October 9, 2010 Game Day Grizzly Football Program
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Live Healthy; starting CAN BENEFIT FROM THE NEW under $100 HEALTH CARE REFORM LAWS! a m onth Call today to find out how 877 .398.0603 or contact your local Preferred Representative today. www.bcbsmt.com 1 - 2 0 1 0 Grizzly Game Day Program Jim O’Day, Director of Athletics Jim O’Day is in his sixth year as Director of Athletics at The University of Montana. A 1980 graduate of the UM School of Journal ism, O’Day returned to his alma mater in 1998 after an 18-year career in the newspaper AREYOU business, first as sports editor of the Kalispell (Mont.) Daily Interlake, then in his hometown of Cut Bank, Mont., as owner/publisher of the MAKING ALLTHE twice-weekly Western Breeze newspaper. O’Day served as assistant director of the Grizzly Athletic Association (now the Grizzly RIGHT MOVES? Scholarship Association) for three years before becoming Director of Development for UM Athletics in 2001. On June 30, 2005, he was named by UM President George Dennison as the Director of Athletics at Montana. O’Day currently serves on the NCAA Division 1 Football Issues Commit tee and the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoff Selection Com mittee. This year, O’Day will serve as chairman of that particular committee. In addition, he sits on the board of directors for the Master’s of Education in Intercollegiate Athletics Leadership program with the University of Washington and is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). In 2007, he was honored by the All-American Football Foundation by receiving the Gen. Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletics Director Award. Prior to returning to UM, O’Day was a charter member of the Cut Bank Education Foundation and Alumni Association and was Cut Bank’s Citizen of the Year in 1992. He organized the Golden Triangle Chapter of the GAA in 1992 and served as president until his appointment at UM in 1998. He was also actively involved in many other community service organizations. In 1991, he was the recipient of The University of Montana Service Award. Jim and his wife Kathy have three sons: Chris (25), Kevin (24) and Brian (19). Chris and Kevin are graduates of The University of Montana and reside in Arizona, while Brian will be a sophomore at UM this fall. Several of Jim’s many accomplishments during his first five years in the ath letic department include UM Athletics winning the schools first Sterling Sav ings Bank Presidents Cup in 2007 (Montana was second in 2010 and 2009, and third in 2008); paying off a $1 million deficit two years early; instrumental in constructing a 2,000-seat east-side expansion to Washington-Grizzly Stadium that was ready in time for the 2008 football season; and capturing conference titles in women’s golf (coached by Joanne Steele) in 2006 and in women’s basket ball (coached by Robin Selvig) in 2007, 2008 and 2009. In addition, the men’s basketball team won Big Sky Tournament titles and made NCAA appearances in 2006 and 2010. In 2006, the team under the direction of Coach Larry Kryst- kowiak won a first round game in the NCAA tourney vs. Nevada. The school’s only other NCAA men’s basketball tournament victory came in 1975 against Utah State. Academically, UM student-athletes have their highest cumulative At Payne Financial Group, our advisors have the grade point averages (3.05) in school history, and also maintain graduation rates expertise and products to help your business significantly higher than the general student population at The University of make smart moves when it comes to insurance, Montana. Also, the Grizzly Scholarship Association topped the $2 million mark in annual giving the past three years - more than double the amount raised in employee benefits and surety. 2000 . 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He has been a coach for 30 seasons overall and has worked 27 of those years at the college level. He came to UM from the University of Oregon where he served as the wide receivers coach for the previous three seasons (2006-08). Prior to his stint in his hometown of Eugene, Rob coached the tight ends and served as assistant head coach and the recruiting coordinator for five seasons (2001-05) at WSU. He was the wide receivers and recruiting coordinator at ASU from 1995-2000. During his career, he has been instrumental in the development of numerous quarterbacks and wide re ceivers who have received All-American recognition, along with several all-conference honorees, academic all conference athletes, and academic All-Americans. He began his coaching career at his alma mater, PSU, in 1980. A year later he had a one-year stint at South Eugene High School and then re turned to the college ranks for good. He came to Montana in 1986 when Don Read was named the UM’s head coach. Pflugrad was an assistant coach for the Griz from 1986-94. While at UM he worked with the quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers and was promoted to assistant head coach in 1991. Among the Grizzly standouts he worked with was quarterback Dave Dickenson, who won the Walter Payton Award in 1995, broke 25 school records, three national marks, and guided Montana to the national championship (1995). Pflugrad is a 1980 graduate of PSU with a degree in business administration. He was a wide receiver and team captain as a senior in 1979 for the Vikings. Robin and his wife Marlene have a son, Aaron, and a daughter, Amanda. Aaron is a junior wide receiver at Arizona State. 3 - 2 0 1 0 Grizzly Game Day Program Bresnan Is Proud To Support University Of Montana Football! Bresnan Digital Phone Unlimited local and long distance calling anywhere in the U.S.! Enjoy calling features, including VOICE Caller ID 6 Call Waiting. A Month For 12 Months No new equipment to buy! 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M W 5606 2 0 1 0 Grizzly Game Day Program - 4 Shalon Baker, Wide Receivers He was the defensive coordinator for Northern Colorado’s powerhouse teams from 1987-99. He was also the defensive coordinator at Wayne State One of the most prolific receivers in Grizzly College (Neb.) from 1983-87; the secondary coach at history, Shalon, who is originally from Vancouver, Yankton (S.D.) College in 1982-83, and was a graduate assistant coach at Wash. (Evergreen High School), played at Montana Northern Iowa from 1981-82. Breske was an all-conference cornerback and (1991-94) when Coach Pflugrad served as an assis team captain at South Dakota State, playing there tant for Don Read. from 1976-80. He returns to his alma mater (1994) from He earned a bachelor’s degree at SDSU in 1981 and a master’s at North Chandler High School (Ariz.) where he has been the ern Iowa in 1982.