BOZEMAN — When Chuck Karnop showed up to Montana State College’s campus in 1958, he wasn’t yet registered as a student. He’d only decided to come to Bozeman about two days before the fall semester, following the advice of his friend Jess Langston.
Karnop went through orientation and took in his new surroundings.
“And after I was here for about three weeks, you couldn’t have gotten me out of here in any way,” Karnop said.
Montana State College — later renamed to Montana State University in 1965 — became an integral part of Karnop’s life. After his time as a student, Karnop returned to Bozeman and spent 34 years (1968-2001) as an athletic trainer for the Bobcats. That included time spent with the football team, a group that won two national titles and nine Big Sky Conference titles during Karnop’s tenure.
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For his time with MSU football, Karnop was inducted into the Montana Football Hall of Fame during a ceremony on June 22 in Billings. Karnop joined MSU’s Mark McGrath; Montana’s Matt Clark and Marc Mariani; Drummond graduate Chase Reynolds and Kalispell Flathead graduate Brock Osweiler in the class of 2024.
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