Union College Athletics

Bob Montana is in his first year as an Assistant Athletics Director for Union College. Montana is a member of the senior management team and works primarily with facilities, event management and personnel supervision in his current role.

Montana has served the College for more than 30 years as a coach and administrator. He recorded 248 career victories at Union with a winning percentage of .560 in 17 seasons. A total of 14 of his 17 teams competed in the post-season. Montana is the second winningest coach in program history, behind Bill Scanlon (315). He has previously served the department as the Director of Intramurals and Recreation.

The Dutchmen finished the 2012-13 season with a record of 20-6, posting the sixth 20 win season in program history since the first season in 1898-99. Montana has the historical significance of being the head coach of three of those six teams and also assisted on one other squad. Montana led Union to its most successful period in program history from 1998-2006, taking the Dutchmen to the post-season in all eight of those seasons, getting to the Liberty League Conference Championship game four of five years, winning it twice, while winning 137 games in that span.

During Montana's tenure, the Dutchmen participated in the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament twice and the ECAC Upstate New York postseason tournament five times. He was voted the UCAA's Coach of the Year twice, in 1997-98 and 2001-02. In 2012-13 Montana, along with Assistant Coach Pete Durr, earned Liberty League (previously UCAA) Coaching Staff of the Year honors. His 2001-02 team tied the school record for wins with 21 on the way to the UCAA regular season and tournament titles. The 2001-02 team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Montana also led the 2004-05 Dutchmen to the Liberty League Tournament Title and that team advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Montana has the distinction of having coached two Jostens Finalists, Aaron Galletta '02 and Keven Donohue '13. The Jostens Trophy is a national award that honors an outstanding NCAA Division III men's basketball player who excels on the floor, in the classroom and in the community.

Eight players recruited and coached by Montana scored 1,000 points or more and he has had the distinction of coaching the top two scorers in Union's 116 year basketball history. Galletta, a second team All-American, graduated as the college's all-time leading scorer in 2002 with 1,949 points and four years later was replaced as all-time leading scorer by John Cagianello, who had scored 2,006 points when he graduated in 2006.