Katen enters his second season as the head coach of the Bobcats. He's looking to make great strides in this years team with his first full recruiting class. Coach Katen has used his Nebraska ties to bring in a recruiting class that is majority from Nebraska and the surrounding area.

Katen has spent 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 fund-raising 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.