UMW BULLDOGS basketball campS

coaching staff

Patrick Jensen  |  Head Coach

Coach Jensen will begin his 1st season as head coach for the Bulldogs. He has been on staff at Montana Western for the previous 5 seasons. He joined the UMW staff after three seasons as a Graduate Assistant and Director of Basketball Operations at Idaho State University.

The 2021-22 season saw the Bulldogs go 19-13 overall which included semifinals appearance in the conference tournament. The Bulldogs finished third in conference play. The season saw one All-American honorable mention in Jalen Hodges, four academic all-conference players, and three all-conference players.

The 2020-21 season was shortened due to COVID-19. The Bulldogs finished 7-13. winning six conference games. The Bulldogs finished 24th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (1.27). Max Clark was ranked fourth in the nation with 6.5 assists per game.

The 2019-20 season saw the Bulldogs take a step forward with a 11-19 record. Which included a road win over ninth ranked Carroll College in Helena. The Bulldogs finished 11th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (1.33) with Max Clark finishing 10th in the country with an assist/turnover ratio of 2.8.

Idaho State University (2015-18) Jensen spent three seasons with Idaho State University. Two years as a graduate assistant, and the 2017-18 season as Director of Player Development. As part of his duties at ISU, Jensen facilitated on court workouts with guards and forwards, opponent scouting reports, and analytics. In his first year in Pocatello the Bengals had their most wins since the 1994 season, going 16-15 overall and finishing 11-7 in league play.

Jensen played at Montana State-Northern from 2010-15 where he was apart of two regular and postseason Frontier Conference championships and four appearances in the NAIA National Tournament. Jensen was a three-time NAIA Academic All-American.

A Missoula, Mont. native, Jensen earned his bachelor degrees in business administration and health promotions from MSU-Northern. He obtained two masters degrees from Idaho State University in business administration and athletic administration.

"It is our goal to provide a fun week of basketball for everyone in attendance with a focus on skill development and competition. I attended Western Basketball Camps with friends growing up and we always had such a fun  week playing the game we loved. I hope to be able to pass this experience back to others."