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Wolverine Football Staff

2021 Bellevue Wolverine Coaching Staff

Wolverine Head Coach - Michael Kneip

Michael is in his fourth year as head coach for the Wolverines and  2019 Kingco Coach of the Year.  He played in the Bellevue system from 2nd grade through his senior year at Bellevue high school. During his high school career, he was a 2 year captain, helped the team win 4 state titles and was named 2 times to the all Kingco team! His senior year he was named the first team “All area” and “All State”. Michael then played 5 years at the University of Washington. He played center & left guard and was named a team captain. His senior year they won the Pac 12 championship and they played in the college football playoffs.

Assistants

Offensive Coordinator - Joe Razore

Defensive Coordinator - Matt Gilbert

Special Teams Coordinator / DL - Kyle Martin

Quarterbacks / JV Head Coach - Danny Salonen

Strength / Offensive Line - A.J. Kneip

Offensive Line - Morgan Richey

Offensive Line  - Jake Hiller

Quarterbacks / Running Backs - Joe Connor

Running Backs - Peter Nguyen

Receivers / Frosh Co-Offensive Coord. -   Careron Johnson

Defensive Backs -   Jack Michael

Defensive Backs -   Ryan Gilbert

Defensive Backs -   Miles Carlson

Linebackers -  Lorenzo McKinney

Linebackers -  Michael Johnson

Linebackers -  Nate DeRider

Defensive Line  -  Devon Bowles

Scouting / Frosh Co-Offensive Coord.  -  Steven Sargent

Student Team Mgr  / Scouting & Analytics -  Sam Bockner

Student Team Mgr  / Scouting & Analytics -  Darius Naini

 

2021 Freshmen / C Team

Head Coach - Bernard Wascher

Assistant Coaches

  • Adam Lolley
  • Quinn Sullivan
  • D'Anthony Smith

 

Former Wolverines on the Coaching Staff

The Bellevue grads on staff are Jake Hiller (2010, offensive line coach), Morgan Richey (2014, offensive line), Ryan Gilbert (2015, defensive backs), Jack Michael (2015, defensive backs), Matt Gilbert (2012, defensive coordinator), AJ Kneip (2016, offensive line/strength coach), Miles Carlson (2016, defensive back), Quinn Sullivan (2018, linebackers), Joe Razore (1997, offensive coordinator), Cam Johnson (1999, wide receivers), Peter Nguyen (2009, wide receivers) and Jojo Connor (2010, quarterbacks).