Mick Dennehy

Mick Dennehy
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1950-06-13) June 13, 1950 Butte, Montana
Playing career
1971–1972	Montana
Position(s)	Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975–1978	Colton (WA) HS
1979–1981	Helena (MT) HS
1980–1981	Montana State (assistant)
1982–1987	Gillette (WY) Campbell County HS
1988–1990	Montana Western
1991–1995	Montana (OC)
1996–1999	Montana
2000–2004	Utah State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2006–2007	Boulder (MT) Jefferson HS
Head coaching record
Overall	68–62
Tournaments	3–4 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Big Sky (1996, 1998–1999)

Michael "Mick" Dennehy (born June 13, 1950) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Montana Western (1988–1990), the University of Montana (1996–1999), and Utah State University (2000–2004), compiling a career college football record of 68–62.

Playing career

As a safety on the Grizzlies' football team from 1971 to 1972, Dennehy earned first-team all-Big Sky Conference honors in 1972. He is tied for second in single-season Big Sky history with 10 interceptions in 1972, while leading the league that year, as well. Dennehy is tied for ninth in league history with 16 career interceptions.^[1]

Coaching career

Dennehy started his college coaching career as an assistant coach for Montana State before switching to coach at high school level for a number of years. He returned to college football coaching at the University of Montana Western, a small NAIA school, before moving on to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Montana. In 1996, he was promoted to head coach of the Montana Grizzlies, but left following the 1999 season to take at post as the head coach of Utah State, replacing Dave Arslanian.^[2] In 2005 Dennehy was fired as head coach of Utah State after compiling a record of 19–37.

Dennehy became athletics director at Jefferson High School in Boulder, Montana in 2006.^[3]^[4] Dennehy resigned after the 2006–07 school year.^[5]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Montana Western Bulldogs (Frontier Conference) (1988–1990)
1988	Montana Western	1–5	1–5	T–4th
1989	Montana Western	4–4	2–4	3rd
1990	Montana Western	5–3	3–3	T–2nd
Montana Western:		10–12	6–12
Montana Grizzlies (Big Sky Conference) (1996–1999)
1996	Montana	14–1	8–0	1st	L Division I-AA Championship
1997	Montana	8–4	6–2	2nd	L Division I-AA First Round
1998	Montana	8–4	6–2	1st	L Division I-AA First Round
1999	Montana	9–3	7–1	1st	L Division I-AA First Round
Montana:		39–12	27–5
Utah State Aggies (Big West Conference) (2000)
2000	Utah State	5–6	4–1	2nd
Utah State Aggies (NCAA Division I-A Independent) (2001–2002)
2001	Utah State	4–7
2002	Utah State	4–7
Utah State Aggies (Sun Belt Conference) (2003–2004)
2003	Utah State	3–9	3–3	4th
2004	Utah State	3–8	2–5	9th
Utah State:		19–37	9–9
Total:		68–61
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ "Biography". www.utahstateaggies.com. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
↑ "Mike Dennehy" (PDF). MontanaGrizzlies.com. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
↑ Cotton, Tom (April 19, 2006). "Dennehy to lead Boulder athletic program". Montana Standard. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
↑ Neighbor, Fritz (September 17, 2006). "The New Mick: Ex-UM coach Mick Dennehy surfaces in Boulder, where the fishing's good and life is great". The Missoulian. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
↑ Lincoln, Marga (May 11, 2007). "Dennehy resigns at JHS". Helena Independent Record. Retrieved May 5, 2015.

External links

Utah State profile

Montana Western Bulldogs head football coaches

Casey Keltz (1965–1967)
George Marinkovich (1968)
Sonny Holland (1969)
Gene McKeever (1970–1972)
Dennis Fisher (1973)
George Nelson (1974–1980)
Don Christensen (1981–1986)
No team (1987)
Mick Dennehy (1988–1990)
Mick Delaney (1991–1992)
Bob Beers (1993–1994)
Marc Mauze (1995)
Nels Kludt (1996–1998)
Duane Rilla (1999–2000)
Tommy Lee (2001–2007)
Rich Ferris (2008–2010)
Ryan Nourse (2011–2012)
B. J. Robertson (2013– )

Montana Grizzlies head football coaches

Fred D. Smith (1897)
F. B. Searight (1898)
Guy Cleveland (1899)
Frank Bean (1900–1901)
Dewitt Peck (1902)
H. B. Conibear (1903–1904)
Frederick Schule (1905–1906)
Albion Findlay (1907)
Roy White (1908–1909)
Robert H. Cary (1910–1911)
Wallace C. Philoon (1912)
A. G. Heilman (1913–1914)
Jerry Nissen (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
Bernie Bierman (1919–1921)
J. W. Stewart (1922–1923)
Earl Clark (1924–1925)
Frank W. Milburn (1926–1930)
Bunny Oakes (1931–1934)
Doug Fessenden (1935–1941)
Clyde Carpenter (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Jiggs Dahlberg (1945)
Doug Fessenden (1946–1948)
Ted Shipkey (1949–1951)
Ed Chinske (1952–1954)
Jerry Williams (1955–1957)
Ray Jenkins (1958–1963)
Hugh Davidson (1964–1966)
Jack Swarthout (1967–1975)
Gene Carlson (1976–1979)
Larry Donovan (1980–1985)
Don Read (1986–1995)
Mick Dennehy (1996–1999)
Joe Glenn (2000–2002)
Bobby Hauck (2003–2009)
Robin Pflugrad (2010–2011)
Mick Delaney (2012–2014)
Bob Stitt (2015– )

Utah State Aggies head football coaches

No coach (1892)
No team (1893–1895)
Mayo (1896)
No team (1897)
Dunning (1898)
Willard Langton (1899–1900)
Dick Richards (1901)
George Campbell (1902–1906)
Mysterious Walker (1907–1908)
Clayton Teetzel (1909–1915)
Jack Watson (1916–1917)
No team (1918)
Dick Romney (1919–1942)
No team (1943)
Dick Romney (1944–1948)
George Melinkovich (1949–1950)
John Roning (1951–1954)
Ev Faunce (1955–1958)
John Ralston (1959–1962)
Tony Knap (1963–1966)
Chuck Mills (1967–1972)
Phil Krueger (1973–1975)
Bruce Snyder (1976–1982)
Chris Pella (1983–1985)
Chuck Shelton (1986–1991)
Charlie Weatherbie (1992–1994)
John L. Smith (1995–1997)
Dave Arslanian (1998–1999)
Mick Dennehy (2000–2004)
Brent Guy (2005–2008)
Gary Andersen (2009–2012)
Matt Wells (2013– )

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