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Virginia Tech is in desperate need of a breakthrough season after falling well short of expectations in 2024. The offseason brought about some opportunities for change amid some staff shakeup, and this week the program announced one of the most significant additions with the hire of Philip Montgomery as offensive coordinator.
Montgomery arrives with an established reputation as an offensive mind thanks to his rise in the industry that included offensive coordinator stops at Houston and Baylor where he helped coach up game-changing quarterbacks like Robert Griffin III, Bryce Petty and Case Keenum. He took over as head coach at Tulsa in 2015 and led the Golden Hurricane to four bowl games in eight years and the program’s first-ever appearance in the AAC Championship Game in 2020. He spent the 2023 season working with Hugh Freeze at Auburn and then 2024 as co-offensive coordinator for the Birmingham Stallions in the UFL.
Now, with his return to high-level college football, Montgomery will look to be a spark for an offense that has all the pieces to be successful yet found itself with middling results last season.
The most important piece of this equation, and the one that makes Montgomery’s track record notable, is what’s in store for Kyron Drones’ third year as Virginia Tech’s starting QB. Drones has long shown the physical skill set to be among the most impactful dual-threat quarterbacks in the country, but it wasn’t until after his transfer from Baylor to Virginia Tech in 2023 that things started to come together for the Houston native.
Drones had 17 passing touchdowns to just three interceptions and was second among all ACC quarterbacks with 818 rushing yards on the season. After being named the Military Bowl MVP and…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2025-02-17 21:08:00
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