See also: Monty Lewis (artist).
| Monty Lewis | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Winfield HS (KS) |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Greeley, Colorado, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1981–1984 |
| Player Team1: | Southwestern (KS) |
| Coach Years1: | 1985 |
| Coach Team1: | Southwestern (KS) (OL) |
| Coach Years2: | 1986 |
| Coach Team2: | Fort Hays (LB) |
| Coach Years3: | 1987 |
| Coach Team3: | Northeastern State (LB/WR) |
| Coach Years4: | 1988–1989 |
| Coach Team4: | MacMurray (OC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1991 |
| Coach Team5: | Colorado State (LB) |
| Coach Years6: | 1992 |
| Coach Team6: | Kentucky (LB/OL) |
| Coach Years7: | 1993–2001 |
| Coach Team7: | Southwestern (KS) |
| Coach Years8: | 2002 |
| Coach Team8: | West Texas A&M (OC) |
| Coach Years9: | 2003–2016 |
| Coach Team9: | Friends |
| Coach Years10: | 2017 |
| Coach Team10: | Maize South HS (KS) (QB) |
| Coach Years11: | 2019–2020 |
| Coach Team11: | Holdenville HS (OK) |
| Coach Years12: | 2021–present |
| Coach Team12: | Winfield HS (KS) |
| Overall Record: | 159–88 (college) |
| Bowl Record: | 1–0 |
| Tournament Record: | 1–6 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Championships: | 6 KCAC (1997–1999, 2006–2008) |
| Awards: | 5× 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.
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]
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, 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 .[6] In 1998, his Southwestern team advanced to the second round of the NAIA playoffs, defeating the, 12–10, in the first round and losing 52–6 to .[7] In the 1999 NAIA playoffs, the team lost in the first round to 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.