Brian Hendricks - Football Coach - University of Montana Athletics

Brian Hendricks

Title:
Defensive Line
Email:
brian.hendricks@umontana.edu
Phone:
243-2969

TWITTER - @CoachBHen

Hendricks begins his second season as Montana’s defensive line coach in 2017 after serving as the defensive ends coach in his first season with the Grizzlies in 2015.

Before coming to Montana he was an assistant coach for Griz mentor Bob Stitt at the Colorado School of Mines coaching the defensive line.

In Hendricks’ first year at UM coaching the defensive ends, he coached the 2015 STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year Tyrone Holmes to a national-best 18 sacks.

In 2014, Mines had an overall record of 10-2 and tied for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title with an 8-1 league mark. The Orediggers participated in the NCAA playoffs, and their 10-2 record was the 13th winning season in 15 years for Coach Stitt, and also added to the program’s record with an eighth consecutive winning season. With Hendricks coaching the defensive front, the Orediggers’ defense ranked second in the RMAC in scoring defense (23.4 pts/game), first in the RMAC and 36th in DII in rush defense (124.9) and first in the RMAC and 12th in DII in sacks (38). Sophomore defensive tackle, Dallas Fields, finished his season with First Team All Rocky Mountain Conference honors while junior defensive end, Emmanuel Graves, finished with second team honors. Hendricks helped an Orediggers defense in 2013 that ranked first in the RMAC and 7th in DII in scoring defense (17.0 pts/game).

Hendricks, a native of Burlington, Colo., joined Bob Stitt’s staff in 2013 following a short stint as a defensive graduate assistant at Colorado State University.

Hendricks was a four-year letterman at inside linebacker for the University of Wyoming from 2008-2011. Hendricks earned a pair of 2nd Team All-Mountain West accolades and led the team in tackles his sophomore and senior seasons. He served as a team captain during his junior and senior campaigns and was named the team’s most valuable linebacker following his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. Hendricks also holds the Wyoming single-game record for most tackles (23), which was also the best single-game performance in the nation in 2009. He was named the Mountain West player of the week on two separate occasions and earned the 2011 Brent Schieffer Most Inspirational Player Award for the Cowboys as well as the Larry Birleffi Outstanding Senior Football Player Award. Hendricks finished his career as the 12th leading tackler in Wyoming team history. Wyoming played in the New Mexico Bowl in 2009 and again in 2011. Additionally, Hendricks served on the UW Leadership Council and earned an invitation to the 2012 Washington Redskins mini-camp. Hendricks graduated in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business.

As a prep athlete in Burlington, Colo., Hendricks was a three-sport letter winner in football, wrestling and track. Hendricks was the recipient of the prestigious 2007 Fred Steinmark Colorado Athlete of the Year Award presented by the Rocky Mountain News in the spring of each year. The Steinmark Award honors the top male and female high school student-athletes in the state of Colorado based on athletics, academics and citizenship. He was also an outstanding wrestler in high school, posting a 102-1 record.