Montana Lady Griz Head Coach Nate Harris Officially Introduced

The Montana Lady Griz officially introduced Nate Harris on Monday as the 7th head coach in program history.

Harris stepped up into the interim role two months ago after Coach Brian Holsinger departed from the program. After stepping in, Harris led the Lady Griz to the Big Sky Championship game and within seconds of the NCAA Tournament.

We don't have to relive that because I'm not emotionally ready for it, but Coach Harris was.

Harris on the Big Sky Title loss VS MSU

"We lose [the Big Sky title game] on Wednesday in heartbreaking fashion, gone back and watched it a couple of different times," began Harris.

"I'm sure that I'll never get over it. You can't do this [coaching] until you touched the bottom... If you're really gonna go to the top you gotta touch the bottom, so I wanted to embrace and wrap my arms around it."

You're a bigger man than I am, coach.

Coach Nate Harris Credit: University of Montana Athletics

How it feels to hear "Nate Harris: Head Coach of the Montana Lady Griz"

The loss stings. Heck, the loss will sting forever for Coach Harris, but in the end, a euphoric feeling came out of it.

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"It feels great. It feels a little bit surreal," said Harris on being named Lady Griz Head Coach. "What an honor, just a really humbling thing to be in charge of."

For more from Coach Harris, tune in to the Daily Drive with Ace Sauerwein podcast. Harris dives into the hiring timeline, how being a "head coach" is so much more than just on-the-court instructing, how college basketball is night-and-day different than his first stint as head coach at Angelo State and much more.