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05/21/2012 Soccer team credited with assist away from the field04/16/2012 Plakorus's road warriors ready for 2012 schedule03/18/2012 Brenneman worth the wait for Plakorus03/15/2012 Griz signees feted with postseason awards03/13/2012 Griz soccer program hands out annual awards05/01/2012 Montana soccer spring photo galleryMontana soccer spring photo gallery 11/14/2011 2011 Montana soccer: NCAA Championships at Stanford2011 Montana soccer: NCAA Championships at Stanford 11/09/2011 2011 Montana soccer: Big Sky Conference tournament2011 Montana soccer: Big Sky Conference tournament 10/25/2011 2011 Montana soccer: Northern Arizona2011 Montana soccer: Northern Arizona The 2011 season is Mark Plakorus's first year as head coach at the University of Montana and his first as a collegiate head coach. Plakorus was hired in January 2011, becoming the third coach in program history. Prior to Montana Plakorus spent 12 years working as an assistant or associate head coach. He was most recently the associate head coach at TCU. Plakorus spent three seasons (1999-2001) at Air Force, two at Iowa (2002-03) and one at Tulsa (2004) before joining the TCU staff. He finished his sixth season with the Horned Frogs in 2010 before joining the Grizzlies. TCU had had four straight losing seasons prior to the arrival of head coach Dan Abdalla and Plakorus in 2005. By 2008 the Horned Frogs were 14-4-2, had become a nationally ranked program and had set a program record with 47 goals in 20 matches, making TCU the 18th most prolific offense in the nation. Plakorus, who spent 11 years in the Air Force, has ties to Montana that date back nearly two decades. He was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls from 1994 to 1999 and has been one of the directors of the Flathead Soccer Camp in Kalispell since 1998. In addition to his Air Force duties at Malmstrom, Plakorus became the director of coaching and player development for the Electric City Soccer Club, started the boys soccer program at Great Falls High School and rose to the role of director of the Montana girls Olympic Development Program. In those roles, Plakorus saw a number of his former players go on to play for the Grizzlies, who at the time were being coached by Betsy Duerksen. Duerksen coached the Grizzlies through the 2003 season. Plakorus replaced Neil Sedgwick, who coached Montana from 2004 through 2010. Plakorus graduated from Kansas in 1990 with a degree in computer science. He played club soccer at KU and was a member of the ROTC. The Plakorus File
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03/18/2012 - W. Soccer Brenneman worth the wait for Plakorus03/15/2012 - W. Soccer Griz signees feted with postseason awards03/13/2012 - W. Soccer Griz soccer program hands out annual awards02/17/2012 - W. Soccer Plakorus signs first soccer class02/03/2012 - W. Soccer Craig Hall roommates discover academic formula12/15/2011 - W. Soccer Griz Vision Tribute: 2011 Grizzly Soccer12/09/2011 - W. Soccer Griz soccer: The best of both worlds11/14/2011 - W. Soccer 2011 Montana soccer photo gallery: NCAA Championships11/11/2011 - W. Soccer No. 1 Stanford pulls away, ends Montana's season11/11/2011 - W. Soccer 2011 Montana soccer photo gallery: Big Sky Conference Championships |
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