Vincent E. Montgomery

Vincent E. Montgomery (May 6, 1890 – November 12, 1945) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Yankton College in Yankton, South Dakota from 1916 to 1922, the University of South Dakota from 1927 to 1930, and Southern State Normal School—later known as University of South Dakota–Springfield—from 1933 to 1942.[1] Montgomery was also the head basketball coach at South Dakota from 1923 to 1927 and the school's head track coach from 1923 to 1931.[2][3]

Vincent E. Montgomery
Biographical details
Born(1890-05-06)May 6, 1890
Newell, Iowa, U.S.
DiedNovember 12, 1945(1945-11-12) (aged 55)
near Mountain View, Arkansas, U.S.
Alma materMorningside (1913)
Playing career
Football
1909–1912Morningside
Track and field
1909–1913Morningside
Position(s)Quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913Ida Grove HS (IA)
1914–1915Newton HS (IA)
1916–1922Yankton
1927–1930South Dakota
1933–1942Southern Normal
Basketball
1923–1927South Dakota
Track and field
1913–1914Ida Grove HS (IA)
1923–1931South Dakota
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1916–1923Yankton
1927–1930South Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall54–52–5 (college football)
33–35 (college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 SDIC (1920)
1 NCC (1927)

Montgomery was born on May 6, 1890, in Newell, Iowa. He moved with his family in 1902 to Sioux City, Iowa, where he attended Sioux City High School and graduated from Morningside Academy in 1909. He then played college football and ran track at Morningside College, also in Sioux City, from which he graduated in 1913. He played quarterback on the football team and was captain of the track team in the spring of 1913.

Montgomery began his coaching career in the fall of 1913 as football and track coach at Ida Grove High School in Ida Grove, Iowa.[4]

served as a major in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was killed in a crash of a military aircraft, on November 12, 1945, near Mountain View, Arkansas.[5][6]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Yankton Greyhounds (Independent) (1916)
1916 Yankton 3–4
Yankton Greyhounds (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1917–1922)
1917 Yankton 5–0–1
1918 Yankton 0–1
1919 Yankton 6–1
1920 Yankton 5–1–24–0–11st
1921 Yankton 3–41–2T–3rd
1922 Yankton 6–24–13rd
Yankton: 28–13–3
South Dakota Coyotes (North Central Conference) (1927–1930)
1927 South Dakota 7–25–01st
1928 South Dakota 3–51–35th
1929 South Dakota 4–4–10–3–15th
1930 South Dakota 1–5–20–45th
South Dakota: 15–16–36–10–1
Southern Normal Pointers (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1933–1942)
1933 Southern Normal 3–52–47th
1934 Southern Normal 1–3–21–3–17th
1935 Southern Normal 3–33–24th
1936 Southern Normal 5–22–26th
1937 Southern Normal 5–34–1T–2nd
1938 Southern Normal 4–23–24th
1939 Southern Normal 2–51–49th
1940 Southern Normal 0–80–45th
1941 Southern Normal 2–41–2T–3rd
1942 Southern Normal 1–4
Southern Normal: 26–39–2
Total:54–52–5
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "2017 Media Supplement". South Dakota Coyotes football. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  2. "Montgomery To S. D. University". Sioux City Sunday Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. April 8, 1923. p. 18. Retrieved July 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. "Men's Basketball Media Guide". South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. "Montgomery Will Coach Ida Grove". The Omaha Evening Bee. Omaha, Nebraska. May 17, 1913. p. 2. Retrieved July 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Maj. Vincent Montgomery Killed In Bomber Cash". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. November 14, 1945. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Montgomery (continued)". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. November 14, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved July 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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