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CITY,ND (NEWSDAKOTA.COM)-Thursday Valley City State University officially announced the hiring of Ryan Montgomery as their men’s head basketball coach. Montgomery has spent the last 8 seasons as an assistant at NCAA Division II Bemidji State University. The Beavers went 87-81 during his time there and won shares of 2 Northern Sun conference titles with an appearance in The NCAA DII National Tournament. Montgomery played his college basketball at Hamline University in St.Paul and was on the other side of a coaching change
At Bemidji State Montgomery was also the recruiting coordinator and plans to expand VSCU’s ability to reach players
The Vikings won a share of The North Star Athletic Association Conference Championship last season and earned a trip to the national tournament. The NSAA is expected to be a tough conference again this season; Montgomery has some experience with The North Star
VSCU opens their season at home October 15th against Brandon University.
Hear the full interview here