In between quarterbacking drills on Tuesday, former Griz great and current Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg had a challenge for his high school signal callers.

He wanted to see what tricks they could do with the football.

The prep athletes, decked out from head to toe in Adidas-provided camp gear, responded with their rendition. Footballs promptly scattered over the sprint-turf field at Missoula County Public Stadium.

It was a brief break at Mornhinweg’s Camp Marty Quarterback School, where QB’s from Missoula’s Class AA schools and Class B Loyola Sacred Heart worked on the finer points of quarterbacking from a coach who knows a thing or two about being under center.

The masses might know Mornhinweg for his fateful two-year stint as head coach of the Detroit Lions among his otherwise successful 24 years in the NFL as a quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator.

Montana football fans have even fonder memories.

As a junior in the 1982 season, he helped guide the Grizzlies to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs and Montana’s only Big Sky Conference title between 1970 and 1993. After the four-year starter graduated, the school record books read “Mornhinweg” next to career passing touchdowns, passing yards, completions, attempts and completion percentage.

It’s no wonder the NFL OC and his wife, Lindsay, love it here, too.

See full Missoula article by KYLE HOUGHTALING here.

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