"Less than a week after Mike Locksley lost his first choice for Maryland football’s offensive coordinator job at the last minute, he’s hired former East Carolina head coach Scottie Montgomery to the position, as first reported by InsideMdSports’ Jeff Ermann.

Montgomery, 40, coached at ECU from 2016-18, posting a 9-26 record in a rather unfavorable situation. However, the Pirates went 2-0 against in-state rivals North Carolina and NC State during his tenure. His teams were more productive on offense; in 2016, ECU tallied 5,605 yards of offense (467.1 per game), the fourth-most in school history.

Before being named the Pirates’ head coach at age 37, though, Montgomery was well on the rise as an offensive coach. He started his coaching career at Duke, his alma mater, where he served as receivers coach from 2006-09. He then held the same position for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2010-12. Montgomery returned to Duke as associate head coach, wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator in 2013, and was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2014. That season, the Blue Devils went 9-4 and were ranked as high as No. 19 in the country.

Montgomery’s recruiting history includes prospects from much of the southern East Coast, most heavily in North Carolina and Florida. At Duke, he also helped develop Jamison Crowder into an NFL prospect. And while it’s hard to credit Montgomery with Antonio Brown’s NFL success, he was Brown’s position coach as he went from sixth-round pick to Pro Bowl wideout. Montgomery was a star receiver in college himself; he’s still second in Duke history with 171 receptions and is in the top 10 in almost every receiving category.

This ends a chaotic search for Locksley’s right-hand man. Gattis was the long-reported first choice and had reportedly accepted Maryland’s offer before Michigan reached out, offered him seven figures and hired him in five hours. Former USC offensive coordinator Tee Martin had also been connected to the position, but Locksley ultimately went in a different direction.

Maryland enters 2019 with most of its offensive playmakers returning. Anthony McFarland headlines a talented backfield, while a slew of young wide receivers—most notably Jeshaun Jones and Dontay Demus—made impacts last season. With Kasim Hill rehabbing a second torn ACL, Tyrrell Pigrome figures to start most of the year (unless, of course, Jalen Hurts comes to town). Locksley is expected to run an offense similar to what he called at Alabama last year, and now he’s got Montgomery on board to help run the operation"

Scotty Mo hired as Maryland OC

The Terps look poised to do big things!

Time to take Maryland out of the Jalen Hurts sweepstakes.

(01-16-2019 01:02 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Time to take Maryland out of the Jalen Hurts sweepstakes.

Congratulations to Coach Mo and his family. He's a very good man.

No mention in the article of coaching Buffalo Bills starter, Zay Jones, to NCAA records in single season and career receptions.
Apart from that, ECU looked lost on offense for 3 years. He did leave us in good shape recruiting wise. I wish him well.

Congrats and good luck to Coach Montgomery. He's a stand-up guy and I wish him the best (except when he's facing AAC teams).

I liked the guy and he didn't leave us bare but Maryland is already headed down in flames and they don't even realize it. IDK who they have for the rest of their staff but they hired a coach who has a 3-31 career record as the HC and an OC who just got fired for going 9-26 here and was a mediocre OC @ Duke.

That program may be more of a dumpster fire than ours.

(01-16-2019 02:49 PM)DownEastPirate Wrote:  I liked the guy and he didn't leave us bare but Maryland is already headed down in flames and they don't even realize it. IDK who they have for the rest of their staff but they hired a coach who has a 3-31 career record as the HC and an OC who just got fired for going 9-26 here and was a mediocre OC @ Duke.

That program may be more of a dumpster fire than ours.

Duke Offense actually put up good numbers under Montgomery, They have not ranked as high offensively since he left as they were while he was there. Some folks want to pile on to this guy for the crap fest that was ECU during his tenure but he was just not ready to be a HC much less in a crap storm that Compher caused at ECU by getting rid of Ruff too early.

Wish him well at Maryland. Coaching is a tough profession but to his credit by Age 40 he has already earned over $5 million doing it so good for him.

Good luck Mo.


That is all I have to say.

Locksley is like 3-36 overall. Looks like that trend will continue.

(01-16-2019 02:54 PM)ShoreBuc Wrote:  

(01-16-2019 02:49 PM)DownEastPirate Wrote:  I liked the guy and he didn't leave us bare but Maryland is already headed down in flames and they don't even realize it. IDK who they have for the rest of their staff but they hired a coach who has a 3-31 career record as the HC and an OC who just got fired for going 9-26 here and was a mediocre OC @ Duke.

That program may be more of a dumpster fire than ours.

Duke Offense actually put up good numbers under Montgomery, They have not ranked as high offensively since he left as they were while he was there. Some folks want to pile on to this guy for the crap fest that was ECU during his tenure but he was just not ready to be a HC much less in a crap storm that Compher caused at ECU by getting rid of Ruff too early.

Wish him well at Maryland. Coaching is a tough profession but to his credit by Age 40 he has already earned over $5 million doing it so good for him.

Fully agree. Some guys are great coordinators, just not great head coaches. Hope he does well at Maryland. He certainly has the resources now.

(01-16-2019 01:37 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  No mention in the article of coaching Buffalo Bills starter, Zay Jones, to NCAA records in single season and career receptions.
Apart from that, ECU looked lost on offense for 3 years. He did leave us in good shape recruiting wise. I wish him well.

The release from Maryland mentioned it.

"He followed his formal appointment by directing the Pirates to their second-highest single-season passing attack in school history during the 2016 campaign, averaging 334.7 air yards per game. Additionally, ECU generated 5,605 yards of offense (467.1 ypg), which stood as the fourth-highest seasonal total in the program’s record books.

The Pirates ranked among the nation’s Top 25 (of 128 FBS programs) in 11 different statistical categories in 2016, rating 6th in passing offense, 11th in completion percentage, 16th in fewest penalties, 18th in fewest penalty yards, 19th in defensive fourth down conversion percentage, 22nd in offensive fourth down conversion percentage, 23rd in total offense, 23rd in blocked kicks, 23rd in blocked punts, 23rd in fewest penalty yards per game average and 24th in fewest penalties per game average.

From an individual standpoint, Montgomery helped Biletnikoff Award finalist Zay Jones capture FBS stat titles in receptions (158), receptions per game (13.2), receiving yards per game (145.5), while ranking 2nd in receiving yards (1,746) on the way to establishing NCAA career (399) and single-season standards in receptions. First-year ECU quarterback Philip Nelson also finished 7th in completion percentage (67.9) and 10th in completions per game (23.7).

During his second season in 2017, the Pirates' passing game again turned in impressive numbers by ranking fifth in program history with a 3,815-yard total (317.9 ypg). At the national level, ECU's air numbers stood 12th among all FBS programs."

If you only look at 2...of his 3 years...and uh....only look at offense.....he didn't do so bad!

(01-16-2019 04:34 PM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(01-16-2019 01:37 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  No mention in the article of coaching Buffalo Bills starter, Zay Jones, to NCAA records in single season and career receptions.
Apart from that, ECU looked lost on offense for 3 years. He did leave us in good shape recruiting wise. I wish him well.

The release from Maryland mentioned it.

"He followed his formal appointment by directing the Pirates to their second-highest single-season passing attack in school history during the 2016 campaign, averaging 334.7 air yards per game. Additionally, ECU generated 5,605 yards of offense (467.1 ypg), which stood as the fourth-highest seasonal total in the program’s record books.

The Pirates ranked among the nation’s Top 25 (of 128 FBS programs) in 11 different statistical categories in 2016, rating 6th in passing offense, 11th in completion percentage, 16th in fewest penalties, 18th in fewest penalty yards, 19th in defensive fourth down conversion percentage, 22nd in offensive fourth down conversion percentage, 23rd in total offense, 23rd in blocked kicks, 23rd in blocked punts, 23rd in fewest penalty yards per game average and 24th in fewest penalties per game average.

From an individual standpoint, Montgomery helped Biletnikoff Award finalist Zay Jones capture FBS stat titles in receptions (158), receptions per game (13.2), receiving yards per game (145.5), while ranking 2nd in receiving yards (1,746) on the way to establishing NCAA career (399) and single-season standards in receptions. First-year ECU quarterback Philip Nelson also finished 7th in completion percentage (67.9) and 10th in completions per game (23.7).

During his second season in 2017, the Pirates' passing game again turned in impressive numbers by ranking fifth in program history with a 3,815-yard total (317.9 ypg). At the national level, ECU's air numbers stood 12th among all FBS programs."

If you only look at 2...of his 3 years...and uh....only look at offense.....he didn't do so bad!

Just from memory it seems like he took off red hot. And then the South Carolina game. How do you dominate a team like that and lose? Lots of production in 2016 between the 20s. Wish it would have translated into more wins.

Scottie worked hard at ECU. Hope his new gig works out.

oh wow... we should all schedule Maryland as quickly as we can... need to hurry though...because Mo won't be in this position for very long....

(01-16-2019 01:37 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  No mention in the article of coaching Buffalo Bills starter, Zay Jones, to NCAA records in single season and career receptions.
Apart from that, ECU looked lost on offense for 3 years. He did leave us in good shape recruiting wise. I wish him well.

No he really didnt leave us in good shape recruiting. Under sized lines and very little help at lb.. Myth that Mo was a good recruiter, his classes were.average for Ecu.

(01-16-2019 06:52 PM)baruna falls Wrote:  

(01-16-2019 01:37 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  No mention in the article of coaching Buffalo Bills starter, Zay Jones, to NCAA records in single season and career receptions.
Apart from that, ECU looked lost on offense for 3 years. He did leave us in good shape recruiting wise. I wish him well.

No he really didnt leave us in good shape recruiting. Under sized lines and very little help at lb.. Myth that Mo was a good recruiter, his classes were.average for Ecu.

Maybe I should have said "relatively good shape". Our 2019 class is still at #5 in the AAC, remarkable considering how bad we sucked the last 3 years. You are dead on about the lines. 2017 was especially painful to watch our QBs getting their brains bashed in.
Hope Coach Houston can pick up some help in the next signing period.

(01-16-2019 05:18 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  

(01-16-2019 04:34 PM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(01-16-2019 01:37 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  No mention in the article of coaching Buffalo Bills starter, Zay Jones, to NCAA records in single season and career receptions.
Apart from that, ECU looked lost on offense for 3 years. He did leave us in good shape recruiting wise. I wish him well.

The release from Maryland mentioned it.

"He followed his formal appointment by directing the Pirates to their second-highest single-season passing attack in school history during the 2016 campaign, averaging 334.7 air yards per game. Additionally, ECU generated 5,605 yards of offense (467.1 ypg), which stood as the fourth-highest seasonal total in the program’s record books.

The Pirates ranked among the nation’s Top 25 (of 128 FBS programs) in 11 different statistical categories in 2016, rating 6th in passing offense, 11th in completion percentage, 16th in fewest penalties, 18th in fewest penalty yards, 19th in defensive fourth down conversion percentage, 22nd in offensive fourth down conversion percentage, 23rd in total offense, 23rd in blocked kicks, 23rd in blocked punts, 23rd in fewest penalty yards per game average and 24th in fewest penalties per game average.

From an individual standpoint, Montgomery helped Biletnikoff Award finalist Zay Jones capture FBS stat titles in receptions (158), receptions per game (13.2), receiving yards per game (145.5), while ranking 2nd in receiving yards (1,746) on the way to establishing NCAA career (399) and single-season standards in receptions. First-year ECU quarterback Philip Nelson also finished 7th in completion percentage (67.9) and 10th in completions per game (23.7).

During his second season in 2017, the Pirates' passing game again turned in impressive numbers by ranking fifth in program history with a 3,815-yard total (317.9 ypg). At the national level, ECU's air numbers stood 12th among all FBS programs."

If you only look at 2...of his 3 years...and uh....only look at offense.....he didn't do so bad!

Just from memory it seems like he took off red hot. And then the South Carolina game. How do you dominate a team like that and lose? Lots of production in 2016 between the 20s. Wish it would have translated into more wins.

Scottie worked hard at ECU. Hope his new gig works out.

I think it took a few weeks to fully implement his scheme, and eliminate all those bad habits left over from the Ruff era like tackling and scoring.

(01-16-2019 01:01 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  The Terps look poised to do big things!

There head coach has a record of like 3-33 mostly compiled at New Mexico. So yeah they might do some big time historic losing with this kind of staff.

Good luck to him. He might be a solid OC, he just couldn't quite cut it as a HC.

It's a lot different when you are focusing on 1 aspect of a football team instead of all of them.

Edit: To be fair though, to win at a place like ECU isn't hard to do.

50k home crowds, solid location for recruiting, could easily field a top 25 caliber team just by recruiting 2-3 hours in either direction, great football facilities, and so on.

Hopefully, he can get it going and have a great career.