Ty Gregorak Position: Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

Ty is in his 10th season as an assistant coach at Montana. He is in his second season as UM's coordinator.

Last season the Griz "D" was ranked second in the FCS in sacks (3.73 a game) and they were fourth in the nation in rush defense (allowing 92.55 yards a game).

Gregorak, 34, returned to Montana in 2011after a one-year stint at Central Washington. In 2010 he worked with the tight ends for the 8-3 CWU Wildcats. Prior to his one-year stint at CWU, he had a seven-year tenure at Montana under the tutelage of former mentor Bobby Hauck.

In his nine seasons with the Griz they have won eight league championships, and have an overall record of 96-25. Those teams advanced to three (2004, 2008, 2009) FCS title games and two semi-finals (2006 and 2011).

In his nine-year tenure at UM he has coached 20 all-conference players. This past season Griz linebacker Jordan Tripp was a first team all-league pick, while fellow juniors Brock Coyle and John Kanongata'a were honorable mention selections, and those three players were UM's top tacklers.

In 2011, linebacker Caleb McSurdy was chosen the Big Sky's defensive MVP in and named to several All-American teams, and he was seventh-round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys.

Other standout linebackers he coached at Montana include Tyler Corwin, Brandon Fisher, Shawn Lebsock, Tyler Joyce (ranked second in UM history with 356 career tackles), Shane MacIntyre, Kyle Ryan, and Loren Utterback - all of whom were All-Big Sky picks.

Gregorak coached the secondary in his first season (2003) at Montana. Before coming to Montana, Ty served as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Washington in 2001 and 2002.

He was a three-year letterman at linebacker for the University of Colorado, from 1997-2000. He was the recipient of the Lee Willard Award (outstanding freshman) for the Buffaloes in 1997. In 1998, CU played in the Aloha Bowl, while the 1999 squad played in the Insight.Com Bowl. He was a 2000 Academic All-Big XII selection, and a finalist for the National Academic-Athletic Achievement Award that year.

He was a standout prep athlete at West Valley High School in Spokane, Wash., and in 1996 Gregorak was chosen the state of Washington's Defensive Player of the Year and voted Super Prep Magazine's West Coast Defensive Player of the Year.

In 1997, he was named West Valley High School's Student-Athlete of the Year. He was named to several All-American teams that year, including USA Today. He was named team captain of the East squad in the Washington State All-Star game in 1997. He was team captain for the West in the 1997 High School All-American Game in Orlando, Florida.

He earned a B.A. degree at Colorado in communications in 2001. Ty has a son, Gage, who is 4.

Ty is married to former Montana State volleyball standout Kandice Kelly, who was recently re-hired as an assistant volleyball coach at UM.

Kelly, a four-time all-conference player at MSU, was the head women's volleyball coach at North Idaho College the previous two seasons. Her team placed eighth in the nation last year and was ninth the year before, and she was twice voted the conference "Coach of the Year."