Brad Neffendorf - Head Coach

Brad is in his second year with the NWS Academy after guiding the 2007 Squad to a 40-14 record, and a League Championship in the first year competing in the Western Washington Connie Mack League. 

Played High School Baseball for Jeff Shull at Westview High School.  High School team mate to: Daron Roberts, Tampa Bay Devil Rays Organization, Trevor Crowe, 1st round draft pick of the Cleveland Indians, Gus Little, University of Portland, Jason Ogata, LSU/Oregon State University, Shawn Wayt, Gonzaga University, and Harry Darling, Boston College University.

Played College Ball at Clackamas CC where he was a two- year starting pitcher.  Compiled 120 innings in two years.  All-League selection as a sophomore and selected to play in the Sophomore Showcase All-Star Game.  Summer of his freshman year played for Beaverton Ringor, an all-metro area Babe Ruth All-Star team with a record of 52-8.  During that summer Beaverton Ringor was the Oregon Babe Ruth State Champions, Pacific Northwest Champions, and placed 4th in the senior Babe Ruth World Series, held in Weimar, Texas.

The following summer Brad was selected to play for the Portland Kings of the Pacific International League, which were the reigning league champs and 1 game away from the NBC World Series in 2004.  That summer, Brad went down with a career ending shoulder injury and later would undergo two surgeries.

Brad began coaching in the spring of 2005 at Summit High School in Bend where he was the head freshman coach, and the head AAA varsity legion coach in the summer.

In 2006 and 2007 Brad was the JV coach for Clackamas High School. 

In the summer of 2006 Brad was the head coach of the Portland Vandals, a 19U AAU all-star squad.  He lead the Vandals to a 42-14 record, recording tournament Championships in the Dr.Coloritos Wood Bat Invitational, and the highly respected 20 team John Nero Invitational which brings together teams from all over the NW, including Australia and Canada. 

For the past two summers Brad has been the head coach of the Southwest Washington Junior Class team in the Pacific Northwest Championships for Baseball Northwest and has also been the head coach of the Oregon Junior Fall Scout Team for Baseball Northwest.

Has also worked the Central Oregon Prospect Camp under Donny Harrell an assistant coach at the University of Washington, and also for the Oregon Ducks Prospect camp. Brad has been the pitching coach at Mt.Hood Community College and is currently an Associate Scout for the Florida Marlins. Completing his degree in Physical Education at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon. 

Chris Lewis - Assistant Coach

Chris has an extensive background as a head and assistant coach at the high school and collegiate level. Most currently, he took over at Bethany University in Scott Valley, CA. In one year, he helped turn the program around setting 24 team records and 47 individual records while finishing with a school record 31-20 record. Chris also spent 3 years as the assistant coach at Lewis & Clark College where he helped bring in the largest recruiting class in school history. He has been an assistant coach at his alma mater, Sherwood HS and head coach of various summer programs to include Sherwood AAA Legion, Bay Area American Legion, Baseball Northwest, Salinas Valley Packers of the California Collegiate League, and the Portland Titans of the Portland City League.