Mike Montgomery
Mike Montgomery
Michael John Montgomeryis a retired American college basketball head coach, most recently at California of the Pac-12 Conference for six seasons. He is best-known as the head coach at Stanford for 18 seasons, from 1986 to 2004, where he succeeded Tom Davis. Before that, Montgomery was at the University of Montana for ten seasons, the last eight as head coach. He also led the Golden State Warriors of the NBA for two seasons, from 2004 to 2006...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 February 1947
CityLos Angeles, CA
block errors failing free given ourselves second shooting shot
We're just making fundamental errors we shouldn't be making. Failing to block off on a free throw, given up a second shot ... we're just shooting ourselves in the foot.
coming early guys indiana plays problem ran shots strong
It was a strong comeback, but we just ran out of gas. The problem is we trailed early and we were coming back. One thing is, our guys didn't quit. We just couldn't make the big plays while Indiana made the big shots down the stretch.
kobe prevent shooting
In retrospect, the one thing Derek can't do is prevent Kobe from shooting over the top.
board guy knows personnel relying
Keith is a guy that I'm relying on more, having been with Keith for a year, to be the guy that's my sounding board during a game-type situation. Keith knows our personnel and John's just working his way in. I'll probably end up relying more on Keith.
learn older players playing teach
I don't know enough about the whole thing to know what playing would do. It's important for them to be with us. I think we need to teach them as much as we can, learn from the older players how to be a pro.
backing coming hard poise runs
He's fundamentally sound. He's a hard worker, not backing off at all. He runs the team. I think he's been a surprise, just his poise coming into camp.