Tanner Montgomery enters his first season as an assistant coach with the Radford baseball program after joining the Highlanders in August 2024.
Montgomery makes his way to the New River City after serving the past year as the Director of Baseball Operations at James Madison University. During his time with the Dukes, the squad went 36-25 overall and received a bid to the Raleigh Regional in the NCAA tournament where they advanced all the way to the regional final for just the third time in program history. At James Madison, Montgomery coordinated all travel logistics throughout the season while assisting with other point of contact needs for the team.
Prior to his time at JMU, Montgomery served as a volunteer assistant coach at Bridgewater College. There he assisted in recruiting during the summer and produced scouting reports while also serving as the primary coach working with the catchers. He also assisted with working with the program’s hitters.
Before joining the Bridgewater coaching staff, Montgomery played the previous three seasons for the Eagles as a catcher. In his time as an Eagle, he earned ODAC All-Academic Team honors after the 2020 campaign and he was on the baseball program’s leadership council during his tenure.
Before his playing time at Bridgewater, the Akron, Ohio native began his collegiate career at Youngstown State, where he competed with the Penguins from 2017-19.
Montgomery holds both an undergraduate and graduate degree from Bridgewater, as he earned his bachelor’s in health and exercise science in 2021 and followed it up with his master’s in human resource management the following year.
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