newport football coaching staff
Head Coach Darren Moss
Coaching Years at Newport: 15
Overall Coaching Experience: 27 years
Playing Experience (HS, College): NHS Graduate
Family:
Quote/Inspiration: Be stronger than your excuses!
Coaching Years at Newport: 15
Overall Coaching Experience: 27 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)
Quote/Inspiration: Be stronger than your excuses!
Assistant Coach Brent Alfred
Coaching Years at Newport: 2 years
Overall Coaching Experience: 16 years
Playing Experience:
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Coaching Years at Newport: 2 years
Overall Coaching Experience: 16 years
Playing Experience:
- High School
- Wife - Sahar
- Son - Anthony
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Assistant Coach Nicolas Bianchi
Coaching years - 1st year Overall coaching experience - Middle School, personal training Playing experience – 2019-2023 Newport High School Family: Mom and Dad Hobbies/ Interests - Football, going to lake with friends, music, late night drives. Quote / Inspiration - If all you ever do in life is stay at the surface you’ll never find anything worth exploring |
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Assistant Coach Ryan Claypool
Coaching Years at Newport: 2 years
Overall Coaching Experience: 2 years
Playing Experience
Quote/Inspiration: “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth” -Muhammad Ali
Coaching Years at Newport: 2 years
Overall Coaching Experience: 2 years
Playing Experience
- Newport HS ('o4-'07)
Quote/Inspiration: “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth” -Muhammad Ali
Assistant Coach Blaine Craig
Coaching Years at Newport: 7 years
Overall Coaching Experience: 24 years (including other sports/levels)
Playing Experience:
Family:
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
Coaching Years at Newport: 7 years
Overall Coaching Experience: 24 years (including other sports/levels)
Playing Experience:
- HS Football (1 year);
Family:
- Wife – Toni;
- Son Logan (18);
- Dog – Agnes (12)
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 Pastor Tre' Crume
Assistant Coach Riley Foster
Coaching Years at Newport: 1 year
Overall Coaching Experience: 1 year
Playing Experience: From 8 years old to High School
Family: I have a beautiful fiancée that I am marrying on July 18th this year and am very excited to start a family with her
Other Hobbies/Interests: Other than being a huge nerd of football I am also a nerd in general. I enjoying playing strategic card games, watching Sci-Fi movies, and I also enjoy golfing and enjoying the nice weather when we get it
Quote/Inspiration: Is a Bible Verse from 1st Corinthians 15:10, "But by the grace of God I am what I am, but his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them - yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me"
Coaching Years at Newport: 1 year
Overall Coaching Experience: 1 year
Playing Experience: From 8 years old to High School
Family: I have a beautiful fiancée that I am marrying on July 18th this year and am very excited to start a family with her
Other Hobbies/Interests: Other than being a huge nerd of football I am also a nerd in general. I enjoying playing strategic card games, watching Sci-Fi movies, and I also enjoy golfing and enjoying the nice weather when we get it
Quote/Inspiration: Is a Bible Verse from 1st Corinthians 15:10, "But by the grace of God I am what I am, but his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them - yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me"
Assistant Coach Marcus Gray
Coaching Years at Newport: 1 year
Overall Coaching Experience: 7 years, including at Middle School, Camas High School and Portland State University
Playing Experience: 11 years - Camas Graduate (2017) - 2016 WIAA 4A State Champion
Family: Fiancé - Kimberly
Parents - Cedric and Ruth Gray (Camas, WA)
Siblings - Rachel (Irving, CA), Jacob (Seattle, WA)
Other Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with family, rec sports: basketball, flag football, softball, golf, movie nerd
Quote/Inspiration: Delight yourself in Him and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
Coaching Years at Newport: 1 year
Overall Coaching Experience: 7 years, including at Middle School, Camas High School and Portland State University
Playing Experience: 11 years - Camas Graduate (2017) - 2016 WIAA 4A State Champion
Family: Fiancé - Kimberly
Parents - Cedric and Ruth Gray (Camas, WA)
Siblings - Rachel (Irving, CA), Jacob (Seattle, WA)
Other Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with family, rec sports: basketball, flag football, softball, golf, movie nerd
Quote/Inspiration: Delight yourself in Him and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
Assistant Coach Mike Hirai
Coaching Years at Newport: 5 years
Overall Coaching Experience: 11 years football, 11+ years softball
Playing Experience:
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.
Coaching Years at Newport: 5 years
Overall Coaching Experience: 11 years football, 11+ years softball
Playing Experience:
- Redmond High School
- Noriko - Wife
- Daughters - Hanako, Aiko
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 Joe Lanza
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Kelsey Shimada - Strength and Conditioning
Coaching years at Newport: 3 Overall coaching year: 3 Playing experience: Absolutely zero Family: Parents Jon and Vickie, sister Jami and her dog, Luna Other Hobbies/ Interests: CrossFit, video games, puzzles, being around friends/family Quote/ Inspiration: You never know who is watching you; be someone's inspiration, their hero, their reason to strive for better. |
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