Coaches

High School: Meridian High School, Meridian, Idaho (1976)
College: B.A. Boise State University (1980); M.A. Gonzaga University (1990) Athletic Administration
Coaching Experience: 42 years teaching and coaching; 2 years Kellogg High School, 40 years Gonzaga Prep. 34 years coaching Gonzaga Prep Girls.
Coaching Career Statistics: 481 wins - 293 losses. Two 4A State Championships. WSGBCA Hall of Fame.
Favorite Motivational Quote: "When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur . . . Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it happens - and when it happens, it lasts!" - John Wooden

High School: Morton
College: University of Puget Sound
Coaching Experience: 41 years as a varsity boys coach
Coaching Career Statistics: WIBCA Hall of Fame 2010, 4th All Time in Victories in Washington History,
Favorite Coaching Moment: Coaching my son, Rem Bakamus, each day that he was in our program.
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: University of Arizona Wildcats

High School: Gaston
College: Spokane Falls
Coaching Experience: 16 years
Coaching Career Statistics: Assistant Coach, Gaston, Forest Grove, Banks, Glencoe
Favorite Coaching Moment: Taking Banks to playoffs for the first time in 20 years
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: LA Lakers
Favorite Motivational Quote: "Bro, it's not that deep" Donovyn Hunter

High School: Queen Anne
College: George Fox, MAT, PSU
Coaching Experience: 5 years mid school, 2 years jv 13 years head coach Newberg high school, 1 year varsity assistant Southridge high, 5 years jv coach at Clackamas High, 17 years head coach Rex Putnam high
Coaching Career Statistics: Varsity only: Wins 375. Losses 382
Favorite Coaching Moment: Winning league titles at Newberg and Clackamas.
Finishing third in state @ CHS.
My 17 years at RPHS.
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: MJ. Seattle Sonics.
Favorite Motivational Quote: "Always look forward to the next challenge"

High School: Newberg
College: University of Oregon
Coaching Experience: Cathedral School
Coaching Career Statistics: 26-5 over 3 seasons
Favorite Coaching Moment: Taking a team that had no business being there to a championship
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: Allen Iverson
Favorite Motivational Quote: "Success is rented and the rent is due each day"

High School: Kelso
College: Eastern Oregon University
Coaching Experience: 27 years as a head coach. 1 year at Orting HS and 26 years at Kelso High School.
Coaching Career Statistics: 300-293: 5 League Championships, 1 Bi District Championship, 3 top 4 Bi District places 4 State playoff appearances, 2 6th place finishes at state, 5x Greater St Helens COY
Favorite Coaching Moment: The opportunity to coach my son during his high school career
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: Gonzaga, University of Washington and University of Kansas...the three universities my children graduated from:)
Favorite Motivational Quote: "Let 'er Rip!!"

High School: Rex Putnam
College: Oregon, Concordia, PSU
Coaching Experience: 27 years at Cleveland and Rex Putnam - all levels from Freshman to Varsity head coach
Favorite Coaching Moment: 2017 Round of 16 tourney win @ Pendleton
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: Favorite NCAA team - UCLA ; NBA team 1977 Blazers; current player Steph Curry
Favorite Motivational Quote: "Never confuse doing something well with doing the right things well"

High School: Rogers
College: Green River
Coaching Career Statistics: 100 Wins
Favorite Coaching Moment: 21-22 @ Graham-Kapowsin HS Down by 27 come from behind win over Camas loser out game and go on to make the schools 1st Appearance at the Tacoma Dome
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: Michael Jordan
Favorite Motivational Quote: Psalms 118:24 "This is day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be in it."

Coaching Experience: 41 years as a coach in Oregon.  Sandy, Franklin, McMinnville and Beaverton High Schools.
Coaching Career Statistics: 699 wins and second in career wins for State of Oregon Coaches

39 straight wins.  State record for large school classification

16 state tournament trophies won

Two state championships won; McMinnville 1979 and Beaverton HS in 1998.

Head Coach in two McDonalds All American games

Co-Founder of the Les Schwab Invitational Holiday Tournament

Game Director and Co-Founder of the Northwest Shootout

2010 inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. 

High School: Mountain View
College: Western Washington University
Coaching Experience: Head Boy's Basketball Coach at Fort Vancouver High School for 9 seasons. Head Girl's Basketball Coach at Camas High School for 7 seasons.
Coaching Career Statistics: In 7 years at Camas High School the Papermakers qualified for the State Tournament in 6 of them (Covid year did not have a state tournament). Camas finished 4th in 2022, 2nd in 2023, and won the State Championship in 2024.

Named SB Live Washington Coach of the year in 2023 and 2024. Named Washington state 4A Coach of the year from WGBCA in 2023.
Favorite Coaching Moment: Watching the 2024 team collectively open their State Championship rings!
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: Montana State Women's Basketball
Favorite Motivational Quote: "For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack" - Rudyard Kipling. In loving memory of Coach Griff.

High School: Sheldon
College: Lane Community College
Coaching Experience: 20 years as a varsity assistant, JV head and assistant, JV2 head and assistant.
Coaching Career Statistics: 1 State Championship, two 2nd Place finishes, one 4th place finish and one 6th place finish.
Favorite Coaching Moment: Winning the 2024 State Championship with the Camas Girls Basketball program.
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: University of Oregon Ducks
Favorite Motivational Quote: "Success is peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming." - John Wooden

High School: Gaston
College: Pacific U
Coaching Experience: 25 years, Gaston, Forest Grove, Beaverton, Banks, Glencoe, Yamhill-Carlton
Favorite Coaching Moment: Being on Beaverton staff for Nick Robertson's 600 career win.
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: Boston Celtics
Favorite Motivational Quote: "I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come." Michael Jordan