Keaton and Nicola Gillogly are major part of MSU athletics culture [Video]

BOZEMAN — Keaton and Nicola Gillogly have quickly become part of the culture behind the Montana State Bobcats.

Keaton is the play-by-play voice of the football and men’s basketball teams. Nicola took over as the MSU spirit squad coach this year.

But their story starts 10 years ago in central California. Keaton was the newly hired voice of the Modesto Nuts, the Single-A baseball affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, and Nicola was the team’s brand manager.

“In 2014, we met for the first time when I first arrived there,” Keaton recalled. “Which was just getting introduced around the stadium to everybody. We met for the first time in the (merchandise) shop while she was tagging things, and I was just shaking everybody’s hands. It kind of just blossomed from there pretty quickly.”

“My first thought when I saw her in there was, don’t hit on your coworkers,” he added with …