Mike Montgomery

For the American football player, see Mike Montgomery (American football).

Mike Montgomery
Montgomery in May 2009
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	California
Biographical details
Born	February 27, 1947 (1947-02-27) (age 64)
Place of birth	Long Beach, California, USA
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974-1977 1977–1986 1986–2004 2004–2006 2008–present	Boise State (asst.) Montana Stanford Golden State Warriors California
Head coaching record
Overall	594–266 (.69)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NIT Championship (1991) Pac-10 Regular Season Championship (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2010) Pac-10 Conference Tournament Championship (2004)
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)

Mike Montgomery (born February 27, 1947) is an American college basketball coach and 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 of the NBA from 2004 to 2006.

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 to 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 4, 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.

On February 27, 2010, Cal defeated Arizona State, 62–46, to clinch at least a tie for the Pacific-10 Conference championship, the first for the school since 1960. On March 6, the Bears defeated Montgomery's former team, Stanford, 71–61, to clinch an undisputed conference championship. Cal was defeated by Washington in the finals of the Pac-10 Tournament, but received a bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were seeded 8th in the South Region. The Bears advanced to the second round, where they were defeated by eventual National Champion Duke.

Personal

After graduating from Millikan High School, Montgomery received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education from Long Beach State and a Master's degree in physical education from Colorado State University. Mike is an alumni member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) national collegiate fraternity while at LB State.

In October 2011, Montgomery revealed that he had recently been diagnosed and treated for bladder cancer. After a surgerical procedure was performed, Montgomery declared himself "cancer-free.^[4]

He and his wife Sara have two adult children.

Head coaching record

Montgomery huddles with his players in December 2008

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Montana (Big Sky Conference) (1977–1986)
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:		151–80	73–39
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 Four
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
2009–2010	California	24–11	13–5	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
2010–2011	California	18–15	10–8	T-4th	NIT Second Round
California:		64–37	34–20
Total:		611–281
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

References

1. ^ 2002 USA Basketball
2. ^ "Mike Montgomery Returning to Stanford as Assistant to the Athletic Director" (Press release). Stanford University. 2007-08-30. 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." 
3. ^ Associated Press It was a controversial choice, as Cal and Stanford are longtime 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. 
4. ^ Associated Press. "Mike Montgomery had bladder surgery". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7161374/california-golden-bears-mike-montgomery-had-surgery-bladder-cancer. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 

External links

• Biography of Montgomery as a coach
• Purdy: Montgomery wasn't right for the NBA
• Montgomery to coach Cal

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