STANFORD, Calif. – Mike Montgomery, who was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame this past November, will be honored during Saturday's men's basketball game against No. 6 Oregon.
Saturday's contest, Stanford's regular-season home finale, is scheduled for a 1 p.m. tip-off at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal will also honor its three seniors – Marcus Allen, Christian Sanders and Grant Verhoeven – in a special pregame ceremony beginning at approximately 12:45 p.m.
The winningest men's basketball coach in Stanford history, Montgomery will be recognized for his recent Hall of Fame induction during a special halftime ceremony.
Montgomery, who was part of a 2016 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame induction of class that also included DePaul's Mark Aguirre, Kansas State's Bob Boozer, Illinois State's Doug Collins, La Salle's Lionel Simmons, UCLA's Jamaal Wilkes, Georgia's Dominque Wilkins, and fellow coaching legend Hugh Durham. The enshrinement ceremony was held Nov. 18 in Kansas City.
The coaching icon retired in 2014 after 32 stellar years as a collegiate head coach. He ranked 25th among men's basketball coaches in NCAA history in collegiate victories with 677 at the time of his retirement.
The third-winningest coach in Pac-12 Conference history with 282 league wins, Montgomery posted 31 winning seasons in 32 years as a collegiate head coach. He registered a school-record 393 wins with a 70.2 winning percentage (393-167) in 18 seasons as the head coach at Stanford from 1987-2004.
Montgomery was a four-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004), capturing four conference regular-season titles along with the 2004 Pac-10 Tournament crown.
Montgomery directed the Cardinal to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 47 years in just his third season at Stanford in 1989.
He led his 1998 squad to the Final Four and posted a school-record 31 victories in 2001. Montgomery was honored as the Naismith College Coach of the Year in 2000.
In 2004, Montgomery was the recipient of the prestigious John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Lifetime Achievement Award.
Montgomery, who also enjoyed successful coaching tenures at Montana (1979-86) and California (2009-14), directed the Golden Bears to postseason appearances during each of his six seasons at the school.
Overall, Montgomery guided his programs to 24 postseason appearances as a collegiate head coach, including 16 NCAA Tournaments (12 NCAA appearances at Stanford).
