A Couple Montana State Links

Gidal Kaiser was busy last week. In addition to his writeup on future Bobcat Vance Wentz, he wrote a couple more articles of note that may be of interest to MSU and Big Sky fans.

He wrote about former Bobcat standout Bobby Howard, who is now trying to become a coach. He was hired on at Minot State University (the Magic City!), and it will be fun to see his coaching career progress after a solid Big Sky career.

He also wrote an article on new MSU assistant Shawn Dirden, who is back on MSU's staff after a year at the University of South Dakota.  He is pleased to be back coaching at the Division I level, as he also spent a few years coaching high school basketball between his first and second stint in Bozeman.

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Montana State Hires Shawn Dirden as Assistant Coach

With an assistant coach job open after the resignation of George Pfeifer, Montana State has filled it with the hiring of veteran coach Shawn Dirden. Dirden was on MSU's staff for two seasons from 20006-2008, and now rejoins the staff.

“Having to hire a coach at this time of year is not ideal,” Huse said, “but we came out of this in good shape with the addition of Coach Dirden. His background and experience at MSU will allow him to hit the ground running. In addition, he has the ability to generate relationships quickly and I know the players will respond to him positively.”

Dirden was an assistant coach at the University of South Dakota for the past two seasons.

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