Mark Montgomery (basketball)

Mark Allen Montgomery (born April 1, 1970) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Northern Illinois University. Montgomery replaced Ricardo Patton as head coach of the Huskies on March 24, 2011.[1] Previously, Montgomery served as an assistant to head coach Tom Izzo at Michigan State for ten seasons, the last four as Associate Head Coach. The Spartans reached the NCAA Tournament in each of Montgomery's ten seasons on the staff, including three Final Four appearances and a trip to the title game in 2009.

Mark Montgomery

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Northern Illinois
Conference	MAC
Record	123–162 (.432)
Biographical details
Born	(1970-04-01) April 1, 1970
Playing career
1988–1992	Michigan State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–2002	Central Michigan (asst.)
2002–2011	Michigan State (asst.)
2011–present	Northern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall	123–162 (.432)
Tournaments	0–1 (Vegas 16)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAC West Division (2020)

Playing career

Montgomery was a four-year letter winner at Michigan State from 1988–92.[2] Upon completion of his college career, he held the school record for games played at Michigan State (126).[2] He was an All-Big Ten Third Team selection in 1992.[3] He ranks fourth all time in assists and fourth all time in steals for MSU.[2] He averaged 5.3 points and 4.5 assists per game and was a member of the 1990 Big Ten Championship team.[3] He played with current MSU associate head coach, Dwayne Stephens.

Upon finishing his college career, he played four years of professional basketball in Europe and averaged more than 25 points per game.[2]

Coaching career

Assistant at Central Michigan

Montgomery spent four years as an assistant coach at Central Michigan, joining the staff in 1997 under head coach Jay Smith.[2] He was a part of their MAC conference championship team in 2001.[3]

Assistant at Michigan State

Montgomery returned to MSU prior to the 2001–02 season.[2] In 2007, he was promoted to associate head coach under Tom Izzo.[2] He helped MSU to three Final Fours, 2005, 2009, and 2010 including the National Championship game in 2009. He coached for MSU for 10 seasons before being hired as a head coach.

Head coach at Northern Illinois

On March 24, 2011, Montgomery was introduced as the 27th head coach in NIU history. Montgomery took over a program that had traditionally struggled, going 35–83 in the prior four seasons.[4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Northern Illinois Huskies (MAC) (2011–present)
2011–12	Northern Illinois	5–26	3–13	6th (West)
2012–13	Northern Illinois	5–25	3–13	6th (West)
2013–14	Northern Illinois	15–17	8–10	4th (West)
2014–15	Northern Illinois	14–16	8–10	T–4th (West)
2015–16	Northern Illinois	21–13	9–9	T–3rd (West)	Vegas 16 Quarterfinals
2016–17	Northern Illinois	15–17	7–11	T–4th (West)
2017–18	Northern Illinois	13–19	6–12	6th (West)
2018–19	Northern Illinois	17–17	8–10	4th (West)
2019–20	Northern Illinois	18–13	11–7	T-1st (West)
Northern Illinois:		123–163 (.430)	63–95 (.399)
Total:		123–163 (.430)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Notes

1. New coach: NIU hoops a 'sleeping giant' – Chicago Colleges Blog – ESPN Chicago
2. "Mark Montgomery Bio – NIUHUSKIES.COM – The Northern Illinois Official Athletic Site". www.niuhuskies.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
3. "Mark Montgomery Bio – Michigan State Official Athletic Site". www.msuspartans.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
4. "MSU's Montgomery to coach NIU men's hoops". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.

External links

• Michigan State bio