Sandy Montgomery

Sandy Montgomery is an American softball coach. In 29 years as the head coach of SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball (1989–present), she has more than 1000 career wins, more than any other coach in SIUE history in any sport, male or female. As of May 13, 2017, Montgomery had a career record of 1026 wins, 519 losses, and 2 ties, for a .664 winning percentage.[1][2] She led the Cougars to the Division II NCAA softball championship in 2007.[3] In 2014, Montgomery passed the 900 win mark[4] while leading the Cougars to their first Division I NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. Montgomery is the longest-tenured head coach at SIUE and the Associate AD for Alumni Relations[5] in the SIUE athletic department. In addition to coaching softball, she began the SIUE volleyball program in 1995 and coached for its first four years, guiding it to a record of 83–54[6] and its first appearance in the NCAA Division II tournament in 1998. After leading the softball Cougars to the regular season title, Montgomery was named the 2015 Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year. [7] Montgomery's players earned her 1000th career victory in a 4–2 win over the Holy Cross Crusaders in the "Under Armour Showcase" in Clearwater, Florida on March 10, 2017.[8] She became only the 32nd head coach in all divisions to top the 1,000 win mark.[9]

Sandy Montgomery
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSIU Edwardsville Cougars
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record41–13 (2017)
Biographical details
Alma materSIU Edwardsville,
BS 1986, MS 1988
Playing career
1982–85SIU Edwardsville Cougars
(1982 AIAW DII WCWS National Runnerup)
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–88SIU Edwardsville (Asst.)
1989–presentSIU Edwardsville
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
pre-2007–presentSIU Edwardsville
Currently Associate AD for Alumni Relations
Head coaching record
Overall1026–519–2
Tournaments0–2 NCAA Div. I (1)
26–21 NCAA Div. II (11)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • NCAA Division II (2007)
  • 2x NCAA Great Lakes Regional Champions (2006, 2007)
  • OVC Tournament (2014)
  • OVC season (2015)
  • OVC West Division season (2014)
  • 5x GLVC Tournament (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • 5x GLVC season (1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007)
  • 2x GLVC Southwest Division season (1997, 1998)
Awards
  • NCAA Division I Independent Coach of the Year (2009)
  • OVC Coach of the Year (2015)
  • DII National Coaching Staff of the Year (2007)
  • 3x DII Regional Coaching Staff of the Year (2003, 2006, 2007)
  • 4x GLVC Coach of the Year (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002)
  • National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Central Region (1985)
  • Illinois Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame (2001)
  • SIUE Athletics Hall of Fame (2006)
Records
Most wins in SIUE history (985)

SIUE pitcher

Primary source: [10]

Sandy Montgomery was a pitcher for the SIUE Cougars from 1982 through 1985 building a record of 84–26 in 117 appearances, including 108 starts. On the Cougars' career pitching records lists, she remains #1 in lowest earned run average (ERA) (0.85 in 789 innings), saves (11, including saves in games she started, was relieved, and returned), shutouts (42), and no-hitters (6). She also remains #2 in most batters faced (3210), #3 in wins and innings pitched, and #4 in strikeouts, appearances, and games started,. Additionally, she still holds the Cougars' single-season records for most shutouts (19 in 1985) and saves (7 also in 1985) while remaining among the leaders in wins, lowest ERA, appearances, games started, shutouts, innings pitched, strikeouts, batters faced, and saves.[11] In her senior season (1985), Montgomery had a record of 30-8 with a 0.64 earned run average, was the Cougars' Most Valuable Player, and was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s All-Central Region team. For her play, she has been inducted into the Illinois Amateur Softball Association’s Hall of Fame (2001)[12] and the SIUE Athletics Hall of Fame (2006).

Head coaching record

Sources:[13][14][15][16]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
SIU Edwardsville (Division II Independent[13]) (1989–1995)
1989 SIUE Cougars 35–24–1
1990 SIUE Cougars 34–13NCAA Regional
1991 SIUE Cougars 35–16
1992 SIUE Cougars 22–21
1993 SIUE Cougars 23–24
1994 SIUE Cougars 18–25–1
1995 SIUE Cougars 24–19
SIU Edwardsville (Great Lakes Valley Conference (Div. II)[14]) (1996–2008)
1996 SIUE Cougars 34–1712–62nd
1997 SIUE Cougars 39–1323–01st Southwest
1998 SIUE Cougars 33–2322–51st SouthwestNCAA Regional
1999 SIUE Cougars 33–1713–31st
2000 SIUE Cougars 39–1916–6t-3rdNCAA Regional
2001 SIUE Cougars 41–1717–52ndNCAA Regional
2002 SIUE Cougars 51–1217–21stNCAA Regional
2003 SIUE Cougars 44–1117–31stNCAA Regional
2004 SIUE Cougars 35–1915–53rdNCAA Regional
2005 SIUE Cougars 41–1515–33rdNCAA Regional
2006 SIUE Cougars 52–1116–41st Div. II WCWS
2007 SIUE Cougars 49–819–5t-1stNCAA Div. II Champion
2008 SIUE Cougars 49–1119–52ndNCAA Regional
SIU Edwardsville (Division I Independent[13]) (2009–2010)
2009 SIUE Cougars 40–10
2010 SIUE Cougars 27–24
SIU Edwardsville (Ohio Valley Conference[15]) (2011–current)
2011 SIUE Cougars 28–3019–114th
2012 SIUE Cougars 23–2913–168th
2013 SIUE Cougars 35–1317–52nd West
2014 SIUE Cougars 30–2319–51st WestNCAA Regional
2015 SIUE Cougars 43–1620–61st
2016 SIUE Cougars 28–2615–114th
2017 SIUE Cougars 41–1313–5t-2nd
Total:1026–519–2 .664

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Softball Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. "2016 SIUE Softball Schedule". SIU Edwardsville. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. "Softball Championship History". NCAA. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  4. "Sandy Montgomery notches 900th win of illustrious 26-year career". NCAA. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  5. "Sandy Montgomery". SIU Edwardsville. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  6. "Volleyball Coaching Records". SIU Edwardsville. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  7. "Murray State's Twaddle and SIUE's Chambers Headline Softball Postseason Awards". Ohio Valley Conference. May 5, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  8. "Cougars Make It Grand For Montgomery". SIU Edwardsville. March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  9. "SOFTBALL: Two SIUE wins make it 1,001 for Montgomery". The Telegraph. March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  10. "Sandy Montgomery". SIU Edwardsville. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  11. "SIUE Pitching Records". SIU Edwardsville. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  12. "Hall of Fame Members". Illinois ASA. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  13. "SIUE Softball Archives". SIUE Cougars. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  14. "GLVC Softball Archive". Great Lakes Valley Conference. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  15. "OVC Softball Records" (PDF). Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  16. "Division II Softball Championship History". NCAA. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
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