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Monte Cater Sport(s) Football Current position Title Head coach Team Shepherd Conference WVIAC Record 176–82–1 Biographical details Born July 7, 1949 Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1981–1986
1987–presentLakeland (WI)
ShepherdAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1993–2004 Shepherd Head coaching record Overall 207–105–2 Tournaments 1–2 (NAIA playoffs)
6–6 (NCAA D-II playoffs)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 3 IBFC (1983, 1985–1986)
11 WVIAC (1988, 1991–1992, 1997–1999, 2004–2007, 2010)Awards 8x WVIAC Coach of the Year (1991–1992, 1997–1999, 2005–2006)
The Journal Coach of the Year (2005)Monte Cater (born July 7, 1949) is an American football coach. Since 1987, he has been the head football coach at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. From 1981 to 1986, Cater was the head football coach at Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
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Coaching career
Cater was made the 12th head coach of the Shepherd College Rams football team on February 9, 1987 and also served as the college's athletic director from 1993 to 2004. He is Shepherd College's and the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's all-time winniest coach. He has been awarded the WVIAC Coach of the Year Award seven times, The Journal Coach of the Year Award and has won the WVIAC conference title 11 times.
Before coming to Shepherd College, Cater was the head coach of Lakeland College from 1980 to 1986 and is credited with reviving the college's football program, winning the Illini-Badger Football Conference title three times. He currently resides in Martinsburg, West Virginia with his wife, Bonnie, and their two children, Taylor and Logan.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Rank# Lakeland Muskies (Illini-Badger Football Conference) (1981–1986) 1981 Lakeland 2–6–1 T–4th 1982 Lakeland 3–6 4th 1983 Lakeland 6–3 1st 1984 Lakeland 4–5 3rd 1985 Lakeland 7–2 1st 1986 Lakeland 9–1 1st Lakeland College: 31–23–1 Shepherd Rams (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1987–present) 1987 Shepherd 4–6 3–4 4th 1988 Shepherd 6–4 6–1 T–1st 1989 Shepherd 3–7 2–4 6th 1990 Shepherd 6–3–1 4–1–1 3rd 1991 Shepherd 8–3 7–0 1st L NAIA Quarterfinal 1992 Shepherd 9–3 7–0 1st L NAIA Semifinal 1993 Shepherd 5–5 5–2 2nd 1994 Shepherd 6–4 5–1 2nd 10 1995 Shepherd 3–7 3–4 5th 1996 Shepherd 7–3 5–2 3rd 1997 Shepherd 9–1 6–1 T–1st 1998 Shepherd 10–2 7–0 1st L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal 1999 Shepherd 9–2 6–0 1st L NCAA Division II First Round 15 2000 Shepherd 7–3 5–2 3rd 2001 Shepherd 8–2 5–2 2nd 2002 Shepherd 7–3 5–2 2nd 2003 Shepherd 4–6 4–3 3rd 2004 Shepherd 7–3 7–0 1st 2005 Shepherd 11–1 8–0 1st L NCAA Division II Second Round 2006 Shepherd 11–1 7–0 1st L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal 8 2007 Shepherd 10–2 7–1 1st L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal 13 2008 Shepherd 5–5 3–5 T–6th 2009 Shepherd 6–4 5–3 4th 2010 Shepherd 12–2 7–1 1st L NCAA Division II Semifinal 2011 Shepherd 3–0 1–0 Shepherd: 176–82–1 130–39–1 Total: 207–105–2 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title #AFCA Division II. See also
- List of college football coaches with 200 wins
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Lakeland Muskies head football coaches Elmer Ott (1934–1936) • Marinus Kregel (1937–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Marinus Kregel (1946–1950) • Robert Kuecherer (1951) • John Allen (1952–1959) • Earl Zimmerman (1960–1962) • Tom Gregory (1963) • Andy Anderson (1965–1966) • John Thome (1967–1980) • Monte Cater (1981–1986) • Dale Carlson (1987–1989) • Fred Reese (1990–1992) • Randy Awrey (1993–1998) • Jeff Hynes (1999–2002) • Jim Zebrowski (2003–2006) • Kevin Doherty (2007– )
Shepherd Rams head football coaches A. D. Kenamond (1920) • Withrow Legge (1921–1924) • John Newcome (1925–1941) • No team (1942–1945) • Cleftus Lowe (1946–1947) • Don Phillips (1958–1950) • William Moore (1951–1952) • Don Fuoss (1953–1955) • Jesse Riggleman (1956–1966) • Roger Parker (1967–1970) • Walter Barr (1971–1985) • Mike Jacobs (1986) • Monte Cater (1987– )
Categories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- Lakeland Muskies football coaches
- Millikin Big Blue football coaches
- Shepherd Rams football coaches
- High school football coaches in the United States
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumni
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