| Mike Montgomery | |
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| Montgomery in May 2009
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | California |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 27, 1947 |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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