Houghton, Mich – Michigan Tech Men’s and Women’s Basketball is excited to offer two fall Little Huskies basketball leagues and registration is open. The camp for girls in grades 2-5 will be played over four days beginning in September. Boys in grades 3-6 have a three-day camp starting September 26. Participants will leave with basic basketball skills such as ball handling, shooting, team play and defensive play.
Free basketball admission will be available at halftime of select Michigan Tech home basketball games.
Registration deadline for girls camp is Wednesday, September 7th. Last date to register for men is September 21st. Participants can expect top-notch instruction from current Michigan women’s basketball coach Sam Clayton and men’s basketball coach Josh Buettner. Tech student-athletes. Learning skills, teamwork, making friends and having fun are the goals of both camps.
About Coach Clayton
Sam Clayton enters her fifth season as the head coach of the Michigan Tech women’s basketball program. Under her leadership, the Huskies posted an 18-11 overall record and qualified for the conference semifinals. Clayton and the Huskies finished the 2020-21 season with a 20-2 overall record. The team won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship and conference tournament championships.
Clayton brings a wealth of coaching experience to Tech from the NCAA Division I and II levels. Assistant head coach Elisa Jurmu is in her fifth season. As a player, she appeared in 57 games for the Huskies and made two runs in the NCAA Division II National Tournament.
About Coach Butner
Josh Buettner was named head men’s basketball coach in April 2021. Buettner helped the Huskies to the NCAA Midwest Region championship game in his first season as associate head men’s basketball coach in 2020-21. Last season, the Huskies qualified for the conference semifinals after posting a 21-7 regular season record. Buettner served 13 seasons as an assistant coach after taking over on July 1, 2008, before being promoted to associate head coach.
In the year Since his appointment in 2008, he has recruited four All-Americans and several All-GLIAC first team selections. From Shawano, Wisconsin, he starred for the Huskies from 2001-05. Assistant coach Ben Stelzer returns to Houghton after playing professional basketball in Spain last year. He was an All-American for the Huskies during his athletic career.
