Dave Dickenson – Montana, Football, 1992-95
Dickenson, a three-time All-American and Academic All-American, led Montana to the 1995 national championship. That year he was named the Walter Payton Award Winner and the National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete. He was a three-time First Team All-Big Sky honoree and three-time Big Sky Offensive MVP. Dickenson played 10 seasons in the CFL with Calgary and B.C. He was a member of five Grey Cup Championship Teams and was named the CFL Most Outstanding Player in 2000, and the Grey Cup MVP in 2006. Dickenson became the head coach of the Calgary Stampeders in 2016, where he compiled a 41-11-2 record in his first three years, with three trips to the Grey Cup, and a Grey Cup championship in 2018. He was named the 2017 CFL Coach of the Year. One of two Griz football players to have their number retired, Dickenson was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2015 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2018.