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

Coaching Career Statistics: WIBCA Hall of Fame 2010, 5th All Time in Victories in Washington History.

Favorite Coaching Moment: Coaching my son, Rem Bakamus, each day that he was in our program. Having the Mark Morris HS gym officially named the Bill Bakamus Gymnasium in December 2024.

Player or Team: Texas Tech where my son Rem Bakamus currently coaches at. 

High School: Forest Grove
College: Pacific University
Coaching Experience: 7 years of basketball coaching experience in the youth and high school divisions in the Forest grove school district
Favorite Coaching Moment: Winning first round of playoffs
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: North Carolina men’s and Kawhi Leonard
Favorite Motivational Quote: “Practice like you’ve never won, play like you’ve never lost” Michael Jordan

High School: Bainbridge / North Kitsap HS
Coaching Experience: Washington women’s basketball coaches hall of fame; Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: STEWY

High School: Queen Anne (Seattle)
College: George Fox under grad. Portland State graduate
Coaching Experience: Newberg ,Southridge ,Clackamas, Rex Putnam
Favorite Coaching Moment: Third place finish in state tournament w/ Clackmas
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: Michael Jordan UNC
Favorite Motivational Quote: "Competition is the heartbeat of life!"

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: Franklin Pierce HS (Tacoma, WA)
College: Pierce College and Pacific University
Coaching Experience: Over 20 years of coaching experience at the Middle School, High School, and College Level. Most recently spent 16 years as the head girls basketball coach at Forest Grove HS
Coaching Career Statistics: 229-170 at Forest Grove HS
Favorite Coaching Moment: Winning the League Championship during the 2017-18 season
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: Growing up, my favorite player was always Michael Jordan, but growing up in Washington I was a Seattle Supersonics fan
Favorite Motivational Quote: "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is who you really are, while your reputation is merely who others think of you". - John Wooden

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"

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: 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."

High School: Bishop Blanchet High School, Seattle, Wa
College: University of Washington (72-74) Central Missouri State University (74-76)
Coaching Experience: 29 years head Coach Lakeside School, Seattle, Washington
Coaching Career Statistics: 514-233-1; 5 state championship as of 2/15/26
Favorite Coaching Moment: Winning our first state championship vs Rainier Beach in 1989
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: University of Washington Women's Basketball
Favorite Motivational Quote: "T.ogether E.ach A.chieves M.ore"

High School: McMinnville High School
College: Pacific University
Coaching Experience: 8 years at Pacific University Assistant Men's basketball, 7 years varsity assistant girls basketball at Forest Grove High School
Coaching Career Statistics: part of 2 national tournament teams at Pacific University. All years at Forest Grove High school making the playoffs including 2 first round wins.
Favorite Coaching Moment: The opportunity to coach my daughters
Favorite College/Professional Basketball Player or Team: Portland Trailblazers
Favorite Motivational Quote: "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right."