Monty Lewis
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1963)}}
{{see also|Monty Lewis (artist)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Monty Lewis
| image =
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Winfield HS (KS)
| current_conference =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|1|2}}
| birth_place = Greeley, Colorado, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1981–1984
| player_team1 = Southwestern (KS)
| coach_years1 = 1985
| coach_team1 = Southwestern (KS) (OL)
| coach_years2 = 1986
| coach_team2 = Fort Hays (LB)
| coach_years3 = 1987
| coach_team3 = Northeastern State (LB/WR)
| coach_years4 = 1988–1989
| coach_team4 = MacMurray (OC)
| coach_years5 = 1991
| coach_team5 = Colorado State (LB)
| coach_years6 = 1992
| coach_team6 = Kentucky (LB/OL)
| coach_years7 = 1993–2001
| coach_team7 = Southwestern (KS)
| coach_years8 = 2002
| coach_team8 = West Texas A&M (OC)
| coach_years9 = 2003–2016
| coach_team9 = Friends
| coach_years10 = 2017
| coach_team10 = Maize South HS (KS) (QB)
| coach_years11 = 2019–2020
| coach_team11 = Holdenville HS (OK)
| coach_years12 = 2021–present
| coach_team12 = Winfield HS (KS)
| overall_record = 159–88 (college)
| bowl_record = 1–0
| tournament_record = 1–6 (NAIA playoffs)
| championships = 6 KCAC (1997–1999, 2006–2008)
| awards = 5× KCAC Coach of the Year (1998–1999, 2006–2008)
| coaching_records =
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Monty Lewis (born January 2, 1963) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Winfield High School in Winfield, Kansas. Lewis served as the head football coach at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas from 1993 to 2001 and Friends University in Wichita, Kansas from 2003 to 2016.
Playing career
Lewis played college football at Southwestern College, where he was an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NA) All-American in 1983 and 1984. He played for head coaches Dennis Franchione and Charlie Cowdrey and participated in Southwestern's the 1982 Sunflower Bowl victory.[http://www.sckans.edu/football/index.php?page_ID=563 Southwestern College - Winfield, KS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905040526/http://www.sckans.edu/football/index.php?page_ID=563 |date=September 5, 2007 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.footballfoundation.com/news.php?id=381 |title=National Football Foundation |access-date=November 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825005857/http://www.footballfoundation.com/news.php?id=381 |archive-date=August 25, 2004 |url-status=dead }}
Coaching career
Lewis was the head football coach at the Southwestern College and led the team to a record of 60–32 during his tenure, including a 1996 Wheat Bowl victory against {{cfb link|year=1996|team=Baker Wildcats|title=Baker}}, to become the all-time winningest coach in school history.[https://web.archive.org/web/20030309131021/http://www.arkcity.net/stories/011703/spo_0002.shtml Arkansas City Traveler] "Monty Lewis named football coach at Friends" By Rama Peroo, January 17, 2003{{Cite web |url=http://www.cjonline.com/stories/120501/spo_briefs.shtml |title=CJOnline.com/sports {{!}} The Topeka Capital-Journal {{!}} Briefly in sports 12/05/01 |access-date=November 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805230818/http://cjonline.com/stories/120501/spo_briefs.shtml |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://football.victorysportsnetwork.com/fb/wheatbowlinfo/wheatbowl_1996.php |title=NAIAFOOTBALL.NET-The Nation's Home for NAIA Football |access-date=November 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204092818/http://football.victorysportsnetwork.com/fb/wheatbowlinfo/wheatbowl_1996.php |archive-date=December 4, 2007 |url-status=dead }} After the 1997 regular season, his team played in the NAIA Football National Championship playoffs, losing 53–28 to {{cfb link|year=1997|team=Doane Tigers|title=Doane}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=6490&year=1997|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=March 11, 2013|title=Coach: Monty Lewis (1997)|archive-date=December 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211222827/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=6490&year=1997|url-status=dead}} In 1998, his Southwestern team advanced to the second round of the NAIA playoffs, defeating the {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Lindenwood Lions|title=Lindenwood}}, 12–10, in the first round and losing 52–6 to {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Huron Screaming Eagles|title=Huron}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=6490&year=1998|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=March 11, 2013|title=Coach: Monty Lewis (1998)|archive-date=December 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211222740/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=6490&year=1998|url-status=dead}} In the 1999 NAIA playoffs, the team lost in the first round to {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers|title=Northwestern Oklahoma State}} by a score of 44–10.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=6490&year=1999|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=March 11, 2013|title=Coach: Monty Lewis (1999)|archive-date=December 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211222450/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=6490&year=1999|url-status=dead}}
In 2008, Lewis won his 100th game as a head coach at the college level.[http://www.kcacsports.com/article/615.php KCAC Sports] "Friends University's Monty Lewis Reaches 100 Win Milestone" October 20, 2008 Lewis was abruptly fired from Friends in March 2017.{{cite news |last=Lutz |first=Bob |title=Former Friends coach Monty Lewis will miss coaching his son's senior season |url=https://www.kansas.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/bob-lutz/article146942479.html |newspaper=The Wichita Eagle |location=Wichita, Kansas |date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=August 20, 2019 }} For the 2017 season, he took a job coaching quarterbacks at Maize South High School, remaining in Wichita while his son played his senior season at Friends.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southwestern Moundbuilders
| conf = Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1993
| endyear = 2001
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–4th
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1995
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1996
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname = Wheat
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1997
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NAIA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1998
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NAIA Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1999
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NAIA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 17
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2001
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 60–32
| confrecord = 53–21
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Friends Falcons
| conf = Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2002
| endyear = 2016
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2002
| name = Friends
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 5–4
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2003
| name = Friends
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 3–6
| confstanding = T–8th
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2004
| name = Friends
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 5–4
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2005
| name = Friends
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 6–3
| confstanding = 3rd
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2006
| name = Friends
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 8–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NAIA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 13
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2007
| name = Friends
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 8–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NAIA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 12
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2008
| name = Friends
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 9–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NAIA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 10
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = Friends
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 15
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2010
| name = Friends
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 5–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2011
| name = Friends
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 5–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2012
| name = Friends
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2013
| name = Friends
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 19
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2014
| name = Friends
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 21
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2015
| name = Friends
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–6
| confstanding = T–5th
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2016
| name = Friends
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Friends
| overall = 99–56
| confrecord = 88–47
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 159–88
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{Southwestern Moundbuilders football coach navbox}}
{{Friends Falcons football coach navbox}}
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