Coach Batish is in his first full season as head men's basketball coach.He coached the final 10 games of the 2024-25 season, finishing with a record of 5-5. He is in his seventh season as a member of the OU men's basketball staff, spending four seasons as an assistant coach and two as a graduate assistant coach.
In his six seasons with the program, he has coached 18 All-KCAC performers, two NAIA All-Americans, one KCAC Player of the Year, two KCAC Newcomers of the Year, two KCAC Defensive Team selections, and one KCAC Freshman of the Year. Batish was part of the staff for the 2019-20 KCAC regular season championship team and helped the Braves to the NAIA Men’s Basketball Division II Round of 16.
Batish played professional basketball in 2016-17 for the Sandringham Sabres of the South East Australian Basketball League in Melbourne, Australia. In 2016 he played for the Cheshire Phoenix of the British Basketball League in Cheshire, England.
Batish played two years at Neosho Community College, earning All-KJCCC honors. He transferred to NCAA Division I, Western Illinois University. While at WIU, Batish led the Summit League in 3-pt field goal percentage, and shooting 50 percent from behind the three-point line. He graduated from NCC with his associates of science degree. He earned his bachelor’s of science degree from WIU in communications with a minor in marketing. Batish graduated with his MBA from Ottawa University.
Batish currently resides with his wife, Britnie Batish, in Ottawa while his family supports him from Melbourne, Australia.Â
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