric of Grizzly athletics for 50 years, first as an All-America student-athlete in football, basketball, and track, then as a venerable and beloved athletic trainer.
As an athlete he did what would be considered unthinkable in the modern day, lettering nine times in three different sports, earning Pacific Coast Conference and All-America honors as a football player and becoming a record-setter in track. He capped his playing career as UM's Grizzly Cup winner for outstanding athlete in 1935.
Later that year he became Montana's first athletic trainer, going on to become one of the first to develop an athletic training curriculum in the nation and implementing several techniques still in use by AT professionals to this day. He was selected to work for Team USA at the Pan American Games in Puerto Rico in 1979 and later had the training room at UM named in his honor in 1993. He was named to the NATA Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame for athletic trainers, the Montana Athletic Training Hall of Fame, the Montana Coaches Hall of Fame, Pacific Northwest Athletic Training Hall of Fame and the Montana Football Hall of Fame.
Hauck, one of the originators of Montana's No. 37 jersey tradition and one of the top tacklers in Grizzly football history, went on to a long career in the NFL as both a player and a coach before returning to his alma mater to coach.
He was a two-time Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year in 1988 and '89, was named to both the Associated Press and Kodak All-America teams in those seasons, and earned first team all-conference honors. As the first Walter Payton Award finalist in UM history, he still holds the school record for most tackles in a single game with 25 and the conference record for single season blocked extra points with four.
He then went on to a successful 13-year NFL playing career from 1990 to 2002 and appeared in 183 games for seven different franchises. He then began coaching at Montana from 2004 to 2007 under his older brother Bobby Hauck where they led the Griz to four-straight conference titles, a trip to the 2004 national title game, and two trips to the FCS semifinal.
The two also coached together in 2013 and 2014 at UNLV where he helped lead the Rebels to the 2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl as the Defensive Coordinator and Cornerbacks Coach. Hauck's resume also includes coaching stints at UCLA, the Tennessee Titans, and Cleveland Browns.
He most recently spent five seasons in the NFL with Philadelphia, where he helped lead the Eagles to a 41-33 win over New England in Super Bowl LII. He returned to UM in 2023 and is now the co-Defensive Coordinator and Safeties Coach for the Grizzlies.
The 2025 Hall of Fame class was selected by a committee of 14 members, which included representative from all 10 full-time Big Sky institutions, as well as an additional Athletic Director, Senior Women's Administrator, a conference office representative, and an at-large committee member among the group of 14 voters.
2025 Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame Class
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau, Women's Basketball, Montana State
Charles "Chip" Dunn, Football, Portland State
Tim Hauck, Football, Montana
David McNeill, Men's Cross Country/Track and Field, Northern Arizona
Ida Nilsson, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, Northern Arizona
Johanna Nilsson, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, Northern Arizona
Doug Nussmeier, Football, Idaho
Dan O'Brien, Men's Track and Field, Idaho
Naseby Rhinehart, Athletic Trainer, Montana
Arnie Sgalio, Administrator, Big Sky Conference/Montana Stat
Pioneering athletic trainer and a three-sport standout Naseby Rhinehart will be posthumously inducted for his stellar athletic career followed by a lifetime of service to the University of Montana and the athletic training profession at large.
Grizzly football All-American, two-time Big Sky Defensive MVP, 13-year NFL veteran, Super Bowl-winning coach, and current UM co-Defensive Coordinator Tim Hauck will also be inducted at the league's Hall of Fame banquet in Spokane on July 19.
The pair are two of 10 members of the Big Sky's incoming class of 2025. They will join Dave Dickenson, Robin Selvig, Shannon (Cate) Schweyen, Larry Krystkowiak, and Don Read as Montana's recipients of the league's highest honor. This year's class is the fourth for the Big Sky Hall of Fame which features 46 total members.
"We are proud to have these two outstanding Grizzlies represent the University of Montana in the Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame. They are most deserving, and we look forward to celebrating their contributions at the July induction ceremony," said UM Director of Athletics Kent Haslam.
"Naseby Rhinehart was a trailblazer. The impact he made on not only Grizzly athletics, but the University of Montana and the Big Sky Conference is immense. The experience had by thousands of student-athletes was made better because of Naseby.
"When I think about former Montana players who epitomize what college football is all about, Tim Hauck is one of those that come to mind. Tim took advantage of every opportunity he was given and rose from small-town Montana to college All-American to a 13-year career in the NFL. He is living proof that hard work produces results."
"Doc" Rhinehart was a part of the fabric of Grizzly athletics for 50 years, first as an All-America student-athlete in football, basketball, and track, then as a venerable and beloved athletic trainer.
As an athlete he did what would be considered unthinkable in the modern day, lettering nine times in three different sports, earning Pacific Coast Conference and All-America honors as a football player and becoming a record-setter in track. He capped his playing career as UM's Grizzly Cup winner for outstanding athlete in 1935.
Later that year he became Montana's first athletic trainer, going on to become one of the first to develop an athletic training curriculum in the nation and implementing several techniques still in use by AT professionals to this day. He was selected to work for Team USA at the Pan American Games in Puerto Rico in 1979 and later had the training room at UM named in his honor in 1993. He was named to the NATA Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame for athletic trainers, the Montana Athletic Training Hall of Fame, the Montana Coaches Hall of Fame, Pacific Northwest Athletic Training Hall of Fame and the Montana Football Hall of Fame.
Hauck, one of the originators of Montana's No. 37 jersey tradition and one of the top tacklers in Grizzly football history, went on to a long career in the NFL as both a player and a coach before returning to his alma mater to coach.
He was a two-time Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year in 1988 and '89, was named to both the Associated Press and Kodak All-America teams in those seasons, and earned first team all-conference honors. As the first Walter Payton Award finalist in UM history, he still holds the school record for most tackles in a single game with 25 and the conference record for single season blocked extra points with four.
He then went on to a successful 13-year NFL playing career from 1990 to 2002 and appeared in 183 games for seven different franchises. He then began coaching at Montana from 2004 to 2007 under his older brother Bobby Hauck where they led the Griz to four-straight conference titles, a trip to the 2004 national title game, and two trips to the FCS semifinal.
The two also coached together in 2013 and 2014 at UNLV where he helped lead the Rebels to the 2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl as the Defensive Coordinator and Cornerbacks Coach. Hauck's resume also includes coaching stints at UCLA, the Tennessee Titans, and Cleveland Browns.
He most recently spent five seasons in the NFL with Philadelphia, where he helped lead the Eagles to a 41-33 win over New England in Super Bowl LII. He returned to UM in 2023 and is now the co-Defensive Coordinator and Safeties Coach for the Grizzlies.
The 2025 Hall of Fame class was selected by a committee of 14 members, which included representative from all 10 full-time Big Sky institutions, as well as an additional Athletic Director, Senior Women's Administrator, a conference office representative, and an at-large committee member among the group of 14 voters.
2025 Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame Class
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau, Women's Basketball, Montana State
Charles "Chip" Dunn, Football, Portland State
Tim Hauck, Football, Montana
David McNeill, Men's Cross Country/Track and Field, Northern Arizona
Ida Nilsson, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, Northern Arizona
Johanna Nilsson, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, Northern Arizona
Doug Nussmeier, Football, Idaho
Dan O'Brien, Men's Track and Field, Idaho
Naseby Rhinehart, Athletic Trainer, Montana
Arnie Sgalio, Administrator, Big Sky Conference/Montana Stat
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