Monty Lewis

Monty Lewis (born January 2, 1963) is an American football coach. Is the head football coach at Holdenville High School in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Lewis served as the head football coach at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas from 1993 to 2001 and Friends University in Wichita, Kansas from 2003 to 2016.

See also: Monty Lewis (artist)
Monty Lewis
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamHoldenville HS (OK)
Biographical details
Born (1963-01-02) January 2, 1963
Greeley, Colorado
Playing career
1981–1984Southwestern (KS)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985Southwestern (KS) (OL)
1986Fort Hays (LB)
1987Northeastern State (LB/WR)
1988–1989MacMurray (OC)
1991Colorado State (LB)
1992Kentucky (LB/OL)
1993–2001Southwestern (KS)
2002West Texas A&M (OC)
2003–2016Friends
2017Maize South HS (KS) (QB)
2019–presentHoldenville HS (OK)
Head coaching record
Overall159–88 (college)
Bowls1–0
Tournaments1–6 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
6 KCAC (1997–1999, 2006–2008)
Awards
5× KCAC Coach of the Year (1998–1999, 2006–2008)

Playing career

Lewis played college football at Southwestern College, where he was an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NA) All-American in 1983 and 1984. He played for head coaches Dennis Franchione and Charlie Cowdrey and participated in Southwestern's the 1982 Sunflower Bowl victory.[1][2]

Coaching career

Lewis was the head football coach at the Southwestern College and led the team to a record of 60–32 during his tenure, including a 1996 Wheat Bowl victory against Baker, to become the all-time winningest coach in school history.[3][4][5] After the 1997 regular season, his team played in the NAIA Football National Championship playoffs, losing 53–28 to Doane.[6] In 1998, his Southwestern team advanced to the second round of the NAIA playoffs, defeating the Lindenwood, 12–10, in the first round and losing 52–6 to Huron.[7] In the 1999 NAIA playoffs, the team lost in the first round to Northwestern Oklahoma State by a score of 44–10.[8]

In 2008, Lewis won his 100th game as a head coach at the college level.[9] Lewis was abruptly fired from Friends in March 2017.[10] For the 2017 season, he took a job coaching quarterbacks at Maize South High School, remaining in Wichita while his son played his senior season at Friends.

Head coaching record

College
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs NAIA#
Southwestern Moundbuilders (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1993–2001)
1993 Southwestern 4–54–4T–4th
1994 Southwestern 6–45–3T–4th
1995 Southwestern 6–45–3T–3rd
1996 Southwestern 7–36–23rdW Wheat
1997 Southwestern 8–37–1T–1stL NAIA First Round
1998 Southwestern 9–27–11stL NAIA Quarterfinal
1999 Southwestern 8–37–1T–1stL NAIA First Round17
2000 Southwestern 6–46–3T–3rd
2001 Southwestern 6–46–3T–3rd
Southwestern: 60–3253–21
Friends Falcons (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2002–2016)
2002 Friends 5–45–4T–3rd
2003 Friends 3–63–6T–8th
2004 Friends 5–45–4T–2nd
2005 Friends 7–36–33rd
2006 Friends 10–18–1T–1stL NAIA First Round13
2007 Friends 9–28–1T–1stL NAIA First Round12
2008 Friends 10–19–01stL NAIA First Round10
2009 Friends 8–27–23rd15
2010 Friends 6–45–45th
2011 Friends 5–55–4T–4th
2012 Friends 6–55–45th
2013 Friends 8–37–2T–2nd19
2014 Friends 8–37–2T–2nd21
2015 Friends 3–83–6T–5th
2016 Friends 6–55–45th
Friends: 99–5688–47
Total:159–88
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. Southwestern College - Winfield, KS Archived September 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "National Football Foundation". Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
  3. Arkansas City Traveler "Monty Lewis named football coach at Friends" By Rama Peroo, January 17, 2003
  4. "CJOnline.com/sports | The Topeka Capital-Journal | Briefly in sports 12/05/01". Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
  5. "NAIAFOOTBALL.NET-The Nation's Home for NAIA Football". Archived from the original on December 4, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
  6. "Coach: Monty Lewis (1997)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  7. "Coach: Monty Lewis (1998)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  8. "Coach: Monty Lewis (1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
  9. KCAC Sports "Friends University's Monty Lewis Reaches 100 Win Milestone" October 20, 2008
  10. Lutz, Bob (April 26, 2017). "Former Friends coach Monty Lewis will miss coaching his son's senior season". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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