University of Providence Men's Basketball

Michael joined the University of Providence in the spring of 2026 after coaching for Bozeman Gallatin High School for the past five season. Claxton attended Chester High School in Chester, Mont. until 1995 before playing college basketball at Montana Tech, MSU-Billings, and MSU-Northern. Following his NAIA career, he had a few stints playing professional in Germany as well as the International Basketball League. Following his playing career, Claxton coached at the Seattle Academy where he won four Emerald City League titles, including the school's first boy's basketball league title in 2009. Claxon earned the Emerald City League Coach of the Year in 2011 and in 2013 served as a head coach at the Jamal Crawford Summer Pro-Am Basketball League. After coaching at the Seattle Academy, Claxton coached in Germany as the head coach of SC Rist Wedel for two years before coaching for Turow Zgorzelec in Poland and BC Prievidza in Slovakia. Following his coaching career overseas, Claxton accepted the head coach at Bozeman Gallatin High School where he led the school to their first ever AA boy's basketball State Championship in 2024 earning the Eastern AA Coach of the Year.

Shyke joined the Argos coaching staff in 2022 and has spent the last five years coaching at various levels. Smalls is a Great Falls native and graduated from Great Falls High in 2012. He was an all-state selection his junior and senior season for the bison.   At the collegiate level he was a two-time All-American and qualified for the national tournament three times at Montana Western. Smalls is sixth all time in scoring for the bulldogs and currently holds the record for total steals in a single season. Shyke also received his degree in exercise science in his time there.   In his free time Smalls likes to golf and spends time traveling with his son Xavier.