Head Coach Jessica Ott
Jessica Ott is in her tenth year as head coach of the MSOE Women's Basketball program. She was named NAC Coach of the Year for the 2008-09 season. The Raiders 13-13 record was the first .500 season in MSOE's history. The team had 11 more wins than the previous season, giving them the best turnaround of any team in NCAA Division III for the 2008-09 season.
Also under Coach Ott's tutelage, 2007 graduate Catherine Chappell became MSOE's first Kodak All- American and Josten's Trophy Finalist. While MSOE was in the Lake Michigan Conference, Ott coached numerous Raiders to All-Conference and All- Rookie selections.
Ott has had an exceptional career as a player at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. As a player on the women's basketball team from 1996-2000, Ott earned several athletic awards, including a three-time WIAC All-Conference First Team selection, D-III News Honorable Mention All-American, UWSP Female Athlete of the Year, UWSP team captain and she remains the UWSP third all-time leading scorer with 1,592 points. In the 2000-2001 season, Ott was a high school varsity and junior varsity assistant for Division I state runner-up Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH).
Ott has also coached several summer basketball camps, was a youth basketball coordinator and she currently volunteers as a youth basketball and soccer coach at the local YMCA. In addition to her position as head coach, Ott assumes the role of Senior Woman Administrator, Assistant Athletic Director and head softball coach.
Assistant Coach Nate Templer
Nate Templer is in his sixth season of coaching at MSOE. Templer played at UW-Stout from 2000-2004 and was All-WIAC honorable mention in 2002-2003. Templer brings his enthusiasm and collegiate playing experience to the MSOE Raider staff.
