Tommy Mont
Thomas Allison Mont (June 20, 1922 – January 1, 2012) was an American educator, university administrator, college football coach, and NFL player. He played quarterback for the Washington Redskins as a backup to Sammy Baugh for three seasons. He was the head football coach at the University of Maryland from 1956 to 1958 and at DePauw University from 1959 to 1976. He also served as DePauw’s athletic director from 1972 to 1987.
Mont was born in Mount Savage, Maryland, and grew up in Cumberland, where he played quarterback at Allegany High School and led the team to the city championship in 1939. He attended the University of Maryland, playing quarterback in 1941 and 1942. In 1942 he helped Maryland go 7–2 and earned honorable mention All-American honors. He also played lacrosse.
His college career paused for World War II, when he served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army and coached the 3rd Infantry Division football team, winning the 7th Army championship in 1945. After the war he returned to Maryland to finish his degree in 1947 and played lacrosse again in 1948.
Mont was drafted by the New York Giants in 1944 but played in the NFL for the Washington Redskins from 1947 to 1949 as a backup quarterback to Sammy Baugh. He also contributed on defense and as a runner and receiver.
After his NFL years, Mont began coaching. He served as an assistant at Chattanooga in 1949, with the Redskins in 1950, and then returned to Maryland as backfield coach from 1951 to 1955. He also worked with the Marine Corps at Parris Island and with teams in Mexico City and Calgary.
In 1956 Mont became Maryland’s head coach. The team went 5–5 in 1957, then 4–6 in 1958, and he resigned. In 1959 he became head coach at DePauw University and later served as the school’s athletic director. At DePauw he coached until 1976 and was athletic director from 1972 to 1987. His DePauw teams posted a 67–94–4 record, and he was twice named ICC Coach of the Year, including in 1967. He earned a Master of Science degree from Indiana University in 1964 and was inducted into the Maryland Sports Hall of Fame in 1973.
Mont died of heart failure on January 1, 2012, in Phoenix, Arizona, at age 89.
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