Shane Montgomery (born March 14, 1967) is an American

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coach and former player. He is the

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for

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, a position he has held since 2025. He was the head football coach for

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from 2005 to 2008 and the

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in 2024. He also coached for NC State,

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, Akron, Youngstown State, Charlotte,

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, Buffalo, and East Carolina. He played college football for NC State as a

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Playing career

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native, Montgomery attended

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where he helped the Green Wave to two state championships. Montgomery played

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in the late 1980s. He ended his career with 5,298 yards passing and 31 touchdowns. In 1989, he passed for 535 yards in a game against

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, which still stands as NC State's single-game record. He was also named

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of both the 1988

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and 1989 Copper Bowl.

Coaching career

As an assistant, Montgomery coached several NFL players including Ben Roethlisberger and Terrell Owens. Montgomery's first job as an assistant coach was at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 1993 to 2000. He moved to

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as an

for Terry Hoeppner in 2001. Montgomery was a 2003 finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach. After spending four years as an assistant at

, Montgomery became the RedHawks' 32nd head coach succeeding Hoeppner, who became head coach at

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. In his first year the RedHawks posted a 7–4 record including a tie for first place in the MAC East division.

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won the tie breaker and represented the East in the

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. On November 29, 2008, Montgomery resigned as Head Coach of the RedHawks, after four seasons and a 17–31 record. On December 26, 2017, Montgomery was named the new offensive coordinator at Charlotte after spending the previous 8 years as the offensive coordinator at

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. On May 12, 2021, Montgomery was named the new offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bulls. His first season saw the Bulls drop from the fifth-most points per game among 128

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(FBS) teams to 57th-most of 130 FBS teams. After the 2022 season it was announced that he was no longer with the Bull's football program. In 2023, Montgomery was hired as an offensive analyst for

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under head coach Mike Houston. On February 15, 2024, Montgomery was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the

under head coach Don Brown. Brown was fired on November 18, 2024 and Montgomery was named interim head coach for the final two games of the season. UMass hired Joe Harasymiak as its permanent head coach on December 4. After one year with UMass, he was hired as the offensive coordinator for Dartmouth under heads coach Sammy McCorkle. He took over for Kevin Daft.

Head coaching record

References

External links

UMass profile

East Carolina profile

Buffalo profile

James Madison profile
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