Mike Montgomery
Mike Montgomery (born February 27, 1947)
Teams coached: Montana Grizzlies, Stanford Cardinal, California Golden Bears
Montana record: 154-77 (.667)
Stanford record: 393-167 (.702)
California record: 130-73 (.640)
Overall record^: 873-380 (.697)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 16 (1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 3 (1997, 1998, 2001)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (1998)
- NIT Championships: 1 (1991)
- NIT Appearances: 7 (1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2011, 2014)
- Pac-12 Regular Season Champion: 5 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2010)
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 1 (1986)
- Pac-12 Tournament Champion: 1 (2004)
Awards:
- Naismith Coach of the Year: 1 (2000)
- NABC Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
- Pac-12 Coach of the Year: 4 (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004)
- John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2004)
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2016)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2008-2014 | California |
| 2004-2008 | Golden State Warriors |
| 1986-2004 | Stanford |
| 1978-1986 | Montana |
| 1976-1978 | Montana (asst) |
| 1973-1976 | Boise State (asst) |
| 1972-1973 | Florida (asst) |
| 1971-1972 | The Citadel (asst) |
| 1970-1971 | Colorado State (asst) |
| 1969-1970 | Coast Guard Academy (asst) |
Mike Montgomery Facts
- Michael John Montgomery
- Born February 27, 1947
- Hometown: Long Beach, California
- Alma Mater: California State University, Long Beach (BA, 1968) / Colorado State University (M.Ed., 1971)
- The Long Beach-native started his career with one season each assisting at the Coast Guard Academy (CT) and at Colorado State under Jim Williams
- Had several other assistant roles before becoming a head coach, working under George Hill at The Citadel, Tommy Bartlett at Florida, Bus Connor at Boise State and Jim Brandenburg at Montana
- Took over as the head coach at Montana in 1978, coaching the Grizzlies for eight seasons
- Won 154 games during his tenure, reaching the NIT once and winning the 1986 Big Sky title
- Left Montana in 1986 to return to his home state and become the head coach at Stanford
- During his 18-year tenure in Palo Alto, his teams won 393 games and went to the postseason 16 times (12 NCAA, 4 NIT)
- Highlights include winning the 1991 NIT, reaching the NCAA Final Four in 1998 and a run of 10 straight NCAA Tournament appearances in which the team won at least one game every year
- Montgomery won five Pac-10 regular season titles and was named the league’s Coach of the Year four times
- Had a brief foray in the NBA, going 68-96 in two seasons as the head coach of the Golden State Warriors (2004-2006)
- Returned to the college ranks in 2008, taking over his former team’s bitter rival, the California Golden Bears
- Coached for six seasons, reaching the postseason every year (four NCAA, two NIT) and winning 21+ games five times
- Announced his retirement on April 1, 2014, after a five-decades’ long coaching career
- Named to the Long Beach State HOF in 2002 and elected into the National Collegiate Basketball HOF in 2016
- Along with his wife, Sarah, has one son (basketball coach John Montgomery) and one daughter
Mike Montgomery Coaching Tree
- Speedy Claxton (Hofstra)
- Barry Collier (Nebraska, Butler)
- Travis DeCuire (Montana)
- Jeff Jackson (Furman, New Hampshire)
- Trent Johnson (Cal State Northridge, TCU, LSU, Stanford, Nevada)
- Ernie Kent (Washington State, Oregon, Saint Mary’s)
- Larry Krystkowiak (Utah, Milwaukee Bucks, Montana)
- Matt Lottich (Valparaiso)
- Mark Madsen (California, Utah Valley)
- Stew Morrill (Utah State, Colorado State, Montana)
- Doug Oliver (UC Irvine women’s, Idaho State)
- Eric Reveno (Portland)
- Nick Robinson (Southern Utah)
- Keith Smart (Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors)
- Terry Stotts (Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks)
- Blaine Taylor (Old Dominion, Montana)
- Wayne Tinkle (Oregon State, Montana)
- Russell Turner (UC Irvine)
- Willis Wilson (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Rice)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
