Delaney was hired July 26, 2012, replacing former head coach Robin Pflugrad.
Delaney is credited for coming out of retirement to help save the UM football program that was riveted with player off field scandals.
He was the assistant head coach at Montana State University from 1976–1980, head coach and athletic director at the University of Montana Western from 1991–1992, and running backs coach at Colorado State University from 1993 until 2007.
He began his coaching career at Butte Central High School (1964–1967), and then moved on to Great Falls High School (1969–1977), serving as head football coach the last four years.
He is an inaugural inductee into the Western Montana College Sports Hall of Fame.