Delaney to be MU interim football coach

Former UM associate head coach Mick Delaney will serve as the interim head football coach, and Jean Gee has been selected as the school's interim athletics director.

President Royce Engstrom made the announcement Friday afternoon, one day after he fired Robin Pflugrad and Athletic Director Jim O'Dea.

Delaney recently concluded his fourth season as an assistant coach at Montana working with the running backs, and was the associate head coach. A veteran mentor, Delaney has been in the coaching ranks 44 years, with 29 of them at the collegiate level.

Gee has been involved with Grizzly Athletic...