Jacksonville Fires Coach Montez
Jacksonville has fired coach Tim Montez after just three seasons and after he led the team to a 33-22 record.
“We are very appreciative of Coach Montez’s contributions to our program and the University,” director of athletics Alex Ricker-Gilbert said in a statement. “He put the program back on steady ground and for that we are very grateful. The program has showed improvement on the field and our student-athletes have performed well in the classroom.”
The Dolphins had a strong regular season but were knocked out of the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament in two games.
Ricker-Gilbert told the Florida Times-Union that the firing “was not a snap-of-the-finger decision.”
“This one was tough,” Ricker-Gilbert told the newspaper. “We’re really appreciative of Tim Montez’s time at JU. There was a lot of discussion on it. We looked thoroughly at his tenure and expiring contract and decided to go in a different direction for the future of the program.”
Montez was 80-85 in his three seasons after serving eight seasons as pitching coach before getting the head coaching job.
| 2016 COACHING CHANGES | ||
| School | Departures | Arrivals |
| Alabama | Mitch Gaspard | |
| Appalachian State | Billy Jones | |
| Army | Matt Reid | |
| Butler | Steve Farley | |
| Florida International | Turtle Thomas | |
| Furman | Ron Smith | |
| Jacksonville | Tim Montez | |
| Kentucky | Gary Henderson | Nick Mingione |
| Lamar | Jim Gilligan (ret.) | Will Davis |
| Missouri | Tim Jamieson | |
| Purdue | Doug Schreiber | |
| San Jose State | Dave Nakama | |
| SIU-Edwardsville | Tony Stoecklin | |
| Texas | Augie Garrido | |
| Villanova | Joe Godri | |
| Youngstown State | Steve Gillispie | |
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