This season marks Coach Gillam's 7th season as head coach of the Bremerton Knight's. As an alumnus, Gillam's football roots in the community extended all the way back to his Warren Ave. PeeWee football days.
Currently, he is fifth longest tenured head football coach in 103 years of Bremerton/ West/Union High School football. He is fourth on the all-time list of games coached. And, is presently tied for 6th for most wins.
Coach Boynton returns for his 6th season as Bremerton High football coaching staff. His coaching experience totals more than 10-years and included basketball, fastpitch, and football.
A Washington State native, Boynton graduated from Bellingham High (Bellingham, Wash.) in 1972. On Friday night he played Offensive Tackle and Defensive End for the Red Raiders.
Following graduation he moved south to attend the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Wash.). In 1976 he graduated with Bachelor of Science in Public Administration. For the last twenty-nine years he has worked in Kitsap County, either for the City of Bremerton (22-years and counting) or Kitsap Coummunity Resources (7-years).
"I believe in being involved in the community and what better way than to help out young man learn life skills though a team sports. I support and believe in Coach Nate Gillam and what he has to offer the Student Athlete, Bremerton High School, and the City of Bremerton."
This season begins Coach Saulsberry's 5th year as an assistant coach with the Bremerton High Varsity football program.
Saulsberry is very familiar with the tradition and pride of wearing Blue & Gold, being that he was a teammate of Head Coach Nate Gillam and Assistant Coach Ron Torres on the 1988, 1989, and 1990 teams. As a wide receiver, Saulsberry caught quaterback Torres' passes, then stopped the opposing teams sweeps as an outside linebacker.
This is Coach Turso's 6th year as a member of the Bremerton Knight coaching staff. He took last year off to focus on work.
Like Coach Gillam and Torres, Turso was a key member of a Washington State Tournament Semi-Final team coached by Head Coach Ted Berney. Bremerton's last State Tournament team, 1993 to be exact, Coach Berney's final season.
This is Coach Kennedy's 4th year coaching Bremerton High football.
A 1988 graduate of Bremerton High, Kennedy served three years in the US Army before joining the U.S. Marine Corps. During his twenty year career, he worked as a Diesel Mechanic, Logistics Maintenance Manager, Marksman Rifle/Pistol Instructor, Basic Reconnaissance Swim Instructor, Amphibious Attack Instructor, Demolition Instructor, Leadership Instructor, and Martial Arts Instructor. His tours of duty include: MCRD San Diego, Camp Lejeune (North Carolina), Camp Hansen (Okinawa, Japan), Pohang (South Korea), MCAGCC 29 Palms (Calif.), Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Little Creek (Virg.), Camp Fuji (Japan), RS Boise (Idaho), RS Lewiston (Idaho), RSS Moscow (Idaho), RS Bellingham (Wash.), Kaneohe Bay (Hawaii), and Portland (Ore.). He was with the US Forces in Desert Shield/Storm.
This is Coach Hooker's 4th season coach football at Bremerton High. His focus this season will game video.
An Honorable Mention All-League tight end his senior year, Hooker also player tight end for Bremerton Head Football Coach Eric Canton.
This is Coach Tomlinson 4th year on the Bremerton High Football Coaching staff.
An Hawaiian native, Tomlinson was a four sport high school athlete. He lettered in wrestling all four years and won the Arizona State Championship (145 lbs) his senior year. In football he lettered three consecutive years and was a member of the 1988 Snowflake (Snowflake, Ariz.) State Championship team. He senior year, at Mogollon High (Heber, Ariz.), he tied the state record for most touchdowns in a single game, with 7, and was an All-Region and All-State Wide Receiver selectee. In the spring, he was a three year baseball letterman and named to the All-Region and All-State team his senior year as a second baseman. Additionally, his senior year, he lettered in Track and placed 3rd in the 4 x 100 relay at the Arizona State Track Championship with three other of baseball teammates.
Coach Brown's coaching career took him to West Seattle to coach youth football and Junior Varsity for Cheif Sealth HS in the White Center neigborhood. His work with Cheif Sealth helped prepare him for coaching back in Kitsap County.
Coach Brown then moved to Vancouver, BC and was out of coaching for a short time. Upon his move back to Kitsap County, Coach Brown wanted to get back into coaching and immediately wanted to help at Bremerton HS. His connection to Warren Avenue and Coach Gillam sealed that decision.
Coach Brown will be helping with the Mountain View MS program as well as Varsity on Friday nights.




