Shane Montgomery

College coach infobox


Name = Shane Montgomery
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Birthplace = Newark, Ohio
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Sport = Football
College = Miami (Ohio)
Title = Head Coach
CurrentRecord = 6-7
OverallRecord = 15-21
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Player = Y
Years = 1987-89
Team = N.C. State
Position = Quarterback
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CoachYears = 2005-Present
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Shane Montgomery , a Newark, Ohio native, is the head football coach of the Miami University RedHawks of the Mid-American Conference. His overall record as a collegiate head coach is 15-21. Montgomery attended Newark Catholic High School where he helped the Green Wave to two state championships.

College career

Shane Montgomery played quarterback for the North Carolina State University Wolfpack in the late 1980s. Shane ended his career with 5,298 yards passing and 31 touchdowns but his most impressive stat may be his 535 yards passing versus Duke in 1989, which still stands as N.C. State's single-game record. [http://gopack.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/records/index.html] He was also named MVP of both the 1988 Peach Bowl and 1989 Copper Bowl.

College assistant coach

As an assistant he helped develop several NFL players including Ben Roethlisberger and Terrell Owens. Montgomery's first job as an assistant coach was at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 1993-2000. He moved to Division I-A Miami University in Oxford, Ohio as an offensive coordinator for Terry Hoeppner in 2001.

College head coach

Miami University

After spending 4 years as an assistant at Miami University Shane Montgomery became the RedHawks’ 32nd Head Coach succeeding Terry Hoeppner who became Head Coach of Indiana University. In his first year the RedHawks posted a 7-4 record including a tie for 1st place in the MAC East division. University of Akron won the tie breaker and represented the East in the MAC Championship Game.

CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Miami University
startyear = 2005
conf = MAC East
endyear = presentCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = division
year = 2005
name = Miami University
overall = 7-4
conference = 5-3
confstanding = 1st T*
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ranking =
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
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year = 2006
name = Miami University
overall = 2-10
conference = 2-6
confstanding = 5th T
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ranking =
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = division
year = 2007
name = Miami University
overall = 6-7
conference = 4-2**
confstanding = 1st T†
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name = Miami
overall = 15-21
confrecord = 12-12‡CFB Yearly Record End
overall = 15-21
bcs = no
poll =
polltype ="* Akron represented the MAC East at the MAC Championship Game"
"** Division record only
""† Received MAC Championship Game berth based on 2-0 record vs. Bowling Green and Buffalo
""‡ Includes all MAC games including MAC Championship Game and all cross division games"

External links

* [http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/montgomery_shane00.html Miami official profile]