Michael Delaney (born December 2, 1942) is an American college football coach, and a former head coach at the

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fa ...

. 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. 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 The University of Montana Western (UMW) is a public college in Dillon, Montana. It is affiliated with the University of Montana and part of the Montana University System. It was founded in 1893 as Montana State Normal School and was also the West ...

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 Butte Central Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Butte, Montana. It is one of two high schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena, the other being Loyola Sacred Heart in Missoula. Their mascot is the Maroons. ...

(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

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 Montana Technological University, popularly known as Montana Tech, is a public university in Butte, Montana. Founded in 1900 as the Montana State School of Mines, the university became affiliated with the University of Montana in 1994. After unde ...

(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 Louis Matthew "Sonny" Lubick (born March 12, 1937) is a retired American football coach. He was the 15th head football coach at Colorado State University from 1993 to 2007. Lubick won or shared six Western Athletic Conference or Mountain West Con ...

for 15 seasons from 1993–2007.

Head coaching record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Delaney, Mick 1942 births Living people Colorado State Rams football coaches High school football coaches in Montana Montana Grizzlies football coaches Montana State Bobcats football coaches Montana Western Bulldogs football coaches Sportspeople from Butte, Montana