Eric Zahler graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education in Health and Human Performance and History from Montana Western in 2007. He also earned a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Walden University in 2017.
As a football student-athlete at Montana Western from 2001-2004, Eric was an athlete on two Frontier Conference Championship Teams in 2002 and 2004, a 3-time First Team All Conference Punter, a 2-time First Team All Conference Kicker, a Second Team All Conference Kicker, a First Team All American Punter, a Second Team All American Punter, an Honorable Mention All American Punter and Kicker, a 2-time Academic All Conference athlete and a 2009 NAIA All Decade First Team Punter.
Eric lives in Butte, Mont. with his wife Geah, and their two children, Reece and Brooklyn. He has taught Adapted PE, Library and Media, Health, Weights, and Montana History for the past 12 years in the Butte School District and has been a soccer, football and track coach at Butte High School for the past 14 years.
