Sandy Montgomery

Sandy Montgomery

Sport(s)	Softball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	SIU Edwardsville Cougars
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	43–16 (2015)
Biographical details
Alma mater	SIU Edwardsville, BS 1986, MS 1988
Playing career
1982–85	SIU Edwardsville Cougars
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–88	SIU Edwardsville (Asst.)
1989–present	SIU Edwardsville
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
pre-2007–present	SIU Edwardsville Currently Senior Woman Administrator
Head coaching record
Overall	957–480–2
Tournaments	0–2 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 (957)

Sandy Montgomery is an American softball coach. In 27 years as the head coach of SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball (1989–present), she has more than 950 career wins, more than any other coach in SIUE history in any sport, male or female. As of May 9, 2015, Montgomery had a career record of 957 wins, 480 losses, and 2 ties, for a .666 winning percentage. She led the Cougars to the Division II NCAA softball championship in 2007. In 2014, Montgomery passed the 900 win mark 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 Senior Woman Administrator 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 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.

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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), most batters faced (3210), and no-hitters (6). She also remains #2 in wins and innings pitched, #3 in appearances and games started, and #4 in strikeouts. 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. 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) and the SIUE Athletics Hall of Fame (2006).

External links

• SIUE softball webpage