Vincent E. Montgomery Explained

Vincent E. Montgomery
Birth Date:6 May 1890
Birth Place:Newell, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:near Mountain View, Arkansas, U.S.
Alma Mater:Morningside (1913)
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1909–1912
Player Team2:Morningside
Player Sport3:Track and field
Player Years4:1909–1913
Player Team4:Morningside
Player Positions:Quarterback (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1913
Coach Team2:Ida Grove HS (IA)
Coach Years3:1914–1915
Coach Team3:Newton HS (IA)
Coach Years4:1916–1922
Coach Team4:Yankton
Coach Years5:1927–1930
Coach Team5:South Dakota
Coach Years6:1933–1942
Coach Team6:Southern Normal
Coach Sport7:Basketball
Coach Years8:1923–1927
Coach Team8:South Dakota
Coach Sport9:Track and field
Coach Years10:1913–1914
Coach Team10:Ida Grove HS (IA)
Coach Years11:1923–1931
Coach Team11:South Dakota
Admin Years1:1916–1923
Admin Team1:Yankton
Admin Years2:1927–1930
Admin Team2:South Dakota
Overall Record:54–52–5 (college football)
33–35 (college basketball)
Championships:Football
1 SDIC (1920)
1 NCC (1927)

Vincent E. Montgomery (May 6, 1890 – November 12, 1945) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Yankton College in Yankton, South Dakota from 1916 to 1922, the University of South Dakota from 1927 to 1930, and Southern State Normal School—later known as University of South Dakota–Springfield—from 1933 to 1942.[1] Montgomery was also the head basketball coach at South Dakota from 1923 to 1927 and the school's head track coach from 1923 to 1931.[2] [3]

Montgomery was born on May 6, 1890, in Newell, Iowa. He moved with his family in 1902 to Sioux City, Iowa, where he attended Sioux City High School and graduated from Morningside Academy in 1909. He then played college football and ran track at Morningside College, also in Sioux City, from which he graduated in 1913. He played quarterback on the football team and was captain of the track team in the spring of 1913.

Montgomery began his coaching career in the fall of 1913 as football and track coach at Ida Grove High School in Ida Grove, Iowa.[4]

served as a major in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was killed in a crash of a military aircraft, on November 12, 1945, near Mountain View, Arkansas.[5] [6]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 Media Supplement. South Dakota Coyotes football. December 6, 2018.
  2. News: . Montgomery To S. D. University . . . April 8, 1923 . 18 . July 24, 2023 . .
  3. Web site: Men's Basketball Media Guide. South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball. December 6, 2018.
  4. News: . Montgomery Will Coach Ida Grove . . . May 17, 1913 . 2 . July 24, 2023 . .
  5. News: . Maj. Vincent Montgomery Killed In Bomber Cash . . . November 14, 1945 . 1 . July 24, 2023 . .
  6. News: . Montgomery (continued) . . . November 14, 1945 . 11 . July 24, 2023 . .