Shawn joined MSUN in 2002.  Since that time he has earned a career record of 183-105 (nine seasons).  He has also led the Lights to two NAIA National Tournament appearances (2009 & 2011), five 20-win seasons in a row (six total: 2007-11 & 2004), two Conference Co-Championships (2008 & 2011), one Conference Tournament Championship (2011), one Conference Tournament Runner-Up finish (2008), and seven Conference Tournament Semifinal appearances.  In 2007-08 he was voted Frontier Conference Coach-of-the-Year.

Last season the Lights won the Tournament Championship, were Regular Season Co-Champions with Carroll College, finished the highest nationally ranked Frontier Conference team at #19, finished #4 in the Nation defensively (first in the Frontier at 59.88 ppg allowed), 7^th nationally in 3-pt-FG made/game (first in the Frontier at 8.52/game), and won every home game (16-0 – a new school record).  In fact, he and his teams have made their home gym a daunting place to play, racking up a career home record of 110-24, and for the past five seasons are 70-9 (29-6 in conference play) in their “unfriendly” confines.

Under Huse, the Lights have cracked the NAIA National polls eight of nine seasons.  Over the years, his teams have broken six school season-records in: wins at home (16 this year), defensive points allowed (59.88 this year), points (3,095), FG-made (1,090), 3-Pt% (40.2%), FT’s made (653), FT% (76.7%), and scoring (92 ppg which ranked them 2^nd nationally in scoring that season - 2003-04).  He has recruited and coached three All-Americans, eleven All-Conference players and one league MVP (Larry Morinia (2002-04)).

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, twenty alumni Lights have graduated since his arrival in 2002.

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 Counselor for Altacare Counseling at Havre Middle School.

Stephanie and Shawn are the VERY proud parents of their six-year old daughter, Molly, and four-year old son, Matthew.

Coach Noble will be entering his 5^th year involved with the MSU-Northern Men’s Basketball program, 2 years as a player and 2 years as an assistant coach.  In 2010-11 Travis helped coach the Lights to a Frontier Conference Co-Championship and a Frontier Conference Tournament Championship.  In 2009-10 he helped coach the Lights to a 22-10 record, and 3rd place finish in the Frontier Conference.

His duties will consist of: grooming the lights guards in all facets of the game, recruiting, scouting of opponents, travel, as well as any other duties he can assist in.

After his career at Northern, Travis continued playing professionally for a summer in the IBL (International Basketball League) as a member of the Central Oregon Hotshots.  From 2007 to 2009, Travis played for Northern and was voted 1st Team All-Frontier-Conference in both his Junior and Senior seasons.  In the 2008-09 season he helped lead the team to the NAIA National Tournament for their first trip in ten years. While there he was awarded the NAIA Championship of Character Award for Montana State University-Northern.  He also led Northern to their first Conference Championship (Co-Champions 2008-09) since three additional schools joined the Frontier Basketball Conference (1999), and two twenty-win seasons.  He joined the MSUN 1,000-point-club in only two years and holds two major school individual records (Career Three-Point percentage - 45% and Season Free-Throw percentage - 91.2% (2007-08)).  Topping off his career, he was voted Male Athlete of the Year for 2008-09.

Prior to spending two years here, Travis played at Walla Walla Community College, where he helped lead them to two consecutive NWAACC tournament appearances.  He was voted 1st team all Eastern Region and was ranked #1 in NWAACC Conference for 3 Pt FG made.

Travis finished his Bachelors in December 2010, earning his degree in Health and Physical Education.  This Fall Travis will start his Masters in Learning Development.  He is the proud husband of Havre native, Katybeth Courtnage.  Katy is furthering her education here at Northern, as well as working for Havre Day Activity Center as a manager.