Skylight
Basketball Coaches

Chris Mouat
Head Coach

(406) 265-3584        
cmouat@msun.edu

Chris Mouat enters his third season at the helm of the Skylight basketball program.  Prior to coming to MSU-Northern, he worked it the women’s basketball programs at both Rocky Mountain College and Montana Tech.  At Rocky Mountain College, he served as the assistant women’s basketball coach as well as the Sports Information Director/Assistant Athletic Director.

 Mouat is a graduate of Helena High School and the University of Montana, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education.  He began his teaching and coaching career in Helena, where he taught middle school English and assisted in the boys and girls basketball programs.  He was a part of the staff that helped lead the 1997 Bengal girls to a class AA title under longtime Bengal mentor Steve Keller. 

From 1998-2001, Mouat was the head girls basketball coach at Butte High School, where he sent five players on to play college basketball in four years.  Mouat was also an assistant in the Butte High boys program for a pair of seasons, working under Bulldog Coach John Thatcher. 

Mouat coached in the Montana/Wyoming All-Star Game twice, and he has coached the Montana Boys and Girls All-Star teams in the Down Under Hoops Classic on the Gold Coast of Australia since 1998. 

Anna Bateman
Assistant Coach
(406) 265-3779
abateman@msun.edu

Anna Bateman enters her third season as a Skylight assistant.  Bateman is a former two-time All-Conference selection for the Skylights (2002-2003 and 2003-2004).  She holds the Skylight record for steals in a game with 10.  Anna played her first two collegiate seasons at Snow College, where she was a Second Team All-Conference selection and a member of the SWAC All-Tournament Team as both a freshman and a sophomore.  She assists in virtually every aspect of the Skylight program including scheduling, recruiting, website maintenance, and film exchange.  Bateman graduated from MSU-Northern with a double major in Computer Information Systems and Computer Engineering Technology in 2004. 

Chelsie Boyle
Student Assistant

Chelsie Boyle enters her first season as a Skylight student assistant coach.  She finished her career in a Skylight uniform in 2006-2007 averaging 7.9 points and 3.4 rebounds per game and shooting 79.1% from the free throw line.  She recorded a season-high 22 points in an 87-60 win over Northwest University.  Chelsie was named a 2007 Daktronics NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete for her performance in the classroom and on the court.  She is majoring in Health and Physical Eduaction.  She is married to Shawn Boyle.