Head Coach Drew Oliver College: Washington State University B.A. / University of Washington M.A. Coaching Years at Newport: 18 years-Football, 11th season as HC, 8 years-Wrestling Overall Coaching Experience: 23 years-Football (Newport, Hazen), 16th season as HC High School Alma Mater: Newport Knights Family:
Wife - Sarah (21 years)
Son - Cole (17, Senior at Newport)
Daughter - Avery (16, Junior at Newport)
Day Job: Health & Fitness Teacher - Bellevue School School District Other Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, spending time with my family/ being a SUPER-Fan at all their sports/events, geocaching Quote/Inspiration: “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching” –John Wooden
Assistant Coach Darren Moss Coaching Years at Newport: 14 Overall Coaching Experience: 26 years Playing Experience (HS, College): NHS Graduate Family:
Queen – Veronica
Sons – Uriah (29), Myles (27), Deiondre (15)
Daughters – Alicia (28), Danisa (25(
Grandchildren – Chance (7), Salem (3), Baby X (Due in March)
Other Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with family Quote/Inspiration: Be stronger than your excuses!
Assistant Coach Drew Kelly Coaching Years at Newport: 8 years Overall Coaching Experience: 8 years Playing Experience (HS, College):
Hazen High School graduated 2013
Pacific University graduated 2017
Family:
Wife, Mai-Chi Kelly
Other Hobbies/Interests: Outdoors, Sports, Gaming, Movies, Coaching Quote/Inspiration: “You are you and that is truer than true, No one can be Youer than You.” -Dr. Seuss
Assistant Coach Blaine Craig Coaching Years at Newport: 6 years Overall Coaching Experience: 23 years (including other sports/levels) Playing Experience:
HS Football (1 year);
College Education: Eastern Washington University (BA); Walden University (MA) Family:
Wife – Toni;
Son Logan (18);
Dog – Agnes (12)
Day Job: PE/Health Teacher – Tyee Middle School (2007-present) Other Hobbies/Interests: Cycling, Golfing, Disc Golfing, Hiking, Obstacle Runs, Basketball, Watching Movies/TV Shows, etc. Quote/Inspiration: “Believe you can and you are halfway there.” ~Theodore Roosevelt
Assistant Coach Marcus Howle College: Oklahoma State University Coaching Years at Newport: 6th year at Newport Overall Coaching Experience: 13th year coaching football Playing Experience:
Newport High School
Family:
Wife - Alison (NHS '96),
Lilli NHS '21,
Nolan NHS '23
Other Hobbies/Interests: Kayaking, hiking, sports Quote/Inspiration: "I am a great believer in luck; the harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
Assistant Coach Graham Bennett Coaching Years at Newport: 9 years Overall Coaching Experience: 9 years Playing Experience (HS, College):
Newport High School 2005-2009
Family:
Wife Deven
Other Hobbies/Interests: Mowing the lawn, doing my taxes, grocery shopping, renewing my drivers license, sarcasm Quote/Inspiration: “Do you want it to be easy or do you want to be great?”
Assistant Coach Ryan Claypool Coaching Years at Newport: 1 year Overall Coaching Experience: 1 year Playing Experience
Newport HS ('o4-'07)
Other Hobbies/Interests: Hiking, Biking, Drums, Traveling to New Places Quote/Inspiration: “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth” -Muhammad Ali
Assistant Coach Trevor Horn Coaching Years at Newport: 2 years Overall coaching experience: 2 years Playing experience: Cascade Christian High School, University of Puget Sound Family:
Wife - Hilary
Boys - Ephraim & Abram
Other Hobbies/Interests: Writing, Watching Movies/Shows, Coaching my boys’ baseball teams! Quote/Inspiration: “I loved it—teaching people how to reach in deep to fulfill their potential, how to become great…for me it was like creating a work of art. Only instead of painting on a canvas, I had the great joy of creating in collaboration with others.” -Bill Walsh, The Score Takes Care of Itself
Assistant Coach Nolan Hoover Coaching Years at Newport: 3 years Overall Coaching Experience: 3 years Playing Experience (HS, College):
Hazen High School 2011-2015 (for Coach Oliver!)
Pacific Lutheran University (2015-2019
Family:
Fiance - Annie Dang
Parents - Dan and Ofelia Hoover
Siblings - Lauren, Kristen, Taylor
Brothers-in-Law: Brian Heller, Zach Stroberger, Malaki Seanoa II
Other Hobbies/Interests: Snowboarding, paddle boarding, concert going, creating treasure chest memories Quote/Inspiration: "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." - Vince Lombardi
Assistant Coach Brent Alfred Coaching Years at Newport: 1 year Overall Coaching Experience: 15 years Playing Experience:
High School
Family:
Wife - Sahar
Son - Anthony
Other Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with family, coaching Track and Field, fishing, traveling Quote/Inspiration:
Assistant Coach Mike Hirai Coaching Years at Newport: 4th year Overall Coaching Experience: 10 years football, 10+ years softball Playing Experience:
Redmond High School
Family:
Noriko - Wife
Daughters - Hanako, Aiko
Other Hobbies/Interests: Golfing Quote/Inspiration: I come from a family of coaches so I am inspired by my grandfather, father and uncles, brothers, and cousins. In our family, we like to say, "Hard work pays off." That's not a football lesson. That's a life lesson.
Assistant Coach Dr. Ira Allen Coaching Years at Newport: Overall Coaching Experience: Playing Experience (HS, College): Family: Other Hobbies/Interests: Quote/Inspiration:
Assistant Coach Alex Do Coaching Years at Newport: 0 Overall Coaching Experience: Tyee Middle School: Jubilee Flag Football (3 years)
Playing Experience:
Newport High School
Family:
Brother Cameron Do (Junior)
Other Hobbies/Interests: Sports, outdoors, spending time with loved ones, videogames, taking photos, editing videos Quote/Inspiration: They’re gonna try to tell you no, shatter all your dreams. But you gotta get up and go and think of better things. -Mac Miller
newport touchdown club
The Newport Touchdown Club is a separate and independent 5013c organization operating under the umbrella of the Knight Athletic Booster Association (KABA), whose mission is to support the Newport High School Football program in Bellevue, WA. Information here is maintained by the Newport Touchdown Club.