| Mike Montgomery | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | February 27, 1947 | |
| Place of birth | Long Beach, California | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 547-245 | |
| Championships | ||
| NIT Championship (1991) Pacific-10 Regular Season Championship (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004) Pacific-10 Conference Tournament Championship (2004) |
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| Awards | ||
| Naismith College Coach of the Year (2000) John R. Wooden "Legends of Coaching" Lifetime Achievement Award (2004) Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004) |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1974-1977 1977–1986 1986–2004 2004–2006 2008-Present |
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Mike Montgomery (born February 27, 1947) is the current head coach of the California Golden Bears men's basketball team. He was also the men's basketball coach of at Stanford from 1986 to 2004 and at the University of Montana for eight seasons prior to coaching at Stanford. He also coached the Golden State Warriors in the NBA from 2004 to 2006.
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College coaching career
Montgomery compiled a 547-244 (.692) overall record in 18 years at Stanford (1986-2004) and eight seasons at the University of Montana (1978-1986). He boasts 25 winning seasons in his 26 years as a head coach at both Stanford and Montana. Montgomery's Stanford teams reached the NCAA tournament ten straight times from 1995-2004. Stanford reached the Final Four under Montgomery in 1998, the school's first Final Four appearance in 56 years. He made his third appearance along the USA Basketball sidelines in 2002 when he was named an assistant under George Karl for the US national team in the 2002 FIBA World Championship.[1]
In 2000, Montgomery was named the Naismith and Basketball Times Coach of the Year. He was also named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year four times. Following his career at Stanford, he was awarded the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Lifetime Achievement Award.
NBA coaching career
Montgomery left Stanford to become the head coach of the Golden State Warriors on May 21, 2004. He coached the Warriors for two seasons, during each of which the team compiled identical 34-48 records. Montgomery was terminated as Warriors coach on August 29, 2006.
Current career
On August 30, 2007, Stanford University announced that Montgomery was returning to the university as Assistant to the Athletic Director on a part-time basis. According to the announcement, "his duties will include fund raising and public relations while also serving as a mentor to Stanford's coaching staff."[2]
On April 4th, 2008, Montgomery was named the head coach of the California Men's basketball program.[3] In his first season the Golden Bears went 22-10 and made it to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Maryland.
Personal
He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education from Long Beach State and a Master's degree in physical education from Colorado State University. Montgomery has a black belt in three distinct martial arts.
He and his wife Sara have two adult children.
Head Coaching Record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Montana (Big Sky Conference) (1977–1986) | |||||||||
| 1977-1978 | Montana | 20-8 | 12-2 | 1st | None | ||||
| 1978-1979 | Montana | 14-13 | 7-7 | T-4th | None | ||||
| 1979-1980 | Montana | 17-11 | 8-6 | 3rd | None | ||||
| 1980-1981 | Montana | 19-9 | 11-3 | 2nd | None | ||||
| 1981-1982 | Montana | 17-10 | 10-4 | 2nd | None | ||||
| 1982-1983 | Montana | 18-11 | 9-5 | 3rd | None | ||||
| 1983-1984 | Montana | 23-7 | 9-5 | 2nd | None | ||||
| 1984-1985 | Montana | 22-8 | 10-4 | 2nd | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 1985-1986 | Montana | 21-11 | 9-5 | T-1st | None | ||||
| Montana: | 154-77 | 85-41 | |||||||
| Stanford (Pacific 10 Conference) (1986–2004) | |||||||||
| 1986-1987 | Stanford | 15-13 | 9-9 | 6th | None | ||||
| 1987-1988 | Stanford | 21-12 | 11-7 | 4th | NIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 1988-1989 | Stanford | 26-7 | 15-3 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 1989-1990 | Stanford | 18-12 | 9-9 | 6th | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 1990-1991 | Stanford | 20-13 | 8-10 | 5th | NIT Champions | ||||
| 1991-1992 | Stanford | 18-11 | 10-8 | 4th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 1992-1993 | Stanford | 7-23 | 2-16 | 10th | None | ||||
| 1993-1994 | Stanford | 17-11 | 10-8 | 5th | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 1994-1995 | Stanford | 20-9 | 10-8 | 5th | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 1995-1996 | Stanford | 21-8 | 12-6 | 3rd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 1996-1997 | Stanford | 22-8 | 12-6 | T-2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1997-1998 | Stanford | 30-5 | 15-3 | 2nd | NCAA Final 4 | ||||
| 1998-1999 | Stanford | 26-7 | 15-3 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 1999-2000 | Stanford | 27-4 | 15-3 | T-1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2000-2001 | Stanford | 31-3 | 16-2 | 1st | NCAA Elite 8 | ||||
| 2001-2002 | Stanford | 20-10 | 12-6 | T-2nd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2002-2003 | Stanford | 24-9 | 14-4 | 2nd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2003-2004 | Stanford | 30-2 | 17-1 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| Stanford: | 393-167 | 212-112 | |||||||
| California (Pacific 10 Conference) (2008–2009) | |||||||||
| 2008-2009 | California | 22-11 | 11-7 | T-3rd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| California: | 22-11 | 11-7 | |||||||
| Total: | 569-255 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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References
- ^ 2002 USA Basketball
- ^ Stanford University (2007-08-30). "Mike Montgomery Returning to Stanford as Assistant to the Athletic Director". Press release. http://gostanford.cstv.com/genrel/083007aaa.html. Retrieved 2007-08-31. "Mike Montgomery, Stanford's all-time winningest coach in men's basketball history, is returning to The Farm on a part-time basis as Assistant to the Athletic Director."
- ^ Associated Press It was a controversial choice as Cal and Stanford are long time rivals.. "Ex-Stanford coach Montgomery headed to rival Cal". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3329152. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mike Montgomery |
- Biography of Montgomery as a coach
- Purdy: Montgomery wasn't right for the NBA
- Montgomery to coach Cal
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