Joe started Portland Baseball Club in 2008 after spending 5 years as the General Manager of NW Star Academy.

As General Manager, NW Star Academy grew exponentially. They formed a very successful Apple Cup Fall League which grew to 24 teams in 2008. They coordinated 3 summer teams at the 14U, 18U, and collegiate levels. The 18U team went on an amazing run in 2008 winning Senior Babe Ruth state, regionals, and the World Series in Newark, Ohio.

Prior to NW Star Academy, Joe completed his BA in Communications at Lewis & Clark College where he was a 3 year starter as a pitcher and middle infielder. Before LC, Joe attended Green River CC in Auburn, WA for one season.

Joe is originally from Seattle, Wa where he attended Mt. Rainier and Tahoma High Schools. Graduating in 2000, Joe had the opportunity to play Senior Babe Ruth and Connie Mack baseball with the Auburn Knights Baseball Club for coach Jim Sugarbaker throughout high school. Off the field, Joe enjoys playing golf and supporting Rip City. Joe and his wife Hillary reside in Sherwood, Oregon.

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Brad is the Director of 18U Baseball in charge of scheduling, recruiting, team formation, and the hiring of coaches.

As head coach of PBC in 2010, Brad led the team to a 2nd place finish at the Babe Ruth World Series in Newark, Ohio and a 53-12 overall record. Brad led NW Star Academy to a career 89-23 record including 5 tournament championship. The biggest thrill came in 2008 when he led the team to the Senior Babe Ruth World Series Championship in Newark, Ohio.

Played College Ball at Clackamas CC where he was a two- year starting pitcher.  Compiled 120 innings in two years.  All-League selection as a sophomore and selected to play in the Sophomore Showcase All-Star Game.  Summer of his freshman year played for Beaverton Ringor, an all-metro area Babe Ruth All-Star team with a record of 52-8.  During that summer Beaverton Ringor was the Oregon Babe Ruth State Champions, Pacific Northwest Champions, and placed 4th in the senior Babe Ruth World Series, held in Weimar, Texas.

Brad is currently the pitching coach and Northwest recruiting director for Campbellsville University in Kentucky.

Mick is the Pitching Coach for the PBC 18U team. Mick has been with PBC since Nov. 2008. comes to Portland Baseball Club after spending 3 years as a head coach and assistant coach with NW Star Academy. He is also the pitching coach at Clackamas CC where his team has had a great pitching staff. Mick has an extensive coaching background at the high school and collegiate level. He was the head varsity coach at Barlow HS and David Douglas HS for 26 years before starting his collegiate coaching career. Mick was the pitching coach for 6 years for head coach Jerry Gatto at Lewis & Clark College and is currently the pitching coach at Clackamas CC since 2003. During the summers, Mick was the head coach of the Aloha Knights for 3 years and was the pitching coach for 2 years after that. He left the Knights and started the Portland Kings. He led the Kings for 4 years and always fielded a competitive team that included a #1 seed in 2004.

Chris was the head coach of the inaugural 2009 Portland Baseball Club 18U Team. He is currently the assistant coach at Campbellsville University in Kentucky as well as a Director of 18U Baseball for Portland Baseball Club.

Prior to joining Portland Baseball Club, Chris has been a coach at multiple levels from high school to college. He was the Bethany University head coach in Scott Valley, CA. In one year, he helped turn the program around setting 24 team records and 47 individual records while finishing with a school record 31-20 record. Chris also spent 3 years as the assistant coach at Lewis & Clark College where he helped bring in the largest recruiting class in school history. He has been an assistant coach at his alma mater, Sherwood HS and head coach of various summer programs to include Sherwood AAA Legion, Bay Area American Legion, Baseball Northwest, Salinas Valley Packers of the California Collegiate League, and the Portland Titans of the Portland City League.

Chris brings an enthusiasm and knowledge of the game that will improve each and every player on the team.

Will Brindza takes over as the head coach of the Portland Baseball Club 18U team in 2011. Will was an assistant coach under PBC 18U coach Chris Lewis in 2009 and is the head assistant coach at Sherwood HS.  Will played his college ball at Lower Columbia College in Longview, WA before spending two years at University of the Pacific of the Big West Conference in Stockton, CA playing for coach Ed Sprague.  At Lower Columbia, he was a two time Western Division All Star and his team finished in 2nd place in the NWAACC Championships both years. Will played his high school ball at Sherwood HS graduating in 2002.
He hit over .500 with 13 homeruns his senior year which led him to being named Tri Valley Co-Player of the Year with Jacoby Ellsbury.  During college, he played four summers with the Bellingham Bells of the WCCBL and was an all league selection 3 years. Post college, he played for the Gateway Grizzlies in the Frontier League