Danielle Clay
Football Cheer/Dance Coach
I am excited to be joining the coaching staff, as well as the teaching staff,
at ERHS. This will be my first year coaching cheer/dance in the ASD. I coached
cheerleading for 2 years at a private school on the east coast, but I am
a dancer at heart. I started dancing at Alaska Dance Theatre at the age of
six. I continued studying ballet, jazz and modern dance as a company member
until I graduated from high school. I have also performed and choreographed
for community shows like the Sorcerer's Apprentice and The Music Machine.
I am looking forward to combining my dance background with the skills of
my future cheerleaders and dancers.
Joe Dinwiddie
Wrestling Coach
I am a lifelong Alaskan and have been involved
in wrestling since junior high and throughout high school. I began
coaching wrestling
in 92-93 at Palmer High School. As an assistant coach at
Palmer High school, our team finished second at State. Most recently
I have been
involved with the wrestling program at Mears Middle School
(03-05). I am very anxious to be part of the longstanding wrestling
tradition
in Eagle River.
Ja Dorris
Cross Country Running and Cross Country Skiing Coaches
I have taught physical education for the past seven years
at Chugiak High School. I have also coached x-country running and skiing
in the
district for the past eighteen years. I also serve as a coach
for the U.S. Ski Team, coaching at several national and international
events.
In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my wife and
sixteen-month old daughter. When time allows, I love to fly fish.
Jessica Earp
Assistant Swimming Coach
My name is Jessica Earp. I am currently perusing an
aviation technology degree for air traffic control at the University
of Alaska Anchorage, but in my spare time I make room for my favorite
sport, diving. I have been the KNIK swimming and diving assistant
coach for the past year, and was a competitive diver 5 years previous
to that. I
graduated from Chugiak High School in the spring of 2004
with two State Champion diving titles and I am looking
forward to sharing my knowledge and experience with other high school
students who share my passion.
Mark Erickson
Boys ’ Basketball
My
name is Mark Erickson and I am very excited to be joining the Eagle
River High School team as head basketball coach. I have lived
in Eagle River since 1980 with a three year absence to
finish my college education at UAF. I am married and my wife Laura
and I are
raising an 8-year old daughter after raising two grown
sons. I work as a Construction Manager for a construction firm in
Anchorage and
have been very active in coaching many of the boys that
played for Chugiak High School outside of the high school season from
1996-2002.
Rob Hulse
Girls ’ Hockey
I grew up in Eagle River and graduated from Chugiak
High School in 1975. I played hockey under Coach Harry McDonald from 1969-75.
During college at Pacific Lutheran University, I began
coaching hockey
for the local association. My wife and I were married our
senior year of college concluding a five year courtship which began as juniors
at CHS. Returning to Eagle River we began teaching for
ASD and I
coached hockey at CHS. My coaching ended briefly during
the early 90’s when my wife informed me we had two daughters and there
was life with out hockey. By the mid 90’s my daughters were
playing and I had returned to coaching. Since 1996 I have
been coaching for the Alaska Firebirds Hockey Association. Twice
I have taken Firebird teams all the way to the USA Hockey National
Tournament. At the 2004 Arctic Winter Games I coached the Alaska
Jr. Women’s team, bringing
home the Bronze Medal and will coach the 06’ team. I have been
coaching now for almost 28 years and still dearly love
the game. I am looking forward to building a strong program
here at Eagle River
High School.
Jeff Parker
Riflery Coach
As the Riflery Coach at Eagle River High School, I bring a lifetime
of experience in firearms and range safety. I have recently concluded
2 years of coaching
experience as the Assistant at Bartlett High School. I have been involved
in the sport of shooting most of my life adult life and have acted
as range officer
and conducted firearms and range safety courses. During my Air Force career,
I gained experience and training in a wide variety of weapons. As coach,
safety will be my number one concern. I hope that team members will
gain a lifelong
appreciation and love for the sport of shooting.
Joe Quinn
Boys Hockey Coach
I played high school hockey in Tomahawk
WI., when the program started my junior year. After high school,
I served in the Navy for 2 yrs,
after which I went to college at Oshkosh UWO and played
for a Junior B team called the Tri-Valley Flyers. Oshkosh is where
I met my wife.
After we got married, we moved directly to Alaska where
I finished college and played for UAA Hockey in 79-80. I also started
coaching
that year for AHA. I coached a Bantam "B" team for two
years. I was hired to coach at Bartlett where I was JV
coach and asst. varsity coach for four years, then head coach for
one year.
I coached for the Arctic winter games 84,86, and 90. I
have two sons. When they got involved in playing hockey, I coached
one or the other,
or both throughout the 90's. In 88, I coached the Mustang
Bantam B's to a state championship. I coached with Troy Coulson for
a number
of years, one of which we had an undefeated Pee Wee team
until the crossovers at state. Then I coached with Dean Treboyovich
at the
Bantam level. I have been the head coach for the new U-16
for the last 2 yrs. Throughout this time, I continue to play on various
Senior
League teams. I continue to play because I love the game
and it is great exercise.
Bobbi Mason
Volleyball Coach
Bobbi Souter has been involved with volleyball for the
majority of her life. She played throughout middle school and high
school,
winning a state championship as a sophomore at Chugiak
High School. Bobbi went on to play collegiate volleyball in Florida
and Alaska.
As a player for the University of Alaska Anchorage, she
was able to begin her coaching career through various sport clinics
and as
a club coach for Midnight Sun. After graduating from college,
Bobbi became the head coach for Central Middle School. The following
year
she was the head coach for the West High Eagles. Most recently,
Bobbi won conference, region, and state championships as the head
coach
of the Service Cougars.
Claire Torbenson
Assistant Swimming Coach
Ms. Torbenson has spent all seven of her English/Language Arts teaching
years at Chugiak High School . She has taught Yearbook,
Individualized Reading, Creative Writing, World Discovery
Seminar, Intermediate Composition, English 9 and 10, and Dignity
and Diversity. Along with her passion for teaching English/Literature
based subjects, she is an athlete and has coached both Track and
Field and Swimming, as an assistant coach. She was recently married
in July of 2005 and enjoys year-round outdoor activities with her
family and pets.
Mark VanArsdale
Swimming and Diving Coach
I have been the head swimming and diving coach of the Chugiak
High Swim Team for 1 year, and assistant at Chugiak for
four years previous to that. During this time I was privileged
to coach multiple state champions and school record holders,
two All American's, and one current state record holder.
In my own swimming, I swam all four strokes and the IM.
I was a high school record holder and collegiate All American
(Div III).
I will bring to the Eagle River High’s Swim Team a coaching
philosophy that emphasizes balance and high standards in student’s
academic, personal, and athletic lives. I believe in
creating an athletic experience in which challenges are fun, and
personal betterment,
not necessarily winning, is the ideal for success.
Ronald Warlick
Gymnastics Coach
I grew up in Elkhart, Indiana and graduated
in 1984 and continued, graduating from Radford University in 1990.
I competed for the Men’s
Gymnastics team from 1997 to 1999. After graduating from
Radford, I became the head coach at Elkhart YMCA and head gymnastics
instructor.
I entered the Air Force in 1992 and was stationed in Bellevue,
NE at Offutt AFB. I instructed and coached for Premier Gymnastics
from
1993-96, 97-99. In 2000 I became a gymnastics judge for
USA Gymnastics. In 2003 I was assigned to Elmendorf AFB. For the
2004 season, I volunteered
as an assistant coach at Bartlett and East H.S. and judged
girls high school gymnastics. I enjoy running, hiking and building
fine
scale models in my off time. I am married to Celeste M.
Warlick and have one son, Caleb and a daughter on the way.
