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Chris Mouat
Head Coach
(7th Year)
406-265-3584
cmouat@msun.edu
Chris Mouat enters his
eighth season at MSU-Northern following a 21-9, third place
Frontier Conference finish in 2011-2012. Prior to coming to
MSU-Northern, he worked in 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 1989 graduate of
Helena High School and a 1993 graduate of the University of
Montana. He began his teaching and coaching career in Helena,
where he assisted in both the boys and girls basketball
programs. He was a part of the staff that helped lead the 1997
Bengal girls to the Class AA state title. In his five seasons as
a boys assistant coach, the Bengals made two state AA title game
appearances. From
1998-2001, Mouat was the head girls basketball coach at Butte
High School, where he sent five players on to play at the
college level in four seasons. Mouat was also an assistant coach
in the Bulldog boys program for a pair of seasons.
Mouat has 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 five different times
beginning in 1998. He has been a speaker/clinician at the
Montana Coaches Association clinic as well as the Northwest
Basketball Camp.
During his time at
MSU-Northern, Mouat has had five players earn NAIA All-American
honors (Jaci Heny, DeLayne Johnston, Stacie Barker, Samm
Schermele, and Laramie Schwenke. Schermele was a two-time
selection, joining Dani Davison as the only Skylight to be named
an All-American twice. Seven players (Camille Gardner, Jayla
McPherson, Chelsie Searle, Kylee Starr, Dana Ball, Kaylee Shaw,
and Jennie Lee) have earned Daktronics NAIA All-America
Scholar-Athlete honors, and thirteen players have earned
All-Frontier honors.
Barker was a two-time Frontier Conference Defensive Player of
the Year and the Skylights first-ever Women’s Basketball Coaches
Association All-American. In three of the past six seasons, the
Skylights have been honored by the WBCA for their efforts in the
classroom as a Top 25 Academic Team. The 2011-2012 team maintained a 3.31 grade point average.
Twice in his seven seasons,
the Skylights have led NAIA Division I in free throw percentage
(2005-06 and 2010-2011). Stacie Barker currently holds the NAIA
all-time record for shot block average in a career. His teams
have broken ten school records (including 5 during the 2011-2012
season), and 13 players have set all-time single game, season,
or career marks at MSU-Northern.
Mouat coached the Skylight
team that advanced to the round of 16 at the NAIA National
Tournament in 2006, and two Skylights have earned NAIA National
Player of the Week honors (Jaci Heny in 2006 and Stacie Barker
in 2009).
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Liz Lewis
Assistant Coach
1st Year
406-265-3779
elizabeth.lewis5@msun.edu
Liz Lewis enters her first
season as a Skylight assistant after coaching stints at Rocky
Mountain College and Central Washington University. She is also the MSU-Northern Sports Information Director. Liz is a 2005 graduate of Churchill County High School in
Fallon, Nevada, where she was a four-sport standout. She attended Dixie State College (UT) for two seasons
before finishing her career at Rocky Mountain College. At Rocky, Liz was a two-time First Team All-Frontier
performer, and was named Rocky’s Female Athlete of the Year as a
senior. She earned
her bachelor’s degree in exercise science and is completing her
master’s degree work in coaching and athletic administration.
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Janie Rayback
Assistant Coach
1st Year
Janie Rayback begins her
first season as a Skylight assistant. Rayback is a 2005 graduate of Star Valley High School
(WY) where she was a two-time All-State basketball player and a
member of the Montana-Wyoming and Wyoming-South Dakota All-Star
teams. She began her
playing career at Weber State University, where she spent three
seasons. She was a
team captain and starter during her junior season. As a senior, Rayback transferred to Rocky Mountain
College, where she earned First Team All-Frontier honors and was
named an NAIA All-American. Upon graduation with a bachelor’s degree in exercise
science, Janie played professionally in Brazil for one season. She is currently working toward a master’s degree in
Sports Psychology.
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