MICK DELANEY NAMED ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH AT MONTANA
MISSOULA - 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 coming 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 then moved on to
Great Falls High School and served as the head and wrestling football
coach from 1969-76, then joined Lubick's staff at MSU.
He earned his B.A. in education at UM-Western (Western Montana
College) in 1964.
He has already started his coaching duties at UM.
Mick and his wife Cheri have three children, son Mike, daughters
Shauna Basile and Melissa Ossello, and nine grandchildren.
Coach 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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