Philip Montgomery (born December 21, 1971) is an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
coach and former player who is currently the
offensive coordinator and
quarterbacks coach
In American football, a position coach is a team official in charge of coaching a specific position group. Position coaches have more specialized duties than the head coach, assistant coach, and the offensive and defensive coordinators.
Common ...
at
Auburn. He is the former head coach of the
Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane football program represents the University of Tulsa in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. Tulsa has competed in the American Athletic Conference (The American) since the 2 ...
team.
Career
Montgomery was hired by Tulsa on December 11, 2014. He was previously the
offensive coordinator of the
Baylor Bears.
In 2013, Montgomery was a finalist for the
Broyles Award
The Broyles Award is an annual award given to honor the best assistant coach in college football. First awarded in 1996, it was named after former University of Arkansas men's athletic director Frank Broyles. The award is presented in Little R ...
, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach. He played collegiately at
Tarleton State University
Tarleton State University is a public university with its main campus in Stephenville, Texas. It is a founding member of the Texas A&M University System and enrolled over 14,000 students in the fall of 2020.
History
John Tarleton Agricultura ...
with the likes of Kevin Vickers, Ryland Bailey and Chad Martinka.
In December 11, 2014, Montgomery was hired as the 33rd head coach at the
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
The Golden Hurricane are the athletic teams that represent the University of Tulsa. These teams are referred to as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane (or variously as TU or Tulsa). Before adopting the name Golden Hurricane in 1922, the University of T ...
. In 2020, after a three year bowl skid, Tulsa made it to their first ever
AAC Championship game against
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
.
Head coaching record
References
External links
Tulsa profile
1971 births
Living people
American football quarterbacks
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Baylor Bears football coaches
Houston Cougars football coaches
Tarleton State Texans football coaches
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane football coaches
High school football coaches in Texas
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