Tim Hauck - Football Coach - University of Montana Athletics

Tim Hauck

Title:
Defensive Analyst
Email:
nathan.dellinger@mso.umt.edu
Phone:
243-2969

2025 will be the third season for Hauck at his alma mater since returning in 2023 and his tenth year overall with the program as a coach.

It will also be his second season as UM’s co-Defensive Coordinator and Safeties Coach. The Grizzly Sports Hall of Famer, 13-year NFL vet, and Super Bowl-winning coach was promoted from Defensive Analyst in March of 2024.

Hauck returned to Montana on March 16, 2023, after 15 seasons coaching at the game’s highest levels.

As Montana’s defensive analyst he helped produce one of the top units in program history on a 2023 team that advanced to the FCS National Championship.

The Grizzlies allowed just 108.5 yards per game rushing that season – the third fewest in the FCS and a Big Sky-low. Those 108.5 yards were the second fewest of the last decade allowed by the Griz as well.

Montana also picked off 17 passes that season – the fourth most in the FCS and the second most at UM in the last decade – and finished the year with a Big Sky-best total in turnover margin (+9) and turnovers gained (24).

All told the 2023 Griz gave up the third fewest total yards per game in program just over 314 yards, the third fewest in program history, and 17.2 points per game – the fewest in the Big Sky and fifth fewest in the FCS.

Prior to his return to UM he most recently spent five seasons in the NFL with Philadelphia, where he helped lead the Eagles to a 41-33 win over New England in Super Bowl LII.

Hauck previously coached at Montana from 2004 to 2007 under his older brother Bobby Hauck where they led the Griz to four-straight conference titles, a trip to the 2004 national title game, and two trips to the FCS semifinal.

The two also coached together in 2013 and 2014 at UNLV where he helped lead the Rebels to the 2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl as the Defensive Coordinator and Cornerbacks Coach. Hauck’s resume also includes coaching stints at UCLA, the Tennessee Titans, and Cleveland Browns.

At Philadelphia he coached three-time Pro Bowl safety Malcom Jenkins as well as Pro-Bowler Corey Graham.

As a player, Hauck was a three-year letterman for the Grizzlies from 1987 to 1989, when he became a two-time All-American and two-time Big Sky Defensive MVP at safety.

He then went on to a successful 13-year NFL career from 1990 to 2002, appearing 183 games after signing as a free agent with the New England Patriots. His playing career also included stops at Green Bay, Denver, Seattle, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.

One of the top tacklers in Montana program history, Hauck still holds the school record for the most stops in a game with 25. UM’s first finalist for the Walter Payton Award, he still holds several longstanding Montana and Big Sky Conference records, including the most blocked extra points with four in a season and seven in a career.

The Big Timber native was named the team’s most valuable player in 1989 and represented UM at the Japan Bowl All-Star game. He was later inducted into the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame in 2025.

His nephew Robby Hauck was also an All-American at UM and became the Big Sky Conference’s leading tackler in 2022.

The Hauck File
Hometown: Butte, Mont. (Sweetgrass County HS, Big Timber, Mont.)
Alma Mater: Montana ’90
Playing Career

Montana	1987-1989
New England Patriots	1990
Green Bay Packers	1991-1994
Denver Broncos	1995-1996
Seattle Seahawks	1997
Indianapolis Colts	1998
Philadelphia Eagles	1999-2001
San Francisco 49ers	2002

Coaching Career

Montana	2004-2006	Safeties
Montana	2007	Secondary
UCLA	2008	Safeties
Tennessee Titans	2009-2010	Asst. Secondary
Cleveland Browns	2012	Defensive Backs
UNLV	2013-2014	Defensive Coordinator / Cornerbacks
Philadelphia Eagles	2016-2020	Safeties
Montana	2023	Defensive Analyst
Montana	2024-Present	Co-Defensive Coordinator / Safeties