Shawn joined MSUN in 2002. Since that time he has earned a career record of 210-112 (ten seasons), making him the winningest coach in MSUN Men’s Basketball history. He has led the Lights to three NAIA National Tournament appearances (2012, 2011, & 2009), six 20-win seasons in a row (six total: 2007-12 & 2004), three Conference Co-Championships (2012, 2011, & 2008), Back-2-Back Conference Tournament Championships (2012 & 2011), one Conference Tournament Runner-Up finish (2008), and eight Conference Tournament Semifinal appearances. In 2007-08 he was voted Frontier Conference Coach-of-the-Year.

Last season the Lights were Back-2-Back Frontier Conference Champions (winning the Tournament Championship for the second year in a row and were Regular Season Co-Champions for the second year in a row (this time with UM-Western), finished the highest nationally ranked defense in the country (58.00 ppg), broke a school record for games won in a season (27), and kept their home win streak alive (at 32 straight; dating back to the 2009-10 season).  In fact, he and his teams have made their home gym a daunting place to play, racking up a career home record of 124-24, and for the past five seasons are 84-9 (39-6 in conference play) in their “unfriendly” confines.

Under Huse, the Lights have cracked the NAIA National polls nine of ten seasons. Over the years, his teams have broken nine school records.  Most importantly in Huse’s years at MSU-Northern he has recruited and helped graduate a plethora of high-character quality student-athletes. In all, over twenty players have graduated from MSUN, and his teams have had one MSUN Student Excellence Award winner in six of the last eight years (the highest honor a student at MSU-Northern can receive).

Prior to working at MSU-Northern, Huse was a part of three very successful teams as an assistant. While in charge of defense at NCAA DII-power University of Nebraska-Kearney (2000-02), they played in two Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC)-Tournament Championships, earned a school record eighteen consecutive wins, & finished regular season champions in 2002. At his alma mater of Montana Tech (1997-00) where Huse was named league MVP as a player in 1995, the Orediggers won back-to-back Conference-Tournament Championships and enjoyed the school's first ever National-Tournament appearances in 1998 and 1999. At his alma mater of Missoula Big Sky High School, the Eagles won the school’s first and only State AA Championship his season there (1996-97).

Huse was born and raised in Missoula, MT. He earned a Master of Arts degree in Education from UNK (2002), a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Montana (1997), and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Montana Tech (1995).

Shawn's wife Stephanie is also from Missoula. She attended Montana Tech and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Safety and Health (2000). She was also a First-Team All-Conference volleyball player for the Orediggers in 1998. She earned her Master’s degree in Counseling from MSU-Northern (2006), and currently works as the Licensed Therapist for Altacare Counseling at Havre Middle School.

Stephanie and Shawn are the VERY proud parents of their seven-year old daughter, Molly, and five-year old son, Matthew, and their brand new little guy, Braxton (4 months).

Most recently, Shaughn coached at Havre High school for two years (2010-2012) while earning all of his credits for a degree in health promotions last year. He is now pursuing a degree in business administration and his duties consist of assisting with travel, scheduling, recruiting, practice-planning, scouting, film study, camps, and all areas related to day-to-day and gametime operations. He is an extremely diligent worker who is working very hard to gain the right experience needed to become a great coach.

Shaughn graduated from Butte Central High School in 2006. He was a 1st Team All State Selection in 2005 and 2006 and named the Central A MVP in 2006, Conference Tournament MVP in 2005 & 2006. Following high school, he played basketball at University of Montana Western in 2006 through 2008, then transferred to MSU-Northern in 2008 and played wide receiver for the Lights the next two seasons.

LaVon also played a key role on two Frontier Conference Championship teams. As a Junior he was named All-Conference Second Team. As a senior he was named co-captain, and earned First Team All Conference and was also named an NAIA All-American. He also made the Academic All-conference team during the 2011-2012 season. Prior to MSU-Northern, he played at Compton Community college, where he led the entire state of California in scoring and was named All-state and First Team All-Conference. He will be earning his degree this spring in Health and Physical education and is also a proud father to LaVon A. Myers.

LaVon is a natural born leader and point guard, who has been raised by a father who is a very good coach at West LA CC and LA Jordan High School. He is a very important addition this year to our staff as he is working very hard at making sure our young squad understands the concepts we need to grasp as a team. His communication skills are very excellent, he does a great job with the guards especially, has an important hand in decision-making (day-to-day & gametime), and Coach "LV" is in charge of study-table monitoring as well. His potential is very high as a Coach and a Teacher, once he completes his requirements here.

Jordan played a key role off the bench for our two conference championships and tournament championships in his two years as a Lights teammate. Before coming to Northern he was a member of Ventura College Pirates a known "powerhouse" of California Jr. College basketball. Jordan's Sophmore year her averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds in Conference play where he later was named 1st team all Conference.

His responsibilities are primarily with the forwards but he also plays an important hand in day-to-day and gametime decisions. He is an incredibly valuable asset with his high character and work ethic. Jordan is nothing short of a positive presence each day in our basketball family...and is completing his degree in Liberal Studies this year.