Delaney named assistant coach
5/7/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Michael (Mick) Delaney has been named an assistant football coach at The University of Montana, announced sixth-year Griz mentor Bobby Hauck. Delaney will coach the running backs at UM.
Delaney has been in the coaching ranks for 38 years, including 26 seasons at the collegiate level and 12 in the prep ranks.
"Mick has been a friend and colleague for many years," Hauck said. "He is an outstanding addition to our staff. To bring someone onboard with his experience is a real plus for us. Certainly his ties to the state of Montana run strong and deep."
Delaney, from Butte, comes to UM from Colorado State, where he worked with former head coach Sonny Lubick for the past 14 years (1993-2007). While at CSU Delaney coached some of the finest running backs in school history, including five first-team all-conference selections such as Cecil Sapp in 2000.
Sapp was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award as the nation's most outstanding running back and set a school rushing record with 1,601 yards in 2002.
Delaney is an inaugural inductee into the Western Montana College Sports Hall of Fame. He served as the athletic director at Montana Tech from 1983-85. He was the head football coach and athletic director at Western Montana before going to Colorado State. He coached on Lubick's staff at Montana State from 1976-80.
Delaney began his coaching career as a head wrestling and assistant football coach at Butte's Central High School from 1964-67, and held the same two positions at UM in 1968-69. He moved on to Great Falls High School and served as the head and wrestling football coach from 1969-76 before joining Lubick's staff at MSU.
He earned his B.A. in education at UM-Western (Western Montana College) in 1964.
Mick and his wife Cheri have three children, son Mike, daughters Shauna Basile and Melissa Ossello, and nine grandchildren.
He has already started his coaching duties at UM.
Delaney's college coaching experience
1993-2007 ... Colorado State University (running backs coach)
1991-92 ... Western Montana College (head coach)
1983-85 ... Montana Tech (director of athletics)
1976-80 ... Montana State University (assistant coach)
1968-69 ... The University of Montana (assistant coach)
Delaney has been in the coaching ranks for 38 years, including 26 seasons at the collegiate level and 12 in the prep ranks.
"Mick has been a friend and colleague for many years," Hauck said. "He is an outstanding addition to our staff. To bring someone onboard with his experience is a real plus for us. Certainly his ties to the state of Montana run strong and deep."
Delaney, from Butte, comes to UM from Colorado State, where he worked with former head coach Sonny Lubick for the past 14 years (1993-2007). While at CSU Delaney coached some of the finest running backs in school history, including five first-team all-conference selections such as Cecil Sapp in 2000.
Sapp was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award as the nation's most outstanding running back and set a school rushing record with 1,601 yards in 2002.
Delaney is an inaugural inductee into the Western Montana College Sports Hall of Fame. He served as the athletic director at Montana Tech from 1983-85. He was the head football coach and athletic director at Western Montana before going to Colorado State. He coached on Lubick's staff at Montana State from 1976-80.
Delaney began his coaching career as a head wrestling and assistant football coach at Butte's Central High School from 1964-67, and held the same two positions at UM in 1968-69. He moved on to Great Falls High School and served as the head and wrestling football coach from 1969-76 before joining Lubick's staff at MSU.
He earned his B.A. in education at UM-Western (Western Montana College) in 1964.
Mick and his wife Cheri have three children, son Mike, daughters Shauna Basile and Melissa Ossello, and nine grandchildren.
He has already started his coaching duties at UM.
Delaney's college coaching experience
1993-2007 ... Colorado State University (running backs coach)
1991-92 ... Western Montana College (head coach)
1983-85 ... Montana Tech (director of athletics)
1976-80 ... Montana State University (assistant coach)
1968-69 ... The University of Montana (assistant coach)
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