Soccer
J. Landham
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- james.landham@umontana.edu
- Phone:
- 243-4397
The 2026 season is J. Landham’s seventh year with the Montana soccer program, his fifth as associate head coach. His primary responsibility is training the team’s goalkeepers.
Landham, initially hired in June 2019, coached at Montana for three years, the 2019, ’20 and ’21 seasons, then spent the 2022 season at Villanova before returning to Missoula in January 2023.
In six years at Montana, Landham has coached four players to Big Sky Conference Goalkeeper of the Year honors: Claire Howard (2020), Camellia Xu (2021), Bayliss Flynn (2024) and Ashlyn Dvorak (2025).
His starting goalkeeper has been voted first-team All-Big Sky in five of his six seasons coaching the Grizzlies, second team the other.
Montana has gone 65-23-20 with Landham on staff, 38-3-9 in Big Sky matches. In those six seasons, the Grizzlies won five regular-season titles and three times made the NCAA tournament.
In those 108 matches, Montana had 63 shutouts while allowing 70 goals.
The Grizzlies allowed a Big Sky-record nine goals in 19 matches in 2023, 10 the following season while posting a program-record 14 shutouts.
Howard set a new Big Sky record for career shutouts (32), Dvorak earned third-team United Soccer Coaches All-West Region honors in 2023, Flynn led the nation in save percentage (.925) in 2024.
In his lone season at Villanova, in 2022, Landham’s goalkeepers had a 0.94 goals-against average, with 15 goals allowed in 16 matches, with four shutouts.
Originally from Hendersonville, Tenn., Landham played collegiately at Union University, then an NAIA program in Jackson, Tenn.
He was a four-year starter for the Bulldogs, three times earning All-TranSouth Conference honors.
Landham would continue his playing career with Inter Nashville FC of the National Premier Soccer League and FC Greeley (Colo.) of the United Premier Soccer League.
Landham began his collegiate coaching career with the men’s program at Union in 2012. He was the goalkeeper coach for the Northern Colorado women’s program in 2016 and ’17.
He spent the 2018 season at Vanderbilt. The Commodores were the SEC regular-season champions and advanced to the round of 32 at the NCAA tournament.
He earned a degree in sports medicine and exercise science from Union in 2012 and is working toward a master’s degree in sports coaching and education from Northern Colorado.
He has a C License from the United States Soccer Federation and has earned a National Diploma of Coaching and Advanced National Goalkeeper Diploma from the United Soccer Coaches.
Landham, initially hired in June 2019, coached at Montana for three years, the 2019, ’20 and ’21 seasons, then spent the 2022 season at Villanova before returning to Missoula in January 2023.
In six years at Montana, Landham has coached four players to Big Sky Conference Goalkeeper of the Year honors: Claire Howard (2020), Camellia Xu (2021), Bayliss Flynn (2024) and Ashlyn Dvorak (2025).
His starting goalkeeper has been voted first-team All-Big Sky in five of his six seasons coaching the Grizzlies, second team the other.
Montana has gone 65-23-20 with Landham on staff, 38-3-9 in Big Sky matches. In those six seasons, the Grizzlies won five regular-season titles and three times made the NCAA tournament.
In those 108 matches, Montana had 63 shutouts while allowing 70 goals.
The Grizzlies allowed a Big Sky-record nine goals in 19 matches in 2023, 10 the following season while posting a program-record 14 shutouts.
Howard set a new Big Sky record for career shutouts (32), Dvorak earned third-team United Soccer Coaches All-West Region honors in 2023, Flynn led the nation in save percentage (.925) in 2024.
In his lone season at Villanova, in 2022, Landham’s goalkeepers had a 0.94 goals-against average, with 15 goals allowed in 16 matches, with four shutouts.
Originally from Hendersonville, Tenn., Landham played collegiately at Union University, then an NAIA program in Jackson, Tenn.
He was a four-year starter for the Bulldogs, three times earning All-TranSouth Conference honors.
Landham would continue his playing career with Inter Nashville FC of the National Premier Soccer League and FC Greeley (Colo.) of the United Premier Soccer League.
Landham began his collegiate coaching career with the men’s program at Union in 2012. He was the goalkeeper coach for the Northern Colorado women’s program in 2016 and ’17.
He spent the 2018 season at Vanderbilt. The Commodores were the SEC regular-season champions and advanced to the round of 32 at the NCAA tournament.
He earned a degree in sports medicine and exercise science from Union in 2012 and is working toward a master’s degree in sports coaching and education from Northern Colorado.
He has a C License from the United States Soccer Federation and has earned a National Diploma of Coaching and Advanced National Goalkeeper Diploma from the United Soccer Coaches.
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