Brian Armstrong - Football Coach - Montana State University Athletics

Brian Armstrong

Title:
Offensive Line - Run Game Coordinator
Email:
football@msubobcats.com
Phone:
406.994.5694

A respected veteran coach, Brian Armstrong enters his seventh year on the Bobcat staff in 2022. His presence has positively affected every facet of the program's offense, and during his three seasons coaching Montana State offensive linemen he has mentored three different All-Americas. Under Armstrong's tutelage Montana State's offensive line has played at an elite level, ranking among the nation's leaders in rushing yards and fewest sacks allowed each season.

Personal Information
Birth Date: September 24, 1973
Hometown: East Helena, MT
Education: BS, Elementary Education, Western Montana, 1998; MHPER, Utah State, 2004
Player: Western Montana, 1992-95; 1st Team All-America, 1995; played for three Frontier Conference Championship teams
Family: Wife Julie, son Michael, daughter Alissa

Timeline
2016- Montana State Off. Line (2016, 2019-), OC (2017), Tight Ends (2018), Run Game Coord. (2018-)
2009-15 Rocky Mountain Head Coach
2007-08 Rocky Mountain Offensive Coord./OL
2005-06 Kathleen HS (FL) Head Coach
2003-04 Utah State Offensive GA
2001-02 Lake Gibson HS (FL) HC (’02)/OC (’01)
1999-00 Broadwater HS (MT Offensive Coord.
1998 Morgan (Utah) HS Offensive Coord.
1996-97 Western Montana Offensive Line
Coaching Honors and Achievements
Rocky Mountain – 2010 Frontier Conference Coach of the Year, 2013 Frontier Conference Coach of the Year... second on Rocky Mountain’s all-time wins lost as head coach.

Team Accomplishments
Montana State – 2022-FCS Semifinals, Big Sky Champions, 2nd in FCS (1st Big Sky) with 311.9 rushing yards per game, 3rd FCS (1st Big Sky) with 42.9 points per game, 4th FCS (2nd Big Sky) 495.1 yards per game, 19th FCS (4th Big Sky) with 1.29 sacks allowed per game. 2021-FCS Championshp Game, 7th in FCS, 220.9 rushing yards per game; 21st in FCS in sacks allowed (1.33 per game) 2019-FCS Semifinals, 7th in the FCS in fewest sacks allowed, 8th in rushing offense, 27th in scoring offense 2016-Coached offensive line for team that finished 17th in the FCS in rushing offense, 14th in red zone offense, in 2016.
Rocky Mountain – The 2013 Battlin’ Bears advanced to the NAIA Playoffs.

Individual Achievements
Montana State – Has coached MSU’s O-line four years, producing an All-America each season... OG JP Flynn earned 3rd Team All-America, 1st Team All-Big Sky, in 2016, and signed with San Francisco 49ers... Mitch Brott earned 2nd Team All-America, 1st Team All-Big Sky in 2019, setting MSU’s all-time record for consecutive starts and games played... Lewis Kidd earned 1st Team All-America honors in 2021, signed as undrafted free agent with New Orleans Saints, played for Saints in 2022... Rush Reimer 3rd Team All-America and 2nd Team All-Big Sky in 2022

All-Americas Coached
2022-OT Rush Reimer (3rd Team), 2021-OT Lewis Kidd (1st Team), 2019-OT Mitch Brott (2nd Team), 2016-OG JP Flynn (3rd Team), 2015-WR Andre McCulloch, 2014-WR Andre McCulloch, 2013-WR Andre McCulloch, OL Sonny Ah Kui, 2010-QB Kasey Peters, OL Dima Vasilevskiy

All-Conference Players Coached
26 1st Team All-Conference players
at MSU: 2021-OT Lewis Kidd, 2019-OT Mitch Brott, 2016-OG JP Flynn