In December 1994, Montwood's varsity cross country team won its first district 2-5A Championship. In 2000, football running back Robert Rodriguez signed to the University of Texas-El Paso, the first football athlete in school history that signed to a division-one university. He later became an Assistant Coach at UTEP in 2010–2014 coaching the linebackers, safeties, and special teams . Rodriguez was part of the football staff of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League as the Assistant Defensive Line Coach from 2015–2019. He is currently the defensive line coach for the Arizona State University Sun Devils football team of the Pac-12 Conference in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.