September 15 - 18, 2025
This league is open to boys entering grades 2 - 5 as of Fall 2025. Learning skills, working as a team, and having fun: that’s Michigan Tech’s Boys’ Basketball Little Huskies League. It’s about the best introduction to basketball you can imagine—personalized coaching that emphasizes both individual skills and team play, with plenty of time for gently competitive games in the Multipurpose Room. And Michigan Tech’s campus is a great environment for meeting new people and making friends.
Kids can wear their league shirts to Men's Basketball home games for free admission!
What to Expect
Players will leave with fundamental basketball skills like ball-handling, shooting, team play, and defensive play.
Days/Times
Monday, September 15 - Thursday, September 18, 4:00-6:00 pm
Check-In: Monday, September 15, 3:30-4:00pm at the SDC front counter
Pick-Up/Drop-Off: Participants may be picked up by the main doors of the SDC.
Location
Multipurpose Room
What to Bring
Please bring individual water bottles for participants
Cost
$55/person
$30/sibling
Registration Information
Registration is available online, in person at the SDC Ticket Office, or by calling the SDC Ticket Office at 906-487-2073. Payment in full is due at the time of registration. A parent/guardian must complete and sign for each participant liability waiver, health history, and concussion awareness forms with the participant's printed name/signature as well in order to be able to participate. Forms will be emailed to participants after they register.
Deadline to register: Monday, September 8, 11:59pm.
Emergency Notification Policy
Parking Information
Visitors may use Lots 22 or 24, located outside the main entrance of the SDC, for parking during camps. There is no overnight parking. Please do not park in the UP Health System and Rehab Services lot (north end of the SDC).
Questions?
Michigan Tech Recreation: 906-487-2975, sportscamps@mtu.edu
Camp Coordinator: Josh Buettner, 906-487-2594, jjbuettn@mtu.edu
Meet the Coaches
Josh Buettner was named head men's basketball coach on April 16, 2021. In his first year at the helm, the Huskies tied for a share of the GLIAC championship and Buettner was named Coach of the Year. During the previous season as associate head coach Buettner helped the Huskies to the NCAA Midwest Region Championship game as the Huskies were a bucket away from advancing to the Elite 8. Buettner helped the Huskies to the NCAA Midwest Region Championship game in his 1st season as associate head men's basketball coach in 2020-21. The team finished 15-8 overall and 12-6 in the GLIAC North Division. Prior to his promotion to Associate Head Coach, Buettner served 13 seasons as assistant coach after taking the position July 1, 2008. He has recruited four All-Americans and numerous All-GLIAC First Team selections since his appointment in 2008. The Shawano WI native starred for the Huskies from 2001-05. He was a two-time All-American and earned Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors as both a junior and senior. A 6-9 forward, Buettner finished third on Tech’s all-time scoring chart with 2,061 career points. Following his graduation from Tech in 2005, Buettner played professionally in Europe for three years. He played in leagues in Denmark, Switzerland, and Iceland, and was named the Danish Elite League Player of the Year in his second pro campaign. In addition to his coaching duties, Buettner teaches classes in the kinesiology and integrated physiology department and coordinates all of Michigan Tech's boys' basketball camps, clinics, and leagues as well as the Doghouse 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament.
Zach Flener began his first year as assistant men's basketball coach in 2022-23. He assisted the squad to an upset victory over No. 1 seed Wisconsin Parkside in the GLIAC quarterfinals and Tech reached the Championship game before falling the NMU to end the season.
Prior to the Huskies, Flener served as basketball operations associate with the Lakeland Magic of the NBA G-League in 2021-22. In 2020-21, Flener was a player development coordinator at Lipscomb University. One year prior, he interned with the Dallas Mavericks for one season.
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