[2] A three-time conference coach of the year at the NAIA level and a Division I assistant, Huse's first Bobcats squad compiled an 11–19 record.
Jamestown won at least 20 games in each of Huse's final half-dozen campaigns there, improving in each of the last four seasons and culminating in a 30–3 record in 2003–04.
In the fall of 2004, Huse returned to his hometown to serve on Larry Krystkowiak's first Montana coaching staff, and became part of UM's basketball renaissance.
Less than two months later, Montana State tapped Huse to replace one of his mentors, the retiring Mick Durham, whose 16 years on the Bobcat bench produced the most wins in Big Sky Conference history.
The Missoula native earned All-Frontier Conference honors three times at Tech and NAIA All-America kudos as a senior.
Huse's father Dick, who played football at Montana, is retired after a high school officiating career.