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Tim Montez
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Ottawa University at Surprise Arizona (OUAZ)
Biographical details
Born	February 11, 1961 (age 63); Whittier, California, U.S.
Playing career
1981–1984	Pepperdine
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1990	Pepperdine (assistant)
1994–1996	UC Santa Barbara (assistant)
1997	Cal State Northridge (assistant)
1998–2002	Arkansas (assistant)
2003–2005	Fresno State (assistant)
2006–2013	Jacksonville (assistant)
2014–2016	Jacksonville
2017–present	Ottawa
Head coaching record
Overall	104-106 / 39-29
Tournaments	A-Sun: 1–4
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	2018 / 2021 NCCAA West Region Coach of the Year / 2021 GSAC Coach of the Year

Tim Montez (born February 11, 1961) is an American college baseball coach, formerly serving as head coach of the Jacksonville Dolphins baseball team. He assumed this position prior to the 2014 season.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Early life

Montez was a four-year letterwinner as a pitcher at Pepperdine, where he compiled a 19–11 record with three saves. He led the Waves to the Southern California Baseball Association title in his senior season, and earned All-Conference honors. He was a first round pick by the Mexico City Reds and played two seasons before returning to the United States. While redshirting at Pepperdine, Montez coached at Esperanza High School, leading them to a playoff appearance and a 1.86 ERA.^[1]

Career

Montez was 1st hired by Pepperdine's Andy Lopez as a pitching coach, where he remained for two seasons. He returned to the high school ranks, assisting Montclair College Preparatory School for three seasons, including the 1991 CA state championship season. Montez then spent three seasons as pitching coach at UC Santa Barbara followed by one season as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Cal State Northridge. Next, he served for five seasons at Arkansas, where he served as recruiting coordinator and helped the Razorbacks to their first SEC titles and a super regional appearance. Montez spent three seasons as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator where he helped assemble three consecutive top 15 recruiting classes on the West Coast at Fresno State before moving to Jacksonville for his first collegiate head coaching position. At Jacksonville Montez was part of 4 NCAA Regionals and 3 Conference Championships. Overall, Montez has coached in 9 NCAA Regionals and 1 Super Regional. Montez has coached several 1st round draft picks and numerous MLB players such as Russ Ortiz, Michael Young, Cliff Lee, Matt Garza, Doug Fister... Montez is known for his legendary "ikik" to get his players attention.^[1]^[3]

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Montez's yearly records as an NCAA head coach.^[6]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Jacksonville Dolphins (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2014–present)
2014	Jacksonville	21–33	13–13	t-5th	A-Sun Tournament
2015	Jacksonville	26–30	12–9	4th	A-Sun Tournament
2016	Jacksonville	33-22	14-7	3rd	A-Sun Tournament
Jacksonville:		47–63	25–22
Total:		47–63
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tim Montez". Jacksonville Dolphins. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
^ "Tim Montez To Succeed Terry Alexander As Jacksonville Baseball Coach". Jacksonville Dolphins. May 3, 2013. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Tim Montez picked to take over baseball program at Jacksonville". Florida Times-Union. Jacksonville, FL. May 3, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
^ "Tim Montez". Fresno State Bulldogs. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
^ "Montez Joins Northridge Baseball Staff". Los Angeles Times. August 9, 1996. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
^ "2014 Atlantic Sun Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.