Breaking news! A great pick-up for the Vikings:
Longtime football coach Jon Eagle leaves Camas to join Portland State
https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/jun/07/longtime-football-coach-jon-eagle-leaves-camas-to-join-portland-state/
Jon Eagle, who coached Camas football to two Class 4A state championships, has joined the coaching staff at Portland State.
Camas High announced the move in a press release Monday evening. Jack Hathaway, a Camas assistant coach the past seven years, will take over as interim head coach.
In his 17 years at Camas, Eagle directed the program’s rise from mediocrity into a state powerhouse.
Eagle had a 127-22 record, leading Papermakers to state titles in 2016 and 2019. He led Camas to nine Greater St. Helens League titles. His teams reached at least the state semifinals five times and the title game three times.
“We are very excited that Coach Eagle has this opportunity to move onto the next level, and I can think of nobody more deserving,” Camas athletic director Rory Oster said. “I have not come across a stronger leader of young men than Coach Eagle, and we are all in support of his next challenge.”
Eagle has been a high school football coach in Washington for 29 years. Prior to Camas, the former Columbia River quarterback coached at Evergreen and Redmond.
“It will be a loss we will feel deeply throughout our community here in Camas,” Oster said. “He is a future Washington State Coaches Association Hall of Famer, and a leader who meant so much to our kids, our school, and our entire community.”
Eagle will be an assistant coach for Portland State under head coach Bruce Barnum.
After going 5-7 in 2019, the Vikings did not play during the COVID lockdowns in 2020. Portland State played one game this spring against Montana and have a full Big Sky Conference slate set for the fall, with nonconference games against Hawaii, Washington State and Western Oregon.
Longtime football coach Jon Eagle leaves Camas to join Portland State
https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/jun/07/longtime-football-coach-jon-eagle-leaves-camas-to-join-portland-state/
Jon Eagle, who coached Camas football to two Class 4A state championships, has joined the coaching staff at Portland State.
Camas High announced the move in a press release Monday evening. Jack Hathaway, a Camas assistant coach the past seven years, will take over as interim head coach.
In his 17 years at Camas, Eagle directed the program’s rise from mediocrity into a state powerhouse.
Eagle had a 127-22 record, leading Papermakers to state titles in 2016 and 2019. He led Camas to nine Greater St. Helens League titles. His teams reached at least the state semifinals five times and the title game three times.
“We are very excited that Coach Eagle has this opportunity to move onto the next level, and I can think of nobody more deserving,” Camas athletic director Rory Oster said. “I have not come across a stronger leader of young men than Coach Eagle, and we are all in support of his next challenge.”
Eagle has been a high school football coach in Washington for 29 years. Prior to Camas, the former Columbia River quarterback coached at Evergreen and Redmond.
“It will be a loss we will feel deeply throughout our community here in Camas,” Oster said. “He is a future Washington State Coaches Association Hall of Famer, and a leader who meant so much to our kids, our school, and our entire community.”
Eagle will be an assistant coach for Portland State under head coach Bruce Barnum.
After going 5-7 in 2019, the Vikings did not play during the COVID lockdowns in 2020. Portland State played one game this spring against Montana and have a full Big Sky Conference slate set for the fall, with nonconference games against Hawaii, Washington State and Western Oregon.
