Monty Lewis

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Monty Lewis
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Winfield HS (KS)
Biographical details
Born (1963-01-02) January 2, 1963 (age 61)
Greeley, Colorado, U.S.
Playing career
1981–1984 Southwestern (KS)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985 Southwestern (KS) (OL)
1986 Fort Hays (LB)
1987 Northeastern State (LB/WR)
1988–1989 MacMurray (OC)
1991 Colorado State (LB)
1992 Kentucky (LB/OL)
1993–2001 Southwestern (KS)
2002 West Texas A&M (OC)
2003–2016 Friends
2017 Maize South HS (KS) (QB)
2019–2020 Holdenville HS (OK)
2021–present Winfield HS (KS)
Head coaching record
Overall159–88 (college)
Bowls1–0
Tournaments1–6 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
6 KCAC (1997–1999, 2006–2008)
Awards
KCAC Coach of the Year (1998–1999, 2006–2008)

Monty Lewis (born January 2, 1963) is an American football coach. 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.

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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. [1] [2]

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 Baker, to become the all-time winningest coach in school history. [3] [4] [5] After the 1997 regular season, his team played in the NAIA Football National Championship playoffs, losing 53–28 to Doane. [6] In 1998, his Southwestern team advanced to the second round of the NAIA playoffs, defeating the Lindenwood, 12–10, in the first round and losing 52–6 to Huron. [7] In the 1999 NAIA playoffs, the team lost in the first round to Northwestern Oklahoma State by a score of 44–10. [8]

In 2008, Lewis won his 100th game as a head coach at the college level. [9] Lewis was abruptly fired from Friends in March 2017. [10] 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

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs NAIA#
Southwestern Moundbuilders (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)(1993–2001)
1993 Southwestern4–54–4T–4th
1994 Southwestern6–45–3T–4th
1995 Southwestern6–45–3T–3rd
1996 Southwestern7–36–23rdW Wheat
1997 Southwestern8–37–1T–1stL NAIA First Round
1998 Southwestern9–27–11stL NAIA Quarterfinal
1999 Southwestern8–37–1T–1stL NAIA First Round 17
2000 Southwestern6–46–3T–3rd
2001 Southwestern6–46–3T–3rd
Southwestern:60–3253–21
Friends Falcons (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2002–2016)
2002 Friends5–45–4T–3rd
2003 Friends3–63–6T–8th
2004 Friends5–45–4T–2nd
2005 Friends7–36–33rd
2006 Friends10–18–1T–1stL NAIA First Round 13
2007 Friends9–28–1T–1stL NAIA First Round 12
2008 Friends10–19–01stL NAIA First Round 10
2009 Friends8–27–23rd15
2010 Friends6–45–45th
2011 Friends5–55–4T–4th
2012 Friends6–55–45th
2013 Friends8–37–2T–2nd19
2014 Friends8–37–2T–2nd21
2015 Friends3–83–6T–5th
2016 Friends6–55–45th
Friends:99–5688–47
Total:159–88
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

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  9. KCAC Sports "Friends University's Monty Lewis Reaches 100 Win Milestone" October 20, 2008
  10. Lutz, Bob (April 26, 2017). "Former Friends coach Monty Lewis will miss coaching his son's senior season". The Wichita Eagle . Wichita, Kansas . Retrieved August 20, 2019.