Tommy Mont
Tommy Mont went 78–112–5 as a head coach, 1956–1976, at Maryland and DePauw. Share
18 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1959–76 at DePauw. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 78–112–5 career
- Seasons
- 21
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1957 5–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Maryland | 2–7–1 | 4th | |||
| 1957 | Maryland | 5–5 | 3rd | |||
| 1958 | Maryland | 4–6 | 5th | |||
| 1959 | DePauw * | 1–7–1 | T–6th | |||
| 1960 | DePauw * | 3–5–1 | 7th | |||
| 1961 | DePauw * | 5–4 | T–4th | |||
| 1962 | DePauw * | 5–4 | T–4th | |||
| 1963 | DePauw * | 5–4 | T–3rd | |||
| 1964 | DePauw * | 2–7 | 6th | |||
| 1965 | DePauw * | 2–6–1 | 7th | |||
| 1966 | DePauw * | 3–6 | T–6th | |||
| 1967 | DePauw * | 6–2–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1968 | DePauw * | 6–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1969 | DePauw * | 2–7 | T–4th | |||
| 1970 | DePauw * | 4–5 | 5th | |||
| 1971 | DePauw * | 1–8 | 7th | |||
| 1972 | DePauw * | 2–7 | 7th | |||
| 1973 | DePauw * | 6–3 | T–2nd | |||
| 1974 | DePauw * | 7–3 | 3rd | |||
| 1975 | DePauw * | 5–5 | T–4th | |||
| 1976 | DePauw * | 2–8 | 6th |
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 9 | 1–7–1 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Conference games | 18 | 9–8–1 | 53% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 3–4–1 | 44% |
| At home | 12 | 4–7–1 | 38% |
| On the road | 17 | 7–10 | 41% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 5–6 | 45% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 19 | 6–12–1 | 34% |
His own 30 games on file, 1956–1958, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Gustafson 1956–1958 | 2–1 | Miami | 3 | |
| Earle Edwards 1956–1958 | 2–1 | NC State | 3 | |
| Paul Amen 1956–1958 | 2–1 | Wake Forest | 3 | |
| Warren Giese 1956–1958 | 2–1 | South Carolina | 3 | |
| Jim Tatum 1956–1958 | 1–2 | North Carolina | 3 | |
| Frank Howard 1956–1958 | 0–2–1 | Clemson | 3 |
Tommy Mont’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 |
|---|---|---|
| NC Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Wake Forestseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Miamiseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| South Carolinaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| North Carolinaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Clemsonseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Virginiaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Also a player: Tommy Mont’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Chattanooga | Assistant coach | |
| 1950 | Washington Redskins NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1951–55 | Maryland | Backfield coach | |
| 1956–58 | Maryland | Head coach | |
| 1959–76 | DePauw | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jim TatumMaryland
Assistants who became head coaches
- Roy LesterMaryland
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Lester | Maryland, 1956–58: ends and freshman coach | Maryland |
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.