Mike Montgomery was named head coach of the Golden State Warriors on May 21, 2004. Prior to joining the Warriors, Montgomery built one of the nation’s top collegiate basketball programs at Stanford, leading the Cardinal to 16 post-season tournament appearances during his 18-year tenure, including trips to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 10 seasons.

Montgomery, 57, was honored as Pac-10 Coach of the Year on four occasions, including the 2003-04 season when he guided Stanford to an impressive 30-2 record, highlighted by a 26-game winning streak and the school's 10th consecutive 20-plus win season. This past season, he was also named Coach of the Year by Sports Illustrated and Basketball Times, as well as NABC District-14 Coach of the Year and the USBWA District-9 Coach of the Year.

Overall, the Cal State Long Beach alum posted a 393-167 (.702) ledger during his time at Stanford. Additionally, seven players who schooled under Montgomery on the Palo Alto, CA campus were first-round NBA draft picks.

Among his many accomplishments on the collegiate level, Montgomery was honored with the 2004 John R. Wooden “Legends of Coaching” Lifetime Achievement Award. He became the sixth collegiate coach to earn the distinguished honor, joining an impressive list that includes Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Lute Olson, Denny Crum and Roy Williams. The award recognizes the lifetime achievement of coaches who exemplify Coach Wooden's high standards of coaching success and personal accolades. When selecting the individual, the Wooden Award Committee considers character, coaching philosphy, graduation rate of his student-athletes, success on the court, and his identification with the goals of the John R. Wooden Award. Three athletes under Montgomery's tutelage have been named Wooden All-Americans (Todd Lichti in 1989, Mark Madsen in 2000, and Casey Jacobsen in 2001).

Montgomery compiled an impressive 547-244 (.692) overall record in 18 years at Stanford (1986-2004) and eight seasons at the University of Montana (1978-1986). He boasts an even more impressive 25 winning seasons in his 26 years as a head coach at both Stanford and Montana. Montgomery was named head men's basketball coach at Stanford University April 25, 1986.

During the 2002-03 season, Stanford tallied a 24-9 record, and finished in second place in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 14-4 mark. That made nine straight seasons that Stanford chalked up 20 or more wins. The second place finish in the Pac-10 gave the Cardinal their seventh straight top-two finish in the conference. For his efforts, Montgomery was named Co-Coach of the Year in the Pac-10, the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) District-9 Coach of the Year, and a finalist for the 2003 Naismith Coach of the Year. Five of Stanford's wins were against nationally-ranked teams, including a 82-77 decision at #1 ranked Arizona. During the season, Stanford set two team records and broke or tied four school and Maples Pavilion records.

As further testimony to his coaching, Montgomery guided 18 teams into postseason play in the last 20 years (1985-04), 12 times advancing to the NCAA Tournament (1988-89, 1991-92, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04 seasons), six times his teams received bids to the NIT (1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1993-94), and his Cardinal team won it all in the 1991 National Invitation Tournament (NIT). During the 1997-98 season, Stanford advanced to the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio.

He made his third appearance along the USA Basketball sidelines in 2002 when he was named an assistant on George Karl's USA World Championship Team staff. The USA finished 6-3 overall and in sixth place at the 2002 FIBA World Championship. Prior to the World Championship, the USA Senior Team won a pair of exhibition games defeating China 84-54 in Oakland, Calif. (8/22/02), and Germany 91-73 in Portland, Ore. (8/25/02).

Selected head coach of the 1996 USA Basketball 22 & Under World Championship Qualifying Team, he guided a USA squad that included college standouts Tim Duncan, Paul Pierce, Toby Bailey, Brevin Knight, Maurice Taylor and others, to a gold medal and a 5-0 record as the U.S. overpowered its five opponents by an average margin of victory of 38.2 points a game.

That team also squared off in an exhibition game against the 1996 USA Basketball Senior National Team that was preparing for the Atlanta Olympic Games. Montgomery's collegiate squad led by as many as 17 points against the NBA superstar filled USA team before eventually falling by just six, 96-90.

For his outstanding coaching contributions, Montgomery was honored by USA Basketball and named its 1996 Developmental Coach of the Year. He was further honored when he was named as one of five finalists for the United States Olympic Committee Developmental Coach of the Year award.

He received his introduction to USA Basketball in 1994 when he served as an assistant coach with the USA Basketball Junior World Championship Qualifying Team. Assisting head coach Clem Haskins, the U.S. squad, which included Stephon Marbury, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Robert Traylor and others, rolled to a perfect 8-0 mark to claim the gold, and did so with an average margin of victory of 40.1 points a game.

Montgomery is by no means new to the state of California. He is a native of Long Beach, and a 1968 graduate of Cal State Long Beach, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education. Montgomery continued his education at Colorado State University. He received his Masters Degree from Colorado State in physical education in 1976. Montgomery was born on February 27, 1947. In 2002, Montgomery was named to the Long Beach State Hall of Fame. Montgomery is married. He and his wife, Sarah, have two children, John, age 20, and Anne, age 18. The family resides in Menlo Park.