Don Read – Montana 
Football Head Coach, 1986-95
Don Read was the head football coach at Montana from 1986-95… Read led Montana to its first National Championship in 1995, while taking the Grizzlies to a pair of semifinalist finishes in 1989 and 1994… Read was named the 1995 AFCA 1-AA Coach of the Year and was a three-time Big Sky Coach of the Year in 1989, 1993 and 1995… Read led the Grizzlies to two Big Sky titles in 1993 and 1995… Ranked as Montana’s all-time winningest coach from 1995 to 2018… Won 85 games overall and 54 in conference play as Montana’s head coach… Led Montana to the 1-AA playoffs in five of his 10 seasons… Mentored Walter Payton Award winner and Big Sky Hall of Famer Dave Dickenson at quarterback… Before his career at Montana, coached at Portland State and was named the Div. II Coach of the Year after leading the Vikings to the league title in 1984… Also served as Director of Athletics at Montana from 2004-05.