Coaches & Staff
Staff
Les Eathorne
Les 
Eathorne
EHS Head Coach

BHS Boys Varsity Assistant (1998-99)

 

TEAM SEASON LEAGUE LEAGUE OVERALL FINISHED
W L Prc PF Avg. PA Avg. +/- W L Prc PF Avg. PA Avg. +/-

BHS Boys Varsity

1987-88 Olympic 3 7 .300 - - - - - 6 13 .315 - - - - - 6th OL
1986-87 - - - - - - - - - 8 12 .400 - - - - - -
1985-86 - - - - - - - - - 12 8 .600 - - - - - -
1984-85 - - - - - - - - - 9 10 .474 - - - - - -
1983-84 - - - - - - - - - 8 12 .400 - - - - - -
1982-83 - - - - - - - - - 13 8 .619 - - - - - -
1981-82 - - - - - - - - - 15 9 .625 - - - - - -
1980-81 - - - - - - - - - 11 9 .550 - - - - - -
1979-80 - - - - - - - - - 18 10 .643 - - - - - -
1978-79 - - - - - - - - - 17 5 .773 - - - - - League Champions
TOTAL 3 7 .300 TOTAL 119 96 .553  

EHS Boys Varsity

1977-78 - - - - - - - - - 15 6 .714 1428 68.0 1325 63.1 +4.7 -
1976-77 - - - - - - - - - 17 10 .630 - - - - - -
1975-76 - - - - - - - - - 10 12 .455 - - - - - -
1974-75 - - - - - - - - - 18 8 .692 - - - - - -
1973-74 - 13 1 .929 1097 78.4 880 62.9 +15.5 25 1 .962 1993 76.7 1584 60.0 +15.7

League Champions

District

State Tournament - Champions

1972-73 - 12 0 1.000 834 69.5 573 47.8 +21.8 26 1 .963 1901 73.1 1446 55.6 +17.5

League Champions

District

State Tournament - Champions

1971-72 - - - - - - - - - 16 8 .667 - - - - -

-League Champions

District

State Tournament - 2nd

1970-71 Olympic AA/AAA 1 0 1.000 81 81.0 55 55.0 +26.0 12 10 .545 1536 69.8 1489 67.7 +2.1

-West Central District

Regionals

1969-70 Olympic AA/AAA - - - - - - - - 9 11 .450 - - - - - 6th of 8 teams
1968-69 Olympic AA/AAA 6 6 .500 807 67.3 846 70.5 -3.3 12 10 .545 1422 67.7 1437 68.4 -0.7 -
1967-68 Olympic AA/AAA - - - - - - - - 10 8 .556 - - - - - -
1966-67 Olympic AA/AAA - - - - - - - - 13 5 .722 - - - - - League Champions
1965-66 Olympic AA/AAA - - - - - - - - 19 3 .864 - - - - - -
1964-65 Olympic AA/AAA - - - - - - - - 12 8 .600 - - - - - League Champions
1963-64 Olympic AA/AAA - - - - - - - - 13 7 .650 - - - - - -
1962-63 Olympic 11 1 .817 688 57.3 518 43.2 +14.2 15 7 .682 1148 52.2 1023 46.5 +5.7

Co-League Champions

District Chamions

State Tourn (Consolation)

1961-62 ? 2 8 .200 490 49.0 529 52.9 -3.9 8 13 .381 1049 49.9 1090 51.4 -1.5 ? District
1960-61 - - - - - - - - - 5 15 .250 1025 51.2 1191 59.5 -8.3 ? District
1959-60 - - - - - - - - - 11 10 .524 - - - - - -
1958-59 - - - - - - - - - 10 12 .455 - - - - - -
1957-58 - - - - - - - - - 25 3 .893 - - - - - Col-League Champions
1956-57 - - - - - - - - - 12 8 .600 - - - -   -
TOTAL 52 22 .703 TOTAL 313 177 .639  

LEGEND

State - WIAA State Tournement

WCD - West Central District Tournament

OL - Olympic League

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". . . recognized for putting Bremerton basketball on the map, Eathorne winning two state championships at East during the 1970s" - Remmer, Wesley (Kitsap Daily News) - 2009, Dec. 10.

 

"Les Eathorne was also a star player on Bremerton High’s 1941 state championship team under coach Ken Wills. Eathorne played at the University of Washington and fought in World War II before turning down offers to play professionally. Eathorne coached at Camas High for seven years after college before returning to coach the new East Bremerton High. He guided East to three straight tournament finals from 1972-74 and winning titles in ’73 and ’74. The Knights also went to state in 1958, ’63, and ’77. He was the only coach in the 22-year existence of East High and compiled at 317-174 record. When East and West highs merged in 1978, he took over as coach and athletic director. In that capacity, he had a 117-90 record before retiring in 1988. He came out of retirement to coach at Olympic High two years in the mid-1990s. A 1993 Washington High School Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame inductee, Eathorne had a 502-378 (.558) record during his 41-year coaching career" - Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame (2006, Jan. 5)

 

All-State player at Bremerton High.

 

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HONORS

Kitsap Sports Hall of Fame (2005)

Washington State High School Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame (2005)

 

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STATE TOURNAMENT

EHS Boys Varsity - Champions (1974)

EHS Boys Varsity - Champions (1973)

EHS Boys Varsity - 2nd Place (1972)

EHS Boys Varsity - 5th Place (1958)

 

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CHAMPIONSHIPS

EHS Boys Varsity - Co-Olympic League (1962-63)

 

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PROTEGE

COACHING

Dick Anderson (?)

Whitworth College Freshman Men (5 years), Shorecrest High Boys Asst. (?),
West High Boys Varsity (1966-71)

Lyle Bakken (1958)

University of Washington Freshman (?), Olympic College (1980-82)

Larry Gallagher (?)

Cedar Heights Junior High Boys Head (?), South Kitsap High Boys Asst. (? -88), BHS Boys Varsity (1988- 99),

Black High Boys Asst. (?)

Wayne Gibson (1964)

Olympic College Assistant Coach (1969-74), Ferndale High Boys Head (1974-77), Western Washington (1977-78), Asst. Men's Coach University of Washington (1978-79), Green Bay-Wisconsin (1979-83), Asst. Men's Coach Pacific Lutheran University (2012-17)

Keith Gundlefinger (1966)

Adna Boys Head (?)

Bob Kallors (198?)

Bremerton Christian Boys Head (1988-?

John Sitton (1968)

West High Asst. Boys (1975-78), BHS Boys Asst. (1978-82),
Central Kitsap High Boys Varsity (1982-01)

Rick Walker (?)

KIngs West Boys Head Coach (?)
   

COLLEGE

 

Lyle Bakken (1958)

University of Washington

Steve Boyce (1971)

University of Washington Freshman, Olympic College

Keith Gundlefinger (1966)

Olympic College (?)

Rick Walker (?)

University of Puget Sound
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