Mike Montgomery

This article is about the basketball coach. For other uses, see Mike Montgomery (disambiguation).

Mike Montgomery

Montgomery in May 2009
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1947-02-27) February 27, 1947 Long Beach, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974-1977	Boise State (asst.)
1977–1986	Montana
1986–2004	Stanford
2004–2006	Golden State Warriors
2008–2014	California
Head coaching record
Overall	677–317 (.681)
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)

Michael John Montgomery (born February 27, 1947) is a retired American college basketball coach. He was the men's basketball coach at Stanford from 1986 to 2004 and at the University of Montana for eight seasons prior to coaching at Stanford. Most recently, he was the coach at California for six seasons. 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.

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.

2007–retirement

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."

On April 4, 2008, Montgomery was named the head coach of the California men's basketball program. 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.

On March 31, 2014, Montgomery announced his retirement from California.

Personal

After graduating from Millikan High School in Long Beach California, 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. Montgomery is an alumni member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, which he joined while at Long Beach State.

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

On February 18, 2013, Coach Montgomery was reprimanded by the Pac-12 Conference for shoving one of his players in the chest during a game against USC. The conference did not announce what punishment Montgomery received for his actions, although he was not suspended. Commissioner Larry Scott commented, "While emotions can run high in competitive environments, Pac-12 coaches are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that will reflect credit on the institution and the conference."

Montgomery and his wife Sara have two adult children.

Head coaching record

Montgomery huddles with his players in December 2008

NBA

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win-loss %
Post season	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win-loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Golden State	2004–05	82	34	48	.415	5th in Pacific	—	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
Golden State	2005–06	82	34	48	.415	5th in Pacific	—	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
Career		164	68	96	.415		—	—	—	—

College

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Montana (Big Sky Conference) (1977–1986)
1978–1979	Montana	14–13	7–7	T–4th
1979–1980	Montana	17–11	8–6	3rd
1980–1981	Montana	19–9	11–3	2nd
1981–1982	Montana	17–10	10–4	2nd
1982–1983	Montana	21–8	9–5	3rd
1983–1984	Montana	23–7	9–5	2nd
1984–1985	Montana	22–8	10–4	2nd	NIT First Round
1985–1986	Montana	21–11	9–5	T–1st
Montana:		154–77 (.667)	73–39 (.652)
Stanford (Pacific-10 Conference) (1986–2004)
1986–1987	Stanford	15–13	9–9	6th
1987–1988	Stanford	21–12	11–7	4th	NIT Second Round
1988–1989	Stanford	26–7	15–3	2nd	NCAA First Round
1989–1990	Stanford	18–12	9–9	6th	NIT First Round
1990–1991	Stanford	20–13	8–10	5th	NIT Champions
1991–1992	Stanford	18–11	10–8	4th	NCAA First Round
1992–1993	Stanford	7–23	2–16	10th
1993–1994	Stanford	17–11	10–8	5th	NIT First Round
1994–1995	Stanford	20–9	10–8	5th	NCAA Second Round
1995–1996	Stanford	21–8	12–6	3rd	NCAA Second 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 Second Round
1999–2000	Stanford	27–4	15–3	T–1st	NCAA Second Round
2000–2001	Stanford	31–3	16–2	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
2001–2002	Stanford	20–10	12–6	T–2nd	NCAA Second Round
2002–2003	Stanford	24–9	14–4	2nd	NCAA Second Round
2003–2004	Stanford	30–2	17–1	1st	NCAA Second Round
Stanford:		393–167 (.702)	212–112 (.654)
California (Pacific-10/Pac-12 Conference) (2008–2014)
2008–2009	California	22–11	11–7	T–3rd	NCAA First Round
2009–2010	California	24–11	13–5	1st	NCAA Second Round
2010–2011	California	18–15	10–8	T–4th	NIT Second Round
2011–2012	California	24–10	13–5	T–2nd	NCAA First Round
2012–2013	California	21–12	12–6	T–2nd	NCAA Third Round
2013–2014	California	21–14	10–8	T–3rd	NIT Quarterfinals
California:		130–73 (.640)	69–39 (.639)
Total:		677–317 (.681)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins

External links

• NBA profile