Coaching

2014

Mar 10

Barry Adams – Coaching

A true Oregonian, Barry Adams graduated from Lake Oswego High School and Western Oregon University, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball, and track. After college, Adams took his degree and guided kids in the classroom, teaching history, economics, and government, all while building his reputation as one of the most highly regarded high..Read More

2012

Nov 13

Mouse Davis – Coaching

(Born September 6, 1932) One of the most popular and colorful figures in football, Darrell “Mouse” Davis keeps coming home to Oregon. Mouse may have not invented the Run and Shoot offense that is so closely associated with him. He just nurtured it into the mainstream of football strategy. Like many future coaches before and..Read More

2011

Sep 28

Rich Brooks – Coaching

(Born August 20, 1941) Brooks’s coaching career started at Oregon State as an assistant freshman coach while working on his master’s degree. After receiving his master’s degree, he moved to Sacramento, California, where he accepted an assistant coaching job at Norte Del Rio High School. He soon returned to his alma mater to serve as..Read More

2010

Sep 28

Nick Robertson – Coaching

Nick Robertson (b. Dec 25, 1940) coached boys basketball for 41 years at three schools, finishing with 699 victories, two state titles and having co-founded the state’s most prestigious winter tournament – the Les Schwab Classic. Robertson’s career began at Sandy in 1964, but took off at McMinnville, where he coached the Grizzlies – led..Read More

2008

Sep 25

Dick Gray- Coaching

(d. February 27, 2010) Dick Gray’s Benson boys basketball teams won five state championships, and he was once ranked as the all-time winningest coach in Oregon history. Gray spent 38 years at Benson High and finished his career with 560 victories. Among the many players Gray coached, standouts who went on to college and professional..Read More

2007

Sep 25

Joe Etzel – Coaching

Joe Etzel (b. Jun 20, 1938) began his athletic career as a little league pitcher, moving on to Columbia Prep, and Central Catholic High Schools, before entering the University of Portland where he starred in baseball, and holds the school pitching win percentage record. The Pilots made the NCAA regionals in 1957 and 1958, and..Read More

Sep 25

Dewey Sullivan – Coaching

(May 6, 1935 – November 8, 2006) Dewey Sullivan coached football at Dayton High School from 1965 to 2006, compiling a record of 352-84-2. He was a positive influence on hundreds of young boys during his four decades at Dayton, and an equally influential icon to his fellow coaches. During his coaching career, Dayton teams..Read More

2006

Sep 26

Roy Love – Coaching

(April 22, 1937 – June 17, 2019) Roy Love started his time at Portland State as a student athlete, playing baseball from 1955-1959. In 1993 he retired for the second time, as Athletic Director after over three decades of service to the University. Just three years after graduating, he became the head baseball coach and..Read More

2000

Aug 19

Bobb McKittrick – Coaching

(Dec. 29, 1935 – Mar. 15, 2000) In his almost 40 year career of college and professional football coaching, Bobb McKittrick was always known as a teacher of the game. A native of Baker, Oregon, McKittrick attended Oregon State University where he played football and became a two-way started in his junior year. As a..Read More

1999

Aug 21

Jack Dunn – Coaching

Jack Dunn (born May 31, 1929) is a sports legend in Oregon after coaching baseball for 39 years. He retired in 1994 from Portland State University after 20 straight winning seasons. At PSU, Dunn compiled a record of 630 wins against 439 losses (.589) as the head mentor. He never had a losing season at..Read More