Peru State College Athletic Media Release
For Immediate Release Contact:
Dave Walker
Sports Information Director
402.872.2344 or
dwalker@oakmail.peru.edu
Troy Katen Named Men's
Basketball Coach at Peru State
(PERU, NE)
Athletic Director Dick Speas has announced that Troy
Katen will be the new Men's Basketball Coach at Peru
State College. Katen, a native of Fairfield, NE, has
spent the past two years as assistant
coach/recruiting coordinator for the men's
basketball program at Central Methodist University
in Fayette, MO. Katen also served as the Sports
Information Director and Game Administrator for the
Eagles Athletic Department.
Prior to his stint at CMU, Katen spent five years at
Hastings College. As the top assistant coach for the
Men's Basketball team in 2001 to 2005, Katen aided
the Broncos' in the recruiting of student-athletes
from across the country, as well as Nebraska. During
his time with the Broncos, Katen coached thirteen
All-Conference players, two NAIA Academic
Scholar-Athletes and three 1,000 points scorers.
In addition to his basketball duties at Hastings,
Katen served as the Men's Golf Coach for the Broncos
for two years. During his tenure, Katen doubled the
squad size and helped the Bronco golf program become
one of the top programs in the GPAC Conference.
Along with his coaching duties, Katen held
additional duties as the Sports Information Director
for Hastings Colleges' 18 sports programs and was
the Assistant to the Athletic Director. He was
responsible for maintaining the athletic website,
generating press releases; ticket sales, athletic
fundraising and providing game statistics for the
Broncos Athletic Department. Katen received his
Bachelor's degree from Kansas Wesleyan University in
1998 in Business Management and earned his Masters
of Teaching degree from Hastings College in 2005.
Coach Katen and his wife Stacy have two children,
Brooke and Blake.
"Troy Katen comes to Peru State College with a
strong background in NAIA men's basketball,
including experience in a couple of very successful
programs. He has also earned a reputation as a good
recruiter," said Speas. Katen replaces Dave Walker
who announced his resignation in January after three
years with the Bobcats.
PSC's
"Campus of a Thousand Oaks," an arboretum campus, is
nestled in historic southeast Nebraska. The state's
first and fastest-growing college, Peru State offers
a unique mix of innovative online and traditional
classroom undergraduate and graduate programs,
including online graduate degrees in education and
organizational management. PSC is a member
institution of the Nebraska State College System.
For more information, visit
www.peru.edu or call
1-800-742-4412.
