Shane Montgomery
Shane Montgomery went 17–33 as a head coach, 2005–2024, at Miami (OH) and Massachusetts. Share
- Record
- 17–33 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Mar 14, 1967
- Alma mater
- NC State
- Best season
- 2005 7–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Miami (OH) | 7–4 | ||
| 2006 | Miami (OH) | 2–10 | ||
| 2007 | Miami (OH) | 6–7 | ||
| 2008 | Miami (OH) | 2–10 | ||
| 2009–23: not a college head coach | ||||
| 2024 | Massachusetts coached two of 12 games | 0–2 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 3–9 | 25% |
| Conference games | 31 | 13–18 | 42% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 22 | 10–12 | 45% |
| At home | 27 | 10–17 | 37% |
| On the road | 32 | 9–23 | 28% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 25 | 15–10 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 35 | 4–31 | 11% |
His own 60 games on file, 2005–2024, 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.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregg Brandon 2005–2008 | 3–1 | Bowling Green | 4 | |
| Doug Martin 2005–2008 | 2–2 | Kent State | 4 | |
| Frank Solich 2005–2008 | 1–3 | Ohio | 4 | |
| J.D. Brookhart 2005–2007 | 2–1 | Akron | 3 | |
| Turner Gill 2006–2008 | 2–1 | Buffalo | 3 | |
| Brady Hoke 2006–2008 | 1–2 | Ball State | 3 | |
| Brian Kelly 2005–2008 | 0–3 | Central Michigan, Cincinnati | 3 |
Shane Montgomery’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Buffaloseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Kent Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Ohioseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Cincinnatiseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Akronseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Templeseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | NC State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1993–94 | Chattanooga | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1995 | Chattanooga | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1996–2000 | Chattanooga | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2001–04 | Miami (OH) | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2005–08 | Miami (OH) | Head coach | |
| 2009 | Akron | Offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| 2010–17 | Youngstown State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2018 | Charlotte | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019–20 | James Madison | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2021–22 | Buffalo | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2023 | East Carolina | Offensive assistant | |
| 2024 | UMass | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2024 | UMass | Interim head coach | |
| 2025–present | Dartmouth | Offensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dick SheridanNC State
- Tommy WestChattanooga
- Buddy GreenChattanooga
- Donnie KirkpatrickChattanooga
- Terry HoeppnerMiami (OH)
- J.D. BrookhartAkron
- Bo PeliniYoungstown State
- Brad LambertCharlotte
- Curt CignettiJames Madison
- Maurice LinguistBuffalo
- Mike HoustonEast Carolina
- Don BrownMassachusetts
Worked under (12)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Sheridan | NC State | 1991–92 | Graduate assistant | |
| Tommy West | Chattanooga | 1993 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Buddy Green | Chattanooga | 1994–99 | 1994: quarterbacks coach; 1995: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 1996–99: wide receivers coach | |
| Donnie Kirkpatrick | Chattanooga | 2000 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Terry Hoeppner | Miami (OH) | 2001–04 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| J.D. Brookhart | Akron | 2009 | Offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Bo Pelini | Youngstown State | 2015–17 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Brad Lambert | Charlotte | 2018 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Curt Cignetti | James Madison | 2019–20 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Maurice Linguist | Buffalo | 2021–22 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mike Houston | East Carolina | 2023 | Offensive assistant | |
| Don Brown | Massachusetts | 2024 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bath | Miami (OH), 2005: graduate assistant; 2006–08: tight ends coach | Miami (OH) | |
| Jim Reid | Massachusetts, 2024: analyst | Massachusetts, Richmond, VMI |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bret Ingalls | Miami (OH), 2005: tight ends and offensive line coach | |
| Taver Johnson | Miami (OH), 2005–06: defensive coordinator | |
| Jay Hood | Miami (OH), 2007: defensive coordinator | |
| Ben Albert | Massachusetts, 2024: assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Keith Dudzinski | Massachusetts, 2024: defensive coordinator and linebackers 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.
How he coached
Montgomery’s teams went for it on 25% of fourth downs and on 38% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 56% of plays and took 24.3 seconds a play, 2005–2008.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 10 g | 21 of 83 25% | 42% | 54% | 23.4 | −0.01 | |
| 2006 12 g | 31 of 107 29% | 42% | 58% | 26.9 | −0.12 | |
| 2007 9 g | 13 of 85 15% | 30% | 57% | 22.1 | −0.18 | |
| 2008 11 g | 26 of 92 28% | 39% | 57% | 24.1 | −0.15 | |
| All 42 g | 91 of 367 25% | 38% | 56% | 24.3 | −0.12 |
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.