| Monte Cater | |
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| Sport(s) | Football |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Shepherd |
| Conference | WVIAC |
| Record | 182–84–1 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 7, 1949 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1986 1987–present |
Lakeland (WI) Shepherd |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1993–2004 | Shepherd |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 213–107–2 |
| 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) |
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| Awards | |
| 8x WVIAC Coach of the Year (1991–1992, 1997–1999, 2005–2006) The Journal Coach of the Year (2005) |
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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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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.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Rank# | |||
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| 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 | 9–2 | 6–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| Shepherd: | 182–84–1 | 135–41–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 213–107–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #AFCA Division II. | |||||||||
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