Bobcat Basketball Candidate: Brad Huse
3/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Brad Huse may have taken a peek at the past on Tuesday afternoon, but kept his gaze firmly on the future in addressing over 100 Bobcat fans at the second open forum for candidates for the vacant MSU men's basketball coaching position.
"It's great to be back on campus," said Huse, a Bobcat assistant from 1994-96, including MSU's 1996 Big Sky Championship season. "I was an assistant here in the mid-'90s, and during that short phase we had a lot of success. We had back-to-back 21-win seasons, and there was great excitement. I know it can be done here. That is what leads me back."
Since leaving MSU after the '96 campaign Huse spent eight successful years as head coach at Jamestown (N.D.) College, and for the past two seasons has served as a Montana assistant in his hometown of Missoula. As much professional success as he has enjoyed in the intervening years, he said memories of 1996 linger. "I know how it was here 10 years ago," he said.
But Huse emphasized that he isn't interested in looking backward. "I don't know a lot about what's happened here the last couple of years," he said. "It wasn't my business. I'm looking to the future."
An NAIA All-American at Montana Tech, where he earned his degree in 1988, Huse has enjoyed an amazing run of success since leaving the engineering profession to become a coach in 1991. Since his first season as an assistant in 1991-92, all six of the teams which he has served as an assistant posted winning records. Three won conference championships. Huse's eight Jamestown squads compiled a 184-60 record, winning five conference championships.
The Missoula Big Sky graduate said his formula is simple. "My last team at Jamestown averaged 92 or 93 points a game, but we didn't do it with great offense," he said. "We played great defense. We demoralized teams. You can't turn into a transition team without rebounding, and when you're talking about defense and rebounding you're talking about playing hard. I want my teams to play hard, and we play smart. And that doesn't happen overnight."
The ultimate goal, though, isn't wins and losses, Huse said. "Take the X's and O's out of it," he said. "I want the young men to grow as individuals. I want to get to know the kids, know their goals and dreams, know what they think they can attain. That's the most important part of the process."
"It's great to be back on campus," said Huse, a Bobcat assistant from 1994-96, including MSU's 1996 Big Sky Championship season. "I was an assistant here in the mid-'90s, and during that short phase we had a lot of success. We had back-to-back 21-win seasons, and there was great excitement. I know it can be done here. That is what leads me back."
Since leaving MSU after the '96 campaign Huse spent eight successful years as head coach at Jamestown (N.D.) College, and for the past two seasons has served as a Montana assistant in his hometown of Missoula. As much professional success as he has enjoyed in the intervening years, he said memories of 1996 linger. "I know how it was here 10 years ago," he said.
But Huse emphasized that he isn't interested in looking backward. "I don't know a lot about what's happened here the last couple of years," he said. "It wasn't my business. I'm looking to the future."
An NAIA All-American at Montana Tech, where he earned his degree in 1988, Huse has enjoyed an amazing run of success since leaving the engineering profession to become a coach in 1991. Since his first season as an assistant in 1991-92, all six of the teams which he has served as an assistant posted winning records. Three won conference championships. Huse's eight Jamestown squads compiled a 184-60 record, winning five conference championships.
The Missoula Big Sky graduate said his formula is simple. "My last team at Jamestown averaged 92 or 93 points a game, but we didn't do it with great offense," he said. "We played great defense. We demoralized teams. You can't turn into a transition team without rebounding, and when you're talking about defense and rebounding you're talking about playing hard. I want my teams to play hard, and we play smart. And that doesn't happen overnight."
The ultimate goal, though, isn't wins and losses, Huse said. "Take the X's and O's out of it," he said. "I want the young men to grow as individuals. I want to get to know the kids, know their goals and dreams, know what they think they can attain. That's the most important part of the process."
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