- Mick Dennehy
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Mick Dennehy Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born June 13, 1950 Place of birth Butte, Montana Playing career 1971–1972 Montana Position(s) Safety Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1975–1978
1979–1981
1980–1981
1982–1987
1988–1990
1991–1995
1996–1999
2000–2004Colton HS (WA)
Helena HS (MT)
Montana State (assistant)
Campbell County HS (WY)
Montana Western
Montana (OC)
Montana
Utah StateHead coaching record Overall 68–62 Tournaments 3–4 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 3 Big Sky (1996, 1998–1999) Michael "Mick" Dennehy (born June 13, 1950) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Montana Western (1988–1990), the University of Montana (1996–1999), and Utah State University (2000–2004), compiling a career college football record of 68–62.
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Playing career
As a safety on the Grizzlies' football team from 1971 to 1972, Dennehy earned first-team all-Big Sky Conference honors in 1972. He is tied for second in single-season Big Sky history with 10 interceptions in 1972, while leading the league that year, as well. Dennehy is tied for ninth in league history with 16 career interceptions.[1]
Coaching career
Dennehy started his college coaching career as an assistant coach for Montana State before switching to coach at high school level for a number of years. He returned to college football coaching at the University of Montana Western, a small NAIA school, before moving on to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Montana. In 1996, he was promoted to head coach of the Montana Grizzlies, but left following the 1999 season to take at post as the head coach of Utah State, replacing Dave Arslanian.[2] In 2005 Dennehy was fired as head coach of Utah State after compiling a record of 19–37.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Montana Western Bulldogs (Frontier Conference) (1994–1995) 1994 Montana Western 5–6 1995 Montana Western 5–7 Montana Western: 10–13 Montana Grizzlies (Big Sky Conference) (1996–1999) 1996 Montana 14–1 8–0 1st L Division I-AA Championship 1997 Montana 8–4 6–2 2nd L Division I-AA First Round 1998 Montana 8–4 6–2 1st L Division I-AA First Round 1999 Montana 9–3 7–1 1st L Division I-AA First Round Montana: 39–12 27–5 Utah State Aggies (Big West Conference) (2000–2001) 2000 Utah State 5–6 4–1 2nd Utah State Aggies (NCAA Division I-A Independent) (2001–2002) 2001 Utah State 4–7 2002 Utah State 4–7 Utah State Aggies (Sun Belt Conference) (2003–2004) 2003 Utah State 3–9 3–3 4th 2004 Utah State 3–8 2–5 9th Utah: 19–37 9–9 Total: 68–62 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
- ^ "Biography". www.utahstateaggies.com. http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/dennehy_mick00.html. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ "Mike Dennehy". MontanaGrizzlies.com. http://filemanager.montanagrizzlies.com/mtgriz3/custom_pages/files/pdfs/fb/features/coaching_legends/mick_dennehy.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
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Montana Grizzlies head football coaches Fred D. Smith (1897) • F. B. Searight (1898) • Guy Cleveland (1899) • Frank Bean (1900–1901) • Dewitt Peck (1902) • H. B. Conibear (1903–1904) • F. W. Schule (1905–1906) • Albion Findlay (1907) • Roy White (1908–1909) • Robert H. Cary (1910–1911) • Wallace C. Philoon (1912) • A. G. Heilman (1913–1914) • Jerry Nissen (1915–1917) • No team (1918) • Bernie Bierman (1919–1921) • J. W. Stewart (1922–1923) • Click Clark (1924–1925) • Frank W. Milburn (1926–1930) • Bunny Oakes (1931–1934) • Doug Fessenden (1935–1941) • Clyde Carpenter (1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Jiggs Dahlberg (1945) • Doug Fessenden (1946–1948) • Ted Shipkey (1949–1951) • Ed Chinske (1952–1954) • Jerry Williams (1955–1957) • Ray Jenkins (1958–1963) • Hugh Davidson (1964–1966) • Jack Swarthout (1967–1975) • Gene Carlson (1976–1979) • Larry Donovan (1980–1985) • Don Read (1986–1995) • Mick Dennehy (1996–1999) • Joe Glenn (2000–2002) • Bobby Hauck (2003–2009) • Robin Pflugrad (2010–)
Utah State Aggies head football coaches No coach (1892) • No team (1893–1895) • Mayo (1896) • No team (1897) • Dunning (1898) • Willard Langton (1899–1900) • Dick Richards (1901) • George Campbell (1902–1906) • Mysterious Walker (1907–1908) • Clayton Teetzel (1909–1915) • Jack Watson (1916–1917) • No team (1918) • Dick Romney (1919–1942) • No team (1943) • Dick Romney (1944–1948) • George Melinkovich (1949–1950) • John Roning (1951–1954) • Ev Faunce (1955–1958) • John Ralston (1959–1962) • Tony Knap (1963–1966) • Chuck Mills (1967–1972) • Phil Krueger (1973–1975) • Bruce Snyder (1976–1982) • Chris Pella (1983–1985) • Chuck Shelton (1986–1991) • Charlie Weatherbie (1992–1994) • John L. Smith (1995–1997) • Dave Arslanian (1998–1999) • Mick Dennehy (2000–2004) • Brent Guy (2005–2008) • Gary Andersen (2009– )
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