Bob LaMonte is an American sports agent who works primarily with

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coaches and executives. He is the founder and president of Professional Sports Representation, Inc. Early on LaMonte also represented college coaches and

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and NFL players. In 2018, included in his fifty-one clients represented were eight NFL head coaches and eight NFL general managers. In 2020 LaMonte represented three of the Top Ten NFL's Highest Paid Coaches - by sportingnews.com. Thus far LaMonte has negotiated over $3 billion in coaching contracts throughout his 40-plus year career and has been regarded as one of the most powerful coaching agents in the NFL, whose negotiations have helped change the pay-scales of the NFL coach.

Biography

LaMonte graduated from the

Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mis ...

in 1968. He was a nose tackle on the varsity football team in 1964 and 1965. In 1970, he received a master's degree in diplomatic history from

San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sys ...

. Lamonte taught history at Oak Grove High School until 1973, and moved on to teach at

Santa Teresa High School Santa Teresa High School (also referred to as STHS) is a public high school located in the suburban Santa Teresa neighborhood of southern San Jose, California. The school is a member of the East Side Union High School District and serves studen ...

until 1992. He was part of the coaching staff of the football programs at both schools. In 1981, one of his former students, Rich Campbell, asked him to represent him as Campbell would go on to be selected in the first round of the

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by the

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. He would represent former

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athletes including

Dave Stieb Dave Andrew Stieb (; born July 22, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. A seven-time All-Star, he also won ''The Sporting News'' Pitcher of the Year Award in 1982. Stieb won 140 games i ...

, Robin White,

Mervyn Fernandez Mervyn L. Fernandez (born December 29, 1959), nicknamed Swervin' Mervyn, is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver with the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and Los Angeles Raiders in the National ...

, and

Nick Vanos Nicolaas Peter Vanos (April 13, 1963 – August 16, 1987) was an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The San Mateo, California, native was selected 32nd by the Suns in the 1985 ...

. On March 8, 1985, LaMonte negotiated the longest baseball contract at the time with the

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for Stieb. In 1992,

Mike Holmgren Michael George Holmgren (born June 15, 1948) is a former American football coach and executive. He began his NFL career as a quarterbacks' coach and later as an offensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers, where they won Super Bowls XXI ...

asked LaMonte to represent him to negotiate a deal for the heading coaching position for the Green Bay Packers. He retired from teaching that year, and moved on to focus on representing NFL coaches, and would help expand the role of NFL head coaches by also being involved in personnel decisions. Already the head football coach of the

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...

since 1999, LaMonte negotiated a contract to expand the duties of his client,

Andy Reid Andrew Walter Reid (born March 19, 1958) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Reid was previously head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999 to 2012. From 200 ...

, to become executive VP of football operations.

Books

LaMonte's book on leadership was entitled ''Winning the NFL Way'', and was released in 2005.

References

External links

Professional Sports Representation, Inc.

NFLPA Certified Agents: Bob LaMonte
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamonte, Bob Living people Santa Clara Broncos football players San Jose State University alumni American sports agents Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Educators from California Santa Teresa High School alumni