[4] Montross was part of the UNC team that won the NCAA Championship against Michigan in 1993 and was named an All-American as a junior and senior.

The Celtics came under fire for selecting Montross over players such as Eddie Jones, Jalen Rose, and Aaron McKie.

[16][17] In December 1997, Montross and Jerry Stackhouse were traded to the Detroit Pistons for Aaron McKie and Theo Ratliff.

[19][20] In 2001, Montross and Jerome Williams were traded to the Toronto Raptors for Kornél Dávid, Tyrone Corbin and Corliss Williamson.

[20] Montross was a color commentator on the Tar Heel Sports Network men's basketball broadcasts after Mick Mixon left to become the play-by-play voice of the Carolina Panthers.

[27] In 1994, partly in tribute to 16-year-old Jason Clark, a UNC cancer patient he had befriended, he started the Eric Montross Father's Day Basketball Camp, an annual event that by 2010 had raised over one million dollars for the children's hospital.