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Bob Green (born c. 1950) is an American former college football coach. He was the head football coach for Montana Technological University from 1987 to 2010.[2]

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Bob Green
Biographical details
Bornc. 1950 (age 73–74)
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney (1974)
Playing career
1970–1973Kearney State
Position(s)Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974Kearney State (SA)
1975–1979Minatare HS (NE)
1980–1981Northern Colorado (WR)
1981–1982Broken Bow HS (NE)
1982–1986Northwest Missouri State (OC)
1987–2010Montana Tech
Head coaching record
Overall130–112 (college)
15–19–3 (high school; Minatare)
Tournaments0–1 (NAIA D-II playoffs)
1–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)
2–3 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
6 Frontier Conference (1992, 1996–1997, 2000–2001, 2004)[1]
Awards
Records
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Early life

Bob Green graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1968. Following his graduation, Green enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served approximately two years in the Vietnam War.[3] He received basic decorations for his service, including the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Combat Action Ribbon, among others.[3]

Upon his release from the Marine Corps, Green attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney from 1970 to 1974, where he played as a defensive back for four years. After his graduation, Green stayed at the school as a student assistant coach for a year, which began his coaching career.[3]

Coaching career

After coaching for a year as a student assistant at his alma mater, Green became the head coach and athletic director at Minatare High School in Minatare, Nebraska from 1975 to 1979.[4] In 1980, Green took an assistant coach job at Northern Colorado, and returned to high school coaching in 1981, where he became the head coach for Broken Bow High School in Broken Bow, Nebraska for a year. In 1982, Green took another college assistant coaching job and joined the staff of Northwest Missouri State until his departure following the 1986 season.[4]

Montana Tech

Bob Green accepted the head coaching job at Montana Tech in 1987. At the time of his arrival, the Montana Tech football program hadn't made a post-season appearance since 1971.[5] However, by 1992, the Orediggers had a 7–4 record and a playoff berth, and in 1996, Montana Tech became the first Frontier Conference school to ever make the NAIA National Championship game.[1]

Under Bob Green, Montana Tech had its most successful period in football. During Green's 24-year tenure, the Orediggers compiled a record of 130 wins and 112 losses. Green led Montana Tech to the NAIA National Playoffs five times (1992, 1996, 1997, 2004, and 2005), including the 1996 National Championship Game.[5] Bob Green retired from coaching following the 2010 season.[6][7] Green remained active with the school after his retirement, working in various publicity and development positions.[8]

Legacy

In 2013, Montana Tech's football stadium, Alumni Coliseum, replaced its grass field with a new artificial turf surface. The school named the new field after Green in honor of his accomplishments.[9] Green was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame the same year.[2]

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Bob Green Field at Alumni Coliseum in 2017.

In popular culture

Video compilations of Green's interviews have gone viral over the years due to his sense of humor and unusual sayings.[10][11][12]

Quotes from Bob Green include:[13][14]

  • "We were like the kid that plays second french horn in the school band, we gotta play better."
  • "It's a double edged sword. It's like watching your mother-in-law go off a cliff in a Cadillac. You have mixed feelings."
  • "He's like a black lab on the first day of pheasant hunting season, he was pulling at the chain."
  • "We gotta be like a woodpecker in a petrified forest, just keep busy and look for opportunities."
  • "I wanted to raise my kids using a depth chart! Can you imagine that? Pam Green vetoed that idea."
  • "I've got a real short memory, just like when I was in third grade. Two of the best years of my life!"
  • "I don't like that bottled water, I like that Butte water. You get to eat and drink at the same time."
  • "Some aspects look like we're really ready to play. A couple other aspects look like we just got off Willie Nelson's tour bus."
  • "His attitude is positive, he thinks he can take on hell with a squirt gun."
  • "My wife couldn't go to church with me on Sunday. Everybody said, "where is she?" I said she doesn't go out with losers."
  • "You could've used that to torture prisoners into making confessions. That was a bad football game."
  • "I used to coach high school track. I wasn't a very good coach, I told them to turn left and come back soon."
  • "Don't pour a bucket of water over my head and tell me it's raining. Know the rules!"

Head coaching record

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Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs NAIA Coaches'#
Montana Tech Orediggers (Frontier Conference) (1987–2010)
1987 Montana Tech 4–52–32nd
1988 Montana Tech 6–34–22nd
1989 Montana Tech 3–71–54th
1990 Montana Tech 4–53–3T–2nd
1991 Montana Tech 5–43–3T–2nd
1992 Montana Tech 7–44–2T–1stL NAIA Division II First Round16
1993 Montana Tech 5–42–43rd
1994 Montana Tech 5–54–22nd
1995 Montana Tech 2–72–43rd
1996 Montana Tech 7–54–21stL NAIA Division I Championship2
1997 Montana Tech 10–26–01stL NAIA Quarterfinal4
1998 Montana Tech 5–53–32nd
1999 Montana Tech 7–46–22nd
2000 Montana Tech 7–46–2T–1st23
2001 Montana Tech 8–37–1T–1st16
2002 Montana Tech 4–73–53rd
2003 Montana Tech 3–83–53rd
2004 Montana Tech 8–46–2T–1stL NAIA First Round13
2005 Montana Tech 9–46–22ndL NAIA Second Round7
2006 Montana Tech 6–56–43rd
2007 Montana Tech 7–46–42nd
2008 Montana Tech 4–74–6T–3rd
2009 Montana Tech 7–47–3T–2nd
2010 Montana Tech 5–65–5T–3rd
Montana Tech: 130–11297–73
Total:130–112
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
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