A native Bremertonian, Ryan Parker was the Olympic Community College Head Coach for over 20 years. Parker played varsity baseball at Bremerton High School under coach Mike McKnight and was a right-handed pitcher earning all-state honors his senior year in 1999.

Parker’s college playing experience consisted of two stops. First for the Olympic College Ranger, from 1998 to 2000, then as a York College Panther (York, Neb.), from 2000 to 2002. During the summer months, he played in the Pacific International League with the Seattle Cruisers, where he won the Unsung Hero Award in 1998.

He started coaching in 2000 as the head coach of the Bremerton Senior Legion; he also coached the Legion team in the summer of 2001. He stepped over to the Seattle Rainiers Baseball Club for the 2003, 2004, and 2005 seasons. He also coached the Cobb baseball team in 2002. In all he led four teams to post-season tournaments: Cobb – AAU National Tournament, Seattle Rainiers –CABA World Series (2003), USABF World Series (2004), and AAU National Tournament (2005).

Before returning to Olympic College, Parker was the York College pitching coach for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. He was also an assistant coach at West Seattle High School in 2005. Parker earned his Bachelor’s in General Studies from York College in 2003.

Parker was the Head Coach of the Kitsap BlueJackets from 2012-2014, after serving as the assistant from 2008-2011. The BlueJackets are members of the Pacific International League.

Ryan and his wife Kim currently reside in Bremerton, Wash. with their children Ashton, Blake, and Taylor

Coach Max Nealon ’17 played baseball and football all four years of high school at Eastside Catholic. His teams earned two State championships in football and two League championships in baseball. He earned Second Team All-Metro third baseman as a junior and Honorable Mention as a senior. Max graduated from Pacific University with a degree in education while playing five years of D3 baseball, earning two conference championships and qualifying for regional tournaments twice. During the summer, he played for the Everett Merchants, earning 1st Team All-PIL Shortstop in 2021. After college, he played professional independent baseball in the Mavericks League for the Campesinos De Salem-Keizer for one season. Max coached Varsity baseball at Eastside Catholic High School for 3 seasons and coached with the Washington Athletics and Field of Champions programs. 

Currently, Max is a substitute teacher for Central Kitsap School District