Post by griz on Jan 12, 2011 12:35:48 GMT -5
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Tinkle now fifth in career wins at Montana
Last Saturday's win at Sacramento State was not only a good league road breakthrough for The University of Montana Grizzlies, but it was also the 81st career victory for UM head coach Wayne Tinkle, which places him fifth in school history in wins.
Tinkle, now in his fifth-year as head coach, has an overall record of 81-58 and is 42-26 in Big Sky Conference games.
With his 81 wins Tinkle moves ahead of both Jud Heathcote and Forrest "Frosty" Cox on Montana's all-time wins list. Heathcote, known in Griz circles for his great 21-8 team that took eventual national champion UCLA to the wire in a second round NCAA game in 1975, went 80-55 in his five-year tenure (1971-76). Cox was 80-85 in seven seasons from 1956-62.
Last season "Tinks" and the Griz advanced to the NCAA tournament for the eighth time in school history, going 22-10 overall. Montana knocked off regular-season league champion Weber State on their home floor with a dramatic, 66-65 come-from-behind win over Weber State. It was just the eighth time ever for a Griz team to win 22 or more games in a season.
The Grizzlies made the best of their NCAA appearance last season, battling the eighth-ranked (Associated Press)/10th-ranked (coaches' poll) New Mexico Lobos (29-4) en route to a narrow first-round 62-57 loss in San Jose, Calif. The Lobos were a third-seed, while UM was a No. 14 seed.
The NCAA tourney berth a year ago by Montana was not Tinkle's first at his alma mater. He has been an assistant or head coach for the Grizzlies four of the eight times that they have advanced to the "Big Dance."
The former (1986-89) Griz standout, who was a three-time All-Big Sky selection at forward, was an assistant coach at Montana when they have made it to the NCAAs on three occasions.
Those three tournament appearances when he was an assistant came in 2001-02 with head coach Don Holst against Oregon; and in 2004-05 and 2005-06 with mentor Larry Krystkowiak, when UM played Washington (in Boise), and Nevada and Boston College (in Salt Lake City). The 2006 Griz team beat Nevada 87-79 - the second ever NCAA victory for Montana.
The all-time winningest coach at Montana is George "Jiggs" Dahlberg, whom the Grizzlies' home court is named after. Dahlberg won 221 games in his two 15-year tenures from 1938-42 and 1946-55.
The next three head winningest coaches are impressive. Number two on the list is Mike Montgomery, who won 154 games in eight seasons from 1979-86, and who went on to an illustrious career at Stanford and is now the mentor at Cal.
Former Griz guard Blaine Taylor is third in career wins at UM with 142 victories in seven seasons at his alma mater from 1992-98. Taylor recently broke the school record at Old Dominion with his 199th victory there.
Current Utah State head coach Stew Morrill is fourth on the list with 97 wins in his five-year stint at Montana from 1987-91. Morrill is in his 13th season at Utah State and has a 308-101 record there, and is 526-241 in 25 seasons at USU, Colorado State, and Montana.
Tinkle now fifth in career wins at Montana
Last Saturday's win at Sacramento State was not only a good league road breakthrough for The University of Montana Grizzlies, but it was also the 81st career victory for UM head coach Wayne Tinkle, which places him fifth in school history in wins.
Tinkle, now in his fifth-year as head coach, has an overall record of 81-58 and is 42-26 in Big Sky Conference games.
With his 81 wins Tinkle moves ahead of both Jud Heathcote and Forrest "Frosty" Cox on Montana's all-time wins list. Heathcote, known in Griz circles for his great 21-8 team that took eventual national champion UCLA to the wire in a second round NCAA game in 1975, went 80-55 in his five-year tenure (1971-76). Cox was 80-85 in seven seasons from 1956-62.
Last season "Tinks" and the Griz advanced to the NCAA tournament for the eighth time in school history, going 22-10 overall. Montana knocked off regular-season league champion Weber State on their home floor with a dramatic, 66-65 come-from-behind win over Weber State. It was just the eighth time ever for a Griz team to win 22 or more games in a season.
The Grizzlies made the best of their NCAA appearance last season, battling the eighth-ranked (Associated Press)/10th-ranked (coaches' poll) New Mexico Lobos (29-4) en route to a narrow first-round 62-57 loss in San Jose, Calif. The Lobos were a third-seed, while UM was a No. 14 seed.
The NCAA tourney berth a year ago by Montana was not Tinkle's first at his alma mater. He has been an assistant or head coach for the Grizzlies four of the eight times that they have advanced to the "Big Dance."
The former (1986-89) Griz standout, who was a three-time All-Big Sky selection at forward, was an assistant coach at Montana when they have made it to the NCAAs on three occasions.
Those three tournament appearances when he was an assistant came in 2001-02 with head coach Don Holst against Oregon; and in 2004-05 and 2005-06 with mentor Larry Krystkowiak, when UM played Washington (in Boise), and Nevada and Boston College (in Salt Lake City). The 2006 Griz team beat Nevada 87-79 - the second ever NCAA victory for Montana.
The all-time winningest coach at Montana is George "Jiggs" Dahlberg, whom the Grizzlies' home court is named after. Dahlberg won 221 games in his two 15-year tenures from 1938-42 and 1946-55.
The next three head winningest coaches are impressive. Number two on the list is Mike Montgomery, who won 154 games in eight seasons from 1979-86, and who went on to an illustrious career at Stanford and is now the mentor at Cal.
Former Griz guard Blaine Taylor is third in career wins at UM with 142 victories in seven seasons at his alma mater from 1992-98. Taylor recently broke the school record at Old Dominion with his 199th victory there.
Current Utah State head coach Stew Morrill is fourth on the list with 97 wins in his five-year stint at Montana from 1987-91. Morrill is in his 13th season at Utah State and has a 308-101 record there, and is 526-241 in 25 seasons at USU, Colorado State, and Montana.