Mick Dennehy
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1950)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mick Dennehy
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|6|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Butte, Montana, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1971–1972
| player_team1 = Montana
| player_positions = Safety
| coach_years1 = 1975–1978
| coach_team1 = Colton HS (WA)
| coach_years2 = 1979–1981
| coach_team2 = Helena HS (MT)
| coach_years3 = 1980–1981
| coach_team3 = Montana State (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1982–1987
| coach_team4 = {{nowrap|Gillette Campbell County HS (WY) }}
| coach_years5 = 1988–1990
| coach_team5 = Montana Western
| coach_years6 = 1991–1995
| coach_years7 = 1996–1999
| coach_team7 = Montana
| coach_years8 = 2000–2004
| coach_team8 = Utah State
| admin_years1 = 2006–2007
| admin_team1 = Boulder Jefferson HS (MT)
| overall_record = 68–62 (college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 3–4 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
| championships = 3 Big Sky (1996, 1998–1999)
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Michael Dennehy (born June 13, 1950) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Montana Western (1988–1990), the University of Montana (1996–1999), and Utah State University (2000–2004), compiling a career college football record of 68–62.
Playing career
As a safety on the Grizzlies' football team from 1971 to 1972, Dennehy earned first-team all-Big Sky Conference honors in 1972. He is tied for second in single-season Big Sky history with 10 interceptions in 1972, while leading the league that year, as well. Dennehy is tied for ninth in league history with 16 career interceptions.{{cite web | title =Biography | publisher =www.utahstateaggies.com | url =http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/dennehy_mick00.html | access-date =February 4, 2011 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180330115951/http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/dennehy_mick00.html | archive-date =March 30, 2018 | url-status =dead }}
Coaching career
Dennehy started his college coaching career as an assistant coach for Montana State before switching to coach at high school level for a number of years. He returned to college football coaching at the University of Montana Western, a small NAIA school, before moving on to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Montana. In 1996, he was promoted to head coach of the Montana Grizzlies, but left following the 1999 season to take at post as the head coach of Utah State, replacing Dave Arslanian.{{cite web | title =Mike Dennehy | publisher =MontanaGrizzlies.com | url =http://filemanager.montanagrizzlies.com/mtgriz3/custom_pages/files/pdfs/fb/features/coaching_legends/mick_dennehy.pdf | access-date =February 3, 2011 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110714112957/http://filemanager.montanagrizzlies.com/mtgriz3/custom_pages/files/pdfs/fb/features/coaching_legends/mick_dennehy.pdf | archive-date =July 14, 2011 }} In 2005 Dennehy was fired as head coach of Utah State after compiling a record of 19–37.
Dennehy became athletics director at Jefferson High School in Boulder, Montana in 2006.{{cite web|last1=Cotton|first1=Tom|title=Dennehy to lead Boulder athletic program|url=http://mtstandard.com/sports/high-school/dennehy-to-lead-boulder-athletic-program/article_229696d5-fc81-5c85-8bf4-2852336cdf58.html|website=Montana Standard|access-date=May 5, 2015|date=April 19, 2006}}{{cite web|last1=Neighbor|first1=Fritz|title=The New Mick: Ex-UM coach Mick Dennehy surfaces in Boulder, where the fishing's good and life is great|url=http://missoulian.com/sports/the-new-mick-ex-um-coach-mick-dennehy-surfaces-in/article_8c60b178-4994-59b6-b782-ad7fa81266f3.html|website=The Missoulian|access-date=May 5, 2015|date=September 17, 2006}} Dennehy resigned after the 2006–07 school year.{{cite web|last1=Lincoln|first1=Marga|title=Dennehy resigns at JHS|url=http://helenair.com/news/local/dennehy-resigns-at-jhs/article_c7c39f95-323e-5c5f-803d-e890d2c6670d.html|website=Helena Independent Record|access-date=May 5, 2015|date=May 11, 2007}}
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Montana Western Bulldogs
| conf = Frontier Conference
| startyear = 1988
| endyear = 1990
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Montana Western
| overall = 1–5
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Montana Western
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = 3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1990
| name = Montana Western
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Montana Western
| overall = 10–12
| confrecord = 6–12
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Montana Grizzlies
| conf = Big Sky Conference
| startyear = 1996
| endyear = 1999
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1996
| name = Montana
| overall = 14–1
| conference = 8–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA Championship
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = Montana
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1998
| name = Montana
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1999
| name = Montana
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Montana
| overall = 39–12
| confrecord = 27–5
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Utah State Aggies
| conf = Big West Conference
| startyear = 2000
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Utah State
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Utah State Aggies
| conf = NCAA Division I-A independent
| startyear = 2001
| endyear = 2002
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2001
| name = Utah State
| overall = 4–7
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2002
| name = Utah State
| overall = 4–7
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Utah State Aggies
| conf = Sun Belt Conference
| startyear = 2003
| endyear = 2004
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2003
| name = Utah State
| overall = 3–9
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2004
| name = Utah State
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 9th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Utah State
| overall = 19–37
| confrecord = 9–9
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 68–61
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{Montana Western Bulldogs football coach navbox}}
{{Montana Grizzlies football coach navbox}}
{{Utah State Aggies football coach navbox}}
{{1995 Montana Grizzlies football navbox}}
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