Montana's Bobby Hauck and Montana Tech's Kyle Samson were named Region 5 coaches of the year by the American Football Coaches Association on Tuesday.

This marks the fourth time Hauck has been named AFCA regional coach of the year in addition to 2006, 2009, and 2023. He was also named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson FCS coach of the year for the third time on Monday.

Hauck recently became the winningest coach in both overall and league wins in Big Sky Conference history and is now one of the top 10 winningest active coaches in Division I. He led the 2025 Grizzlies to an 11-1 regular season with 11-straight wins to earn the No. 3 seed in the FCS Playoffs.

Samson guided the Orediggers to the most successful regular season in program history, boasting an unblemished 11-0 record, the Front

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