Philip Montgomery
Offensive coordinator across 4 programs, 4 stints, before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.
Philip Montgomery
Followed Bill Blankenship. Philip Montgomery moved Tulsa from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 8 seasons.
In his own words
Awaiting signal — no quotes collected from this staff yet this cycle.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached National Program in his 9th career season — faster than 5% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #630 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
Just 1–7 against Ken Niumatalolo.
Coaching career
5th-best Virginia Tech tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on offense and underperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
A portal-built roster.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
A typical class-year mix of incoming transfers.
5 NFL Draft picks: Bhayshul Tuten (2025), Jaylin Lane (2025), Dorian Strong (2025), Antwaun Powell-Ryland (2025), Aeneas Peebles (2025)
15th-best Tulsa tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Bill Blankenship (2011–2014) · succeeded by Kevin Wilson (2023–2024).
| Season | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||
| Record | 6–7 | 10–3 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 6–3 | 7–6 | 5–7 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | W bowl | — | — | — | L bowl | W bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #109 | #95 | #85 | #97 | #109 | #112 | #125 | #110 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||||
| Pass rate | 45.4 | 40.2 | 33.0 | 35.3 | 46.9 | 46.3 | 42.8 | 49.2 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||||
| OC | Matt Mattox / Sterlin Gilbert | Philip Montgomery | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| DC | Bill Young / Brian Norwood | Bill Young / Brian Norwood | Bill Young / Brian Norwood | Bill Young | Joe Gillespie | Joe Gillespie | Joe Gillespie | Luke Olson | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||||
| Offense | 84 | 86 | 48 | 15 | 37 | 46 | 30 | 55 | |
| Defense | 8 | 73 | 7 | 52 | 55 | 98 | 77 | 41 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 40.9 | 34.4 | 27.3 | 27.6 | 41.6 | 39.7 | 39.9 | 44.9 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 26.8 | 36.4 | 10.4 | 24.1 | 35.4 | 44.5 | 26.8 | 38.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 28.8 | 26.2 | 34.4 | 48.8 | 31.0 | 37.8 | 31.2 | 28.2 | |
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
5 NFL Draft picks: Reggie Robinson II (2020), Trevis Gipson (2020), Zaven Collins (2021), Tyler Smith (2022), Chris Paul (2022)
1 player-season honored (All-America / national award): Zaven Collins (2020)