HELENA – Montana coach Bobby Hauck has been named the Big Sky Conference football coach of the year for the third time in four seasons.
The league announced the award Wednesday.
Hauck led Montana to the conference championship with an 8-0 record and the Grizzlies finished the school’s fifth unbeaten regular season to earn the top seed in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Hauck is the seventh coach in league history to win the honor three times, including former Montana coaches Joe Glenn and Don Read. Nevada’s Chris Ault won the award a record four times.
The Grizzlies have won at least a share of the Big Sky championship in each of Hauck’s seven seasons as head coach. Montana has won 15 straight conference games and 31 of the past 32.