Jimmy Morimoto
Assistant Athletic Director, Football Operations
Maui native Jimmy Morimoto enters his sixth year as Montana's assistant athletic director for football operations in 2023. He joined the Montana staff in 2018 after one season as the director of operations at Hawaii.
Prior to that, he spent two years overseeing recruitment as Fresno State's director of player personnel (2015-16) and eight years at UNLV (2007-14), where he served under current UM head coach Bobby Hauck as the director of player personnel.
In Las Vegas he served as the Rebels’ assistant video coordinator and assistant recruiting coordinator for two years before spending six seasons as the director of player personnel.
A former head coach at Baldwin High School in Maui, Morimoto led the Bears to a 21-2-1 record and a pair of league titles in two seasons. He served on the Baldwin staff for a total of 15 years.
Morimoto earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Phoenix in 2002, and a teaching certificate from Chaminade in 2004. He also received a master’s degree from Walden University in 2007.
He and his wife Tammie have four children, Alyssa, Jimmy Jr., Karissa, and Jaden.
Dan Ryan
Football Strength Coach
Montana head coach Bobby Hauck has added yet another familiar face with deep Montana ties to his staff, naming former Grizzly undergraduate assistant and UM alum Dan Ryan as the program’s new strength and conditioning coach.
Ryan - who also worked under Hauck at UNLV - comes to Montana from Idaho State, where he served as Director of Strength and Conditioning for all 13 Bengal athletic teams. Hauck introduced Ryan to the Grizzly players during a team meeting on Thursday.
A Big Timber, Mont., native, Ryan received his bachelor’s degree in Radio and TV Production from the UM School of Journalism in 2010 while serving as a student assistant under Hauck. He then earned his master’s in Sport and Leisure Services Management at UNLV as a graduate assistant in the Rebel football program's weight room.
Ryan has overseen all strength and conditioning operations at Idaho State since 2017. He is a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) certified specialist, a USA Weightlifting Level 1 sport performance coach, and is CPR/AED and first aid certified.
“We’re excited to welcome Dan back to campus. He has an extensive background in training football athletes, and I’m really enthused to see him begin his interaction with our team,” said Hauck.
“The areas he emphasizes will help us make tremendous gains. Having coached with and against teams Dan has trained, I know our strength and conditioning program is in good hands.”
Ryan’s history with the Hauck family goes back generations in their mutual hometown of Big Timber, with his parents Kip and Jane teaching and coaching alongside Bob Hauck senior.
It was those long-time connections that Ryan says got him involved with Grizzly football during his time as a student and what bring him back to Missoula now.
“I’m very excited to be home. Montana is a special place for me. I graduated from here, I grew up here, I’m from the state, so it’s a school that’s always been important to me. It’s a special place,” said Ryan.
“I fell in love with the weight room because of the opportunity Coach Hauck gave me. I’ve learned you get to know the guys on a different level in there. I see them every day, year-round. I like the development, the mental game, and finding every way we can possibly get these guys one percent better."
In addition to his time at UNLV and Idaho State, Ryan also spent time training high school athletes at the Philippi Sports Institute in Las Vegas, helping develop speed, strength, power, and agility to prepare them for college athletics.
In his time as an undergraduate assistant at UM, Ryan helped lead the scout teams and assisted on special teams during UM’s run to the 2009 national championship game.
Hauck, himself a graduate of UM (’87), has built much of his staff with coaches who hold close ties to the program. Five assistant coaches – Brent Pease, Justin Green, Chad Germer, Barry Sacks, and Shann Schillinger – played their college football for the Grizzlies. Ryan and offensive coordinator Timm Rosenbach also coached at UM in Hauck’s previous tenue and followed him to UNLV.
Ryan is married to wife Jenny and has two daughters Nora and Josie.
Dustin Snyder
Player Personnel / Video Coordinator
Dustin Snyder was hired as Montana’s director of player personnel / video coordinator in February of 2023.
He manages all video operations for the team and supports the Grizzly staff and players in day-to-day operations, as well as assisting with the recruitment process.
Snyder previously worked with Coach Hauck at San Diego State University, where he was a student assistant from 2014-2017.
Post-graduation he worked one year at Del Norte High School and four years at Vista Murrieta High School. At VMHS, he taught math and coached football and baseball.
Keaton Johnson
Director of Recruiting
Keaton Johnson was hired as Director of Recruiting in May of 2022.
He oversees all on-campus recruiting, handles official and unofficial visits and coordinates recruiting logistics with staff members. He also works alongside marketing team and coaching staff on all recruitment material.
Johnson previously worked on the Grizzly football staff from 2019-2021 as a student assistant in recruitment and operations.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Montana in 2021. He grew up in Seeley Lake, Montana, and is a lifelong Griz fan.
