:Mark Montgomery (basketball)
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1970)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mark Montgomery
| image = Coach Mark Montgomery.JPG
| alt =
| caption =
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Detroit Mercy
| current_conference = Horizon League
| current_record = {{winpct|8|24|record=y}}
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|4|1}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1988–1992
| player_team1 = Michigan State
| player_years2 = 1993–1994
| player_team2 = BC Statyba
| coach_years1 = 1997–2002
| coach_team1 = Central Michigan (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2002–2011
| coach_team2 = Michigan State (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2011–2021
| coach_team3 = Northern Illinois
| coach_years4 = 2021
| coach_team4 = Detroit Mercy (assistant)
| admin_years1 = 2021
| admin_team1 = Michigan State (director of recruiting)
| coach_years5 = 2021–2024
| coach_team5 = Michigan State (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2024–present
| coach_team6 = Detroit Mercy
| overall_record = {{winpct|132|194|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 0–1 (Vegas 16)
| championships = MAC West Division (2020)
| awards =
}}
Mark Allen Montgomery (born April 1, 1970) is an American college basketball head coach for the Detroit Mercy Titans. He previously was the head men's basketball coach at Northern Illinois University. Montgomery replaced Ricardo Patton as head coach of the Huskies on March 24, 2011.[https://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/colleges/post/_/id/2680/new-coach-niu-hoops-a-sleeping-giant7 New coach: NIU hoops a 'sleeping giant' – Chicago Colleges Blog – ESPN Chicago] Prior to being named the head coach at NIU, he was an assistant to head coach Tom Izzo at Michigan State for 10 seasons, the last four as associate head coach. The Spartans reached the NCAA tournament in each of Montgomery's 10 seasons on the staff, including three Final Four appearances and a trip to the title game in 2009.
Playing career
Montgomery was a four-year letter winner at Michigan State from 1988 to 1992 where he also served as captain. Upon completion of his college career, he held the school record for games played at Michigan State (126).{{Cite web |title=Mark Montgomery Bio – NIUHUSKIES.COM – The Northern Illinois Official Athletic Site |url=http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mark_montgomery_751125.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012033951/http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mark_montgomery_751125.html |archivedate=2013-10-12 |access-date=2016-02-25 |website=www.niuhuskies.com}} He was an All-Big Ten Third Team selection in 1992.{{Cite web
| url = http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mark_montgomery_64270.html
| title = Mark Montgomery Bio – Michigan State Official Athletic Site
| website = www.msuspartans.com
| access-date = 2016-02-25
}} He ranks fourth all time in assists and fourth all time in steals for MSU. He averaged 5.3 points and 4.5 assists per game and was a member of the 1990 Big Ten Championship team. He played with current WMU 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.
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. He was a part of their MAC conference championship team in 2001.
= Assistant at Michigan State =
= 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.{{Cite web
| url = https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=6251695
| title = MSU's Montgomery to coach NIU men's hoops
| website = ESPN.com
| access-date = 2016-02-25
}} Montgomery was fired on January 3, 2021 after a 1–7 start to the 2020–21 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-northern-illinois-basketball-coach-fired-20210103-626c2uym6bg65jky3jcdctbyja-story.html|title=Northern Illinois fires men’s basketball coach Mark Montgomery after 10 seasons|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|first=Shannon|last=Ryan|date=January 3, 2021|accessdate=January 27, 2021}}
= Back to Michigan State =
On June 7, 2021, Montgomery was named the recruiting coordinator for his alma mater, Michigan State, returning to work under Tom Izzo.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-21|title=Tom Izzo promotes Wojcik, hires 3 ex-Michigan State players|url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-michigan-mens-college-basketball-college-basketball-michigan-state-spartans-mens-basketball-fb239547a25f038082027d00953497f7|access-date=2021-08-24|website=AP NEWS|language=en}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start|type=coach|conference =|postseason=|poll=both}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name =Northern Illinois Huskies
| conference=MAC
| startyear =2011
| endyear =2021
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season = 2011–12
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 5–26
| conference = 3–13
| confstanding = 6th {{Small|(West)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season = 2012–13
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 5–25
| conference = 3–13
| confstanding = 6th {{Small|(West)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season = 2013–14
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 15–17
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 4th {{Small|(West)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season = 2014–15
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 14–16
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = T–4th {{Small|(West)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season = 2015–16
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 21–13
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T–3rd {{Small|(West)}}
| postseason = Vegas 16 Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season = 2016–17
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 15–17
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = T–4th {{Small|(West)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season = 2017–18
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 13–19
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 6th {{Small|(West)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season = 2018–19
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 17–17
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 4th {{Small|(West)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship= division
| season = 2019–20
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 18–13
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–1st {{Small|(West)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship=
| season = 2020–21
| name = Northern Illinois
| overall = 1–7 {{efn|name=Montgomery fired}}
| conference = 0–3
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name =Northern Illinois
| overall = {{winpct|124|170|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|63|98|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Detroit Mercy Titans
| conference = Horizon League
| startyear = 2024
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Detroit Mercy
| overall = 8–24
| conference = 4–16
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Detroit
| overall = {{Winning percentage|8|24|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|4|16|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|132|194|record=y}}
}}
Notes
{{notes
| refs =
{{efn
| name = Montgomery fired
| Montgomery was fired mid-season on January 3, 2021.
}}
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/montgomery_mark00.html Michigan State bio]
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