2008 VARSITY COACHES

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VARSITY COACHES Brian Fischer, Head Coach (12th Season) Email Brian Has skippered Newport to three State Titles (1997, 2001, 2006) and an overall record of 206-80-1 since replacing legendary coach Bob Albo in 1997 ... Commitment to the program has been instrumental in making Newport's state of the art baseball facility what it is today. ... Fish spent 20 plus years during the Summer coaching Food Giant and Lakeside Senior Legion. ... Caught at Bellevue CC ('85-87) and Central Washington University ('87-89). He and his wife Natalie have a son, Braden.

Brad Files, Asst. Coach (12th Season) Email Brad 1988 NHS alum joined the staff in 1997, after three years as head coach of Bothell HS ('94-'96). ... Coach Files works with the hitters, outfielders, and coaches first base. ... He has been an Asst. Coach during the Summer for Food Giant and Lakeside Senior Legion for the past 13 summers. ... Played OF at Mesa CC ('88-90) in Arizona and summer ball for the Fairbanks Goldpanners. He and his wife Shawna have two sons, J.T. and Erik.

Chris Dubois, Asst. Coach (6th Season)   Joined the Varsity team as an assistant in 2006 after skippering the Freshman for 3 seasons (1999, 2000, 2002), then taking 3 years off to get a teaching degree at Central Washington University. Was a Varsity assistant at Thorp High School in Eastern Washington for 2 seasons while attending school at Central. Has coached summer ball for the past 9 years for various programs in the greater Seattle area. Has been with the Lakeside Senior Legion program for the past five summers serving as the pitching coach. Played H.S. ball at Bothell for coach Files and summer ball with Food Giant for coach Fischer.

Bob "Mitch" Mitchell, The Best Scorekeeper in Baseball   Has coached either the varsity, JV or freshmen team since 1973. ... Has been in the dugout for all six of Newport's State Titles. ... As varsity head coach ('84-88), led nationally ranked 1987 team to a 17-1 league record, and produced two major leaguers, Erik Plantenberg ('87) and Steve Gajkowski ('88). ... Newport's Official Scorekeeper since 1997. ... Makes tape balls with the best of them. ... Played ball at Centralia CC ('49-50), US Army Team ('54) and WWU ('56). ... Taught history at NHS ('65-97). He and his wife Eleanor reside in Redmond and have three children, Lance, Linnea and Jill.

2008 JUNIOR VARSITY COACHES

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JUNIOR VARSITY COACHES Jim Gibbs, Head Coach (8th Season) Email Jim Took over as JV head coach in 2002 after skippering the freshmen team for one season. Has also coached JV team at Mercer Island HS and at Marina High School in California ('82-83). ... Also currently on the Newport HS Football coaching staff (Varsity running backs coach and JV head coach). ... Long time youth coach in baseball, basketball, and football in both Washington and California. ... Played baseball, basketball and football in high school (Downey HS and Marina HS, California). ... Married to wife Lori, and has twin sons, Blake and Cameron.

Mark Thorpe, Asst. Coach (7th Season)  Email Mark 1987 NHS alum joined the staff in 2002 as the head freshmen coach following three years at Bellevue as the varsity assistant. In 2007, became JV assistant coach ... Assistant coach for Lakeside Recovery Junior Legion during the summer ... Currently teaches PE at Cascade Elementary in Renton ... Mark and his wife Kathy and have a son, Trevin.

Bill Rittenhouse, Asst. Coach (10th Season)   Helps coach the junior varsity team ... His three sons Jason ('90), Adam ('95) and Marc ('97) all played ball at Newport. Jason played college ball at Central Washington, Adam at Oklahoma City and Marc at the University of Washington. Marc and Adam both went on to play pro ball for the Florida Marlins and Mid Missouri Mavericks, respectively. ... His daughter Monica ('92) also ran the halls of Newport High, and his wife Suzanne is a great baseball fan and the tennis player of the family.

2008 FRESHMEN COACHES

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FRESHMEN COACHES Jim Clifford, Head Coach (3rd Season)   Email Jim 1979 NHS alum, took over as the Freshmen head coach in 2007 after one year as the Freshmen assistant coach. Played football and baseball for Newport. Was a member of the 1978 State Championship Baseball Team, under legendary coach Bob Albo. Played OF at Centralia CC ('79-81). Long time youth baseball coach in the Bellevue area. He and his wife Kim have two sons, Nick and Jake.

Ryan Davis, Asst. Coach (2nd Season)   In his second season on the Newport Baseball Staff, Ryan works with the freshmen pitchers, catchers and outfielders. He played one season for Olympic College (2001) as a pitcher.