Jesse Montalto
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator |
| Team | Louisiana–Monroe |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Playing career | |
| 2001–2004 | Upper Iowa |
| Position | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005–2006 | Upper Iowa (WR) |
| 2007–2008 | Upper Iowa (OC/QB) |
| 2009–2013 | Upper Iowa (QB) |
| 2014–2017 | Ellsworth |
| 2018–2025 | Iowa Central |
| 2026–present | Louisiana–Monroe (OC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 69–65 |
| Bowls | 10–0 (junior college) |
Jesse Montalto is an American college football coach. He is the offensive coordinator at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, a position he had held since 2026. Montalto served as the head football coach at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa from 2014 to 2017 and Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa from 2018 to 2025.
Montalto played college football as a wide receiver at Upper Iowa University from 2001 to 2004. He was then an assistant football coach at his alma mater or nine seasons before he was hired at Ellsworth.[1] A native of West Palm Beach, Florida, Montalto was inducted into the Upper Iowa University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.[2]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NJCAA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Panthers (Iowa Community College Athletic Conference) (2014–2017) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Ellsworth | 3–8 | 0–2 | 3rd | W Graphic Edge Bowl | ||||
| 2015 | Ellsworth | 7–5 | 1–1 | 2nd | W Graphic Edge Bowl | 18 | |||
| 2016 | Ellsworth | 6–6 | 1–1 | 2nd | W Graphic Edge Bowl | ||||
| 2017 | Ellsworth | 4–8 | 1–1 | 2nd | W Graphic Edge Bowl | ||||
| Ellsworth: | 20–27 | 3–5 | |||||||
| Iowa Central Tritons (Iowa Community College Athletic Conference) (2018–2025) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Iowa Central | 8–4 | 1–1 | 2nd | W Graphic Edge Bowl | 13 | |||
| 2019 | Iowa Central | 2–9 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 2020–21 | Iowa Central | 2–6 | 0–4 | 3rd | |||||
| 2021 | Iowa Central | 9–2 | 2–2 | 2nd | W Graphic Edge Bowl | 7 | |||
| 2022 | Iowa Central | 7–4 | 1–1 | 2nd | W Game One Bowl | 10 | |||
| 2023 | Iowa Central | 7–4 | 1–1 | 2nd | W Game One Bowl | 7 | |||
| 2024 | Iowa Central | 6–6 | 1–1 | 2nd | W Game One Bowl | ||||
| 2025 | Iowa Central | 8–4 | 1–1 | 2nd | W Game One Bowl | 9 | |||
| Iowa Central: | 49–38 | 7–13 | |||||||
| Total: | 69–65 | ||||||||
References
- ^ Tigges, Carson (August 17, 2014). "New faces hit ground running at Ellsworth". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. p. C8. Retrieved March 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Jesse Montalto (2017) - Upper Iowa University Athletics Hall of Fame". Upper Iowa University. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
- ^ "Ellsworth Community College Football History and Record 1961-2016" (PDF). Ellsworth Community College. p. 34. Retrieved March 9, 2026.