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He also taught English at Central. coach in July of 2012. He replaces Robin Pflugrad Delaney was an assistant football coach under former UM head coach whose contract was not renewed afer serving as Jack Swarthout from 1968-69. He was the head wrestling coach at um at UM’s mentor the previous two seasons. that time as well. He then moved on to Great Falls High School (1969-76) Delaney recently completed his fourth season where he taught English and was the assistant wrestling and track and field as an assistant coach at Montana, working with coach. He coached on Lubicks staff at Montana State from 1978-81. the running backs, and was also an associate He earned his B.A. in education at UM-Western (Western Montana head coach. He had retired from coaching two College) in 1964. He is an inaugural inductee into the Western Montana months prior to assuming the position as UM’s College Sports Hall of Fame and was honored by the Montana Coaches interim head coach. Association in 1972 as the Wrestling Coach of the Year. In 1974 he was He was instrumental in the development of named the Football Coach of the Year by that organization. He also be­ running back Chase Reynolds, who rushed for 4,067 yards and a school- longed to many associations during his athletic career including the Mon­ record 52 touchdowns the previous three seasons. tana Coaches Association. A veteran mentor, Delaney began coaching in 1964, and this will be his Mick and his wife Cheri have three children, son Mike, daughters 28th season at the collegiate level. Shauna Basile and Melissa Ossello, and nine grandchildren. Originally from Butte, he came to Montana from Colorado State where he was an assistant coach for former head coach Sonny Lubick for 15 sea­ Coach Delaney College Coaching Time Line sons from 1993-2007. • 2012: The University of Montana, Interim Head Coach Former Griz head coach Bobby Hauck hired Delaney in 2008. Pflugrad • 2008-11: The University of Montana, Associate Head Coach & Running retained Delaney as the lone official holdover from Haucks staff. Backs While at CSU, Delaney coached some of the finest running backs in • 1993-2007: Colorado State University, Running Backs school history, including five first-team all-conference selections such as • 1991-92: Western Montana College, Head Coach/Athletic Director Cecil Sapp (2000). Sapp was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award as the • 1983-85: Montana Tech, Director of Athletics nation’s most outstanding running back and set a school rushing record • 1978-81: Montana State University, Assistant Football Coach with 1,601 yards in 2002. Sapp went on to play with the Denver Broncos. • 1968-69: The University of Montana, Head Wrestling Coach & Assistant Prior to coaching the Rams, Delaney was the head football coach and Football Coach athletic director at Western Montana, Dillon, in 1991 and 92. 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Also follow us on Facebook and Twitter @LSDirectorsCup. 0 U5A i & m TODAY 5POFJT5 — / WE ARE \ ___ /M O N T A N A ^ ASSISTANT COACHES Shalon Baker One of the most prolific receivers in Grizzly his­ Aric Williams Aric is in his third second season at Montana Wide Receivers tory, Shalon is now in his third season at his alma ma­ Cornerbachs and coaches the cornerbacks. ter, coaching the wide receivers. Prior to coming to Montana he was at Arizona From Vancouver, Wash., and Evergreen High State University, where he oversaw defensive quality School, he had an outstanding career with the Griz­ control and assisted with cornerbacks and special zlies from 1991-94 at receiver and as a punt returner. teams. He returned to Montana in 2010 from Chandler Before his position at ASU, he served as an assis­ High School in Arizona, where he had served as the tant coach in his hometown at Diamond Bar High «!■ passing game coordinator/wide receiver coach. School in California in 2007-08. Baker is currently ranked third in school history Williams was a standout cornerback at Oregon in career receptions (182), fifth in career receiving State and four-year letterman there from 2001-04. yards (2,561), and is tied for second for the most ca­ He was a first team All-Pac-10 selection at corner- reer receiving touchdowns with 26. back for the Beavers his senior year in 2004 when he had 56 tackles, five He is ranked sixth in school history with 3,478 all-purpose yards. He interceptions, and 14 pass break-ups. averaged 4.33 catches per game, which rank him eighth on the career list. He was a second team all-conference pick his junior season at corner- He averaged 11.64 yards (78 for 908) per punt return, which is the fourth back and as a kick-off returner at OSU. His junior year he had 39 tackles, highest career average in school history. His 416 punt return yards in 1992 four interceptions, and 12 pass deflections. are the seventh most ever in a season at UM. Following his playing days at OSU, he played for the Philadelphia Ea­ He was a team captain in 1993 and 1994. He was one of three recipients gles for a season (2005), and then played in NFL Europe for the Cologne of UMs Steve Carlson Award (MVP) at Montana in 1994. Centurions (2006). After that he played two seasons of Arena Football for Baker was a wide receiver/linebacker in the Arena Football League from the Philadelphia Soul (2007) and Arizona Rattlers (2008). 1998-2005, playing for the San Jose (Calif.) SaberCats. He also coached with Williams earned his B.A. degree at OSU in fine arts with an emphasis the SaberCats from 2003-05, working with the offense and wide receivers. in graphic design in 2005. Aric is single. He earned his B.A. degree at UM in business administration and an MA in business administration in sports management at Canterbury in 1998. Ty Gregorak Ty just wrapped up his eighth season as an as­ Shalon has three daughters: Kailyn, 17; Quincy, 13; and Kendal, 9.