Mick Delaney

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Mick Delaney
Biographical details
Born (1942-12-02) December 2, 1942 (age 79)
Butte, Montana
Alma mater Western Montana College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1977 Great Falls HS (MT)
1978–1980 Montana State (assistant)
1991–1992 Montana Western
1993–2007 Colorado State (RB)
2008 Montana (RB)
2009Montana (assistant HC/RB)
2010–2011Montana (associate HC/RB)
2012–2014Montana
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1983–1985 Montana Tech
Head coaching record
Overall29–25–1 (college)
Tournaments0–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs)

Michael Delaney (born December 2, 1942) is an American college football coach, and a former head coach at the University of Montana. Delaney was hired July 26, 2012, replacing former head coach Robin Pflugrad. Delaney is credited for coming out of retirement to help save the UM football program that was riveted with player off field scandals. [1]

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Delaney has had extensive coaching experience. He was the assistant head coach at Montana State University from 1976–1980, head coach and athletic director at the University of Montana Western from 1991–1992, and running backs coach at Colorado State University from 1993 until 2007.

Coaching career

Delaney is originally from Butte, Montana. He began his coaching career at Butte Central High School (1964–1967), and then moved on to Great Falls High School (1969–1977), serving as head football coach the last four years.

He earned his B.A. in education at University of Montana Western in 1964. He is an inaugural inductee into the Western Montana College Sports Hall of Fame.

Prior to coaching the Rams, Delaney was the head coach at Western Montana in 1991 and 1992; was the athletic director at Montana Tech of the University of Montana (1983–85); and was an assistant football coach at Montana State (1976–80). He came to Montana from Colorado State where he was an assistant coach for former head coach Sonny Lubick for 15 seasons from 1993–2007.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs TSN#Coaches°
Western Montana Bulldogs (Frontier Conference)(1991–1992)
1991 Western Montana3–52–44th
1992 Western Montana2–6–12–4T–3rd
Western Montana:5–11–14–8
Montana Grizzlies (Big Sky Conference)(2012–2014)
2012 Montana 5–63–5T–8th
2013 Montana 10–36–23rdL NCAA Division I Second Round 88
2014 Montana 9–56–2T-2ndL NCAA Division I Second Round 1311
Montana:24–1415–9
Total:29–25–1

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