Scottie Montgomery
Scottie Montgomery went 9–26 as a head coach, 2016–2018, at East Carolina. Share
- Record
- 9–26 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- May 26, 1978
- Alma mater
- Duke 2000
- Best season
- 2018 3–9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | East Carolina | 3–9 | T–4th (East) | |||
| 2017 | East Carolina | 3–9 | T–4th (East) | |||
| 2018 | East Carolina coached 11 of 12 games | 3–8 | 5th (East) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Conference games | 24 | 4–20 | 17% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| At home | 20 | 8–12 | 40% |
| On the road | 15 | 1–14 | 7% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 6–2 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 27 | 3–24 | 11% |
His own 35 games on file, 2016–2018, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| UConnseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Cincinnatiseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| South Floridaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Templeseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| UCFseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Memphisseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Houstonseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Virginia Techseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Other roles
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–09 | Duke | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2010–12 | Pittsburgh Steelers NFL | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2013 | Duke | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2014–15 | Duke | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2016–18 | East Carolina | Head coach | |
| 2019–20 | Maryland | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2021–22 | Indianapolis Colts NFL | Running backs coach | |
| 2023–24 | Detroit Lions NFL | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2025–present | Detroit Lions NFL | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ted RoofDuke
- David CutcliffeDuke
- Mike LocksleyMaryland
- Frank ReichIndianapolis Colts
Assistants who became head coaches
- John GutekunstMinnesota
- Robert PruntyHargrave Military Academy (VA), Hampton
- David BlackwellEast Carolina
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Roof | Duke | 2006–07 | Wide receivers coach | |
| David Cutcliffe | Duke | 2008–15 | 2008–09: wide receivers coach; 2013: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2014–15: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mike Locksley | Maryland | 2019–20 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Frank Reich | Indianapolis Colts NFL | 2021–22 | Running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Gutekunst | East Carolina, 2017: defensive analyst | Minnesota | |
| Robert Prunty | East Carolina, 2017: defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | Hargrave Military Academy (VA), Hampton | |
| David Blackwell | East Carolina, 2018: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | East Carolina |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Kenwick Thompson | East Carolina, 2016–17: defensive coordinator | |
| Rick Smith | East Carolina, 2016: defensive backs coach | |
| Tony Petersen | East Carolina, 2016–18: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | East Carolina | head coachbonuses up to $850,000; $75,000 in bonuses paid; buyout $1,633,333 | $1,050,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | East Carolina | head coachbonuses up to $850,000 | $1,000,000 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Montgomery’s teams went for it on 25% of fourth downs and on 36% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 60% of plays and took 22.2 seconds a play, 2016–2018.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 12 g | 34 of 112 30% | 42% | 61% | 22.0 | +0.06 | |
| 2017 12 g | 29 of 106 27% | 35% | 59% | 23.3 | +0.03 | |
| 2018 12 g | 24 of 126 19% | 31% | 60% | 21.4 | −0.09 | |
| All 36 g | 87 of 344 25% | 36% | 60% | 22.2 | 0.00 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.