Editor’s Note: Attributed quotes that reference Bobby Hauck in Spokane come from an interview conducted by Ryan Tootell of ESPN Missoula radio at the Big Sky Kickoff. Other Hauck and player quotes come from interviews conducted by Skyline Sports during Montana’s spring football practices.
MISSOULA — Bobby Hauck has not shied away from acknowledging directly the weaknesses of his Grizzlies.
The man who led Montana to 80 wins, seven straight Big Sky Conference championships and three FCS title games between 2003 and 2009 took over for his second stint at his alma mater in December of 2017.
When he first earned the UM job as a 38-year-old in 2003, Hauck inherited a team that won 39 of 45 games and won the 2001 national championship. Now he takes over a team that is in the midst of a two-year playoff drought for the first time since the early 1990s.
Since Montana opened spring practices in March, Hauck has been straightforward about pinpointing the areas he thinks his team is short-handed.
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