Pine Tree ISD Coaching Staff 2020-2021

Jody Berryhill – Athletic Director

Coach Berryhill is originally from Bradenton, FL.  He attended Southwest Baptist University and has a degree in Sports Management and Sports Medicine.  Coach Berryhill has 33 years experience in his field with 30 of those years here at Pine Tree.  He also spent 3 years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Coach Berryhill and his wife Theresa of 36 years have 2 daughters who are both graduates of Pine Tree and 2 sons-in-law who wish they had attended Pine Tree.  Most importantly, he has the “World’s Best Grandchildren, Ella Kate, Olivia Ryan, and 1 year old grandson Daxton Blaine!” 

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​Kerry Lane – Head Football / Asst Athletic Director

Coach Lane and his wife Jamie have two sons.  Trey (10) and Tyler (6) who both attend Parkway Elementary.  Trey and Tyler love being at the fieldhouse with their big brothers.   They also love playing football, basketball, baseball, & golf.  The Lane Family attends Grace Creek Church.  Coach Lane is a graduate of Union Grove High School and Stephen F. Austin State University.  He is starting his 5th season as the Head Coach of the Pirates and is blessed to be part of the Pine Tree Community. 

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Jason Bachman

Coach Bachman is the football offensive coordinator, running backs coach, and he also coaches track.  Coach Bachman comes to Pine Tree from Calvary (2010-2016) and Evangel (2008-2009).  Coach Bachman played receiver in high school and won 3 state championships in 2001, 2002 and 2004.  As their receivers coach, he helped coach Evangel to state finalist in 2008 and to a state championship in 2009.  He also coached Calvary to back to back state champions in 2013 and 2014 as their offensive coordinator.  This will be Coach Backman’s 4th year at Pine Tree. 

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Alex Barron

Alex Barron is a 2006 New Diana Graduate.  From Longview, TX, he attended Pine Tree from pre-K to 11th grade.  While at New Diana, he was 1st Team All-State, All East Texas, and All-District Kicker in 2005.  He still holds the class 2A Texas State record for the longest field goal at 57 yards.  Coach Barron attended UT Arlington, majoring in Kinesiology.  He played 5 seasons of professional arena football for the Texas Rattlers, Mesquite Wranglers, and Texas Revolution.  This year will be his 3rd year as football special teams coach, assistant soccer, and head goalie coach. 

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Bryan Beaver

Coach Beaver is thrilled to be joining the Pine Tree ISD team.  This will be his sixth year in education as a teacher and coach.  He teaches High School Biology and Microbiology and will be coaching High School girls basketball, Junior High Cross Country, and Junior High Track and Field.  Please feel free to reach out anytime, and GO PIRATES! 

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​Kyle Burns

Coach Burns is originally from Pittsburg, TX.  He attended Stephen F. Austin State University and has a Bachelor of Science degree.  Coach Burns has 22 years coaching experience, with 19 of those at Pine Tree.  His experience includes various positions/sports from JH to HS at Union Grove (2007-2010) and 2 stints at Pine Tree (1999-2007 & 2010-present).  Coach Burns and his wife Tina have 2 children, son Kole (17) and daughter Taylor (25). 

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Lacy Coldiron

Coach Coldiron is the head volleyball coach and asst. track coach.  This will be her 8th year teaching math and coaching.  She was previously at Kilgore and Taylor High School.  Her and her daughter Zylie (3) are very thankful to be a part of the Pine Tree program and working to Build Something Special.

Coach Coldiron went to college at Angelo State University where she got her Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics.  She recently finished her Masters in Education Administration through Lamar University.

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Wayne Daniels

Coach Daniels is a graduate of Kilgore High School and Texas Christian University.  He played defensive end for the Horned Frogs and was a member of the 2011 Rose Bowl Championship team.  He was also a 2010 College All-American.  Coach Daniels will be teaching 9th grade World Geography for Pine Tree.  He will coach football, basketball, and track.  Coach Daniels and his wife Meghan have 2 boys; a 2 year old son named Titan and 4 month old Legend. 

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​Larry Denkins – Head Athletic Trainer

Coach Denkins is from Longview, TX and is an alumnus of Pine Tree High School.  He attended East Texas Baptist University and received his B.S. in Athletic Training.  Coach Denkins recently received his Masters in Education from Concordia University in Austin.  He has been an Athletic Trainer at Pine Tree since the Fall of 2008. Coach Denkins and his fiance’ Rachael have two dogs, Leo (1 year) and Momo (8 years old). 

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​Cody Ellis

Coach Ellis is our Strength & Conditioning Director and is in his 16th year coaching at the High School and Collegiate level.  He holds a Master of Education in Kinesiology from the University of Texas at Tyler.  He is certified by the USAW as a Sports Performance Coach and the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Performance Enhancing Specialist.  Coach Ellis is also Safe Sport Certified and has completed the USADA Coach’s Advantage Program.  This allows Coach Ellis to become 1 of 75 Strength Coaches in the State of Texas to be named in the directory for the United States of America Weightlifting. Coach Ellis is also a member of the National High School Strength Coaches Association.  He played baseball at Tyler Junior College and the University of Arkansas at Monticello.  He returned to coach at Tyler Junior College after graduation from UAM and won a National Championship in 2007 as an assistant coach.  Ellis has been a Strength & Conditioning Director at Henderson ISD, Brownsboro ISD, and also Frankston ISD.  Coach Ellis and his wife Allison have a 13 year old daughter named Cadence and a 4 year old son named Cannon.

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Nicole Goodman

Coach Goodman started coaching and teaching at Pine Tree in 2019.  She is a 7th grade girls volleyball, basketball, and track coach, and she teaches 7th grade science.  Coach G is a graduate from Harleton High School as well as the University of North Texas. Nicole enjoys spending time with her wife, Rachel, her family, and her pets.  She enjoys playing games, theatre, traveling, and the outdoors.  She hopes to inspire perseverance, sportsmanship, and positivity. Go Lady Pirates! 

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Rachel Goodman

Coach Goodman graduated from Pine Tree in 2007, played volleyball at ETBU, and earned a B.S. in Health Promotion from UNT. After teaching and coaching at Austin ISD and Trinity School of Texas, she became a youth group coordinator in Denton, TX. In 2018, she started working at Pine Tree as a special education teacher and volleyball, basketball, and track coach. She enjoys spending time with her spouse Nicole, hiking with her dog Reba, traveling, playing racquetball and sand volleyball, being outdoors, dancing, drawing, reading, and watching movies. Rachel strives to always have a positive attitude and hopes to teach her students to do the same. 

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Zachariary Griffin

Pronounced Zachariary (Zach-a-ri-yah), Coach Griffin is from Beaumont, Texas.  He is a graduate of East Texas Baptist University and will be teaching Physical Education at PTJH, while coaching football, basketball and track. 

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Taylor Guinn

Coach Guinn is a 2010 graduate of Idalou HS, and a 2015 graduate of Texas Tech University. He and his wife Callie have twin 2 year old boys and a newborn baby boy. Coach Guinn is entering his 5th year of coaching, and his 2nd year at Pine Tree. Coach Guinn will be the Head Golf coach and is teaching World History at the High School. 

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Carol Halcumb

Coach Halcumb is a Pine Tree graduate who will be teaching 5th/6th grade Physical Education at Pine Tree Middle School and coaching 7th grade volleyball and basketball.  She will also be assisting with softball.  Coach Halcumb has coached at Gladewater (volleyball and basketball) where she coached volleyball into the playoffs; and also at Overton (volleyball, basketball and softball) where she lead softball to the playoffs 2 years. 

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Justin Hales

I am originally from Liberty CIty, Texas and a 2007 graduate of Gladewater High School. I graduated from Angelo State University in 2014 with my bachelors degree in Interdisciplinary studies. I just recently completed my masters degree in Health and Human Performance from Sul Ross State University. I am married to my wife Hayley, who is a 2008 Pine Tree graduate and educator as well at Spring Hill ISD. We just recently had our first child, Harrison Flinn Hales on June 7th of 2020.We also have two dogs Bella( silver lab) and Hondo, our white boxer. I have coached in a variety of different settings from the collegiate level to head boys basketball coach in a few different districts. I will be serving as the varsity boys basketball assistant coach as well as coaching and teaching in the Junior High. This will be my fifth year in public education and my 8th year of coaching overall.I served two years as the head boys basketball coach at Milano High School. In that time our program achieved back to back playoff appearances and a playoff victory in 2017 advancing to the area round of the UIL playoffs. I most recently served as the head boys basketball coach at Avinger ISD. I am excited to be a part of the family at Pine Tree and look forward to growing through the challenges that the 2020-2021 school year is sure to bring! Go Pirates! #TWNE 

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Alton Hawkins

Coach Hawkins is from Longview, TX.  He attended Henderson State University where he earned his B.S. in Business.  Coach Hawkins has been coaching for 27 years with 20 of those years at Pine Tree.  He has also coached at Mt. Pleasant HS.  Coach Hawkins was married to his late wife Deidre for 27 years, and their daughter Debra, and son Victor are both Pine Tree graduates.  He also has five grandchildren, Myrcall, Avery, Noah, Zayn and Lily.  Coach Hawkins is also a proud minister.   

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Robin Herber

Coach Robin Herber is looking forward to another great year as the Lady Pirate head coach.  She is a graduate of Celina High School.  She played at Paris Junior College where she was named 1st Team TEAC All – Conference and a NJCAA Academic All American.  She then played for UT Pan American (now University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) where she was named 1st team all conference.
She received her B.S. in Business Education from University of North Texas in 1996.

Coach Herber has been greatly impacted by her parents, both coaches who instilled a strong work ethic that she feels is vital to success. 

She currently teaches World History Advanced Placement and U.S. History at Pine Tree High School.  She enjoys basketball and history, of course, and spending time with her family.  She hopes to have a positive impact on those whom she has had the honor of teaching and coaching.   

Coach Herber and her husband Brandon, have two boys – Brandt and Cale – who attend Pine Tree High School. 

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Jacob Holder

Coach Holder is our defensive coordinator and head track coach.  He is originally from Rowlett, TX.  After playing football at Ouachita Baptist University, Coach Holder began his teaching and coaching career at Rockwall High School in 2006.  He joined Pine Tree last year after short stints at Mount Vernon as the defensive coordinator, Grapevine as a defensive backs coach, and North Forney as the defensive coordinator.  He and his wife, Megan, have two kids.  Hannah (8) and Jude (6) will both be attending Pine Tree Birch Elementary.  The Holders are excited to be a part of the Pine Tree Family! 

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Kolby Hull

Coach Hull is a 2005 graduate of Pine Tree.  He attended Texas A&M University, graduating with a degree in History.  Coach Hull has spent time in Beeville, Copperas Cove, Troup, and The Woodlands Christian over his 10 years of coaching experience.  He and his wife Lacy have a 3 year old son named Kohen. 

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Emily James

Coach James was born and raised in Longview and spent first through twelfth grade at Pine Tree, graduating in 2014. She went to Texas Tech University and studied kinesiology. This is Emily's third year as a teacher and second year coaching cross country. She teaches Integrated Physics and Chemistry along with Environmental Science at the high school. Emily LOVES being a Pine Tree Pirate!  

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Rashad Jones

Coach Jones will be coaching our Wide Receivers and serving as assistant track coach.  He is originally from Little Elm, TX. Coach Jones graduated from the University of Central Arkansas where he majored in Kinesiology and Physical Education.  He was also a track athlete.  This will be his 5th year in education, where previously he coached wide receivers for West Memphis High School in Arkansas.  Coach Jones has recently completed his Masters in Education Administration from Arkansas State University. Coach Jones and his fiance’ Justise are excited to be a part of the Pine Tree Family. 

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Chase Jordan

Coach Jordan graduated from Hallsville High School. He then went on to play baseball at Navarro Junior College while being a part of the 2011 National Championship team.  After that, he went to Lamar College and graduated with a general studies degree. He and his wife Lindsay moved to Pine Tree last year along with their 3 year old daughter, Baylor. He will coach Football, Basketball, and Baseball this year while teaching in the Excel program. 

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C.J. Kyle

Coach Kyle is an East Texas native graduating from Gilmer in 2007. He went on to study kinesiology at Stephen F. Austin State University. He began his coaching career in DeKalb, Texas before spending a few years on staff at Pine Tree then Ore City. He is excited to be back! When Coach Kyle is not at the field house with his Pirates, he is home spending time with his wife, Tiara, and 2 year old son, Carter. 

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Jerrick Massenburge

Coach Massenburge is from Kilgore Texas and graduated from Kilgore High School in 2012.  After graduating, he moved to Oklahoma City, where he attended Mid America Christian University.  He graduated in 2016 with his Bachelors in Business Administrations, and while at MACU, Coach Massenburge was a part of the 2016 National Champion Basketball Team.  After spending the last few years in the financial world, he wanted to pursue a dream of his to be a coach!  This is his first year at Pine Tree, he will be teaching Texas History and coaching Football, Basketball and Track at the Jr. High! Coach Massenburge is very excited to be a part of the Pine Tree Family.
Garrett Methvin – JH Boys’ Coordinator

Coach Methvin is a 2009 Spring Hill High School Graduate.  He played one year at the University of Arkansas as a pitcher on the baseball team before transferring to LeTourneau University in the fall of 2010.  He played the remainder of his career at LeTourneau as a Pitcher and First Baseman when LeTourneau won its first ever ASC Championship in 2014.  Garrett graduated from LeTourneau with a 3.9 GPA, majoring in Kinesiology, and currently working on his Masters in Education.  He coached Baseball the first two years of his career at Central Heights High School in Nacogdoches, Texas. This is his 5th year at Pine Tree where he is the boys Junior High Athletics Coordinator. He is also starting his first year as the head baseball coaches. He is married to Leighchele Methvin, his wife of 10 years and has 4 beautiful children, Elijah (Eli)-8, Lilly-7, and Adileigh (Adi)-5, and Asher-2.  Garrett is excited for another great year at Pine Tree and an opportunity to build something special!  

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Erin Miller

Coach Miller is a fifth year math teacher (four of which have been at PT), coach of the 7th grade Junior High volleyball team, and assistant coach of the PT Girls Soccer team.  She graduated from East Texas Baptist University in 2016, got married in 2018, and has two fur babies Alice and Desperado. 

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Jaidon Parrish

Coach Parrish was an alumnus of Gilmer High School in 2014. He attended Southern Arkansas University for football, and received accolades, such as All-conference and All American in his time there. Graduating with a Bachelors of University studies, and currently enrolled in Master programs for Kinesiology. This will be Coach Parrish's first year coaching as well as teaching special education. 

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Hector Peralez

Coach Peralez is a graduate of Kilgore High School.  He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BSA in Chemistry.  He started at Pine Tree in 2018. He teaches chemistry/medical microbiology, and he coaches football and soccer at the high school.

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Rachael Phillips LAT, ATC – Assistant Athletic Trainer

Coach Phillips is from Port Aransas, TX and attended Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi where she received her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training. This is her sixth year at Pine Tree as a proud Pine Tree Pirate! Her previous experience includes working with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s men’s basketball, men & women’s track and cross country, and various high school sports at Mary Carroll High School. Coach Phillips and her fiance’ Larry have two pups that they adore, Momo (8) and Leo (1). 

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Kip Picarella

Coach Picarella (aka. Coach P.) and his wife Alyssa have a son, Benjamin.  He attended East Texas Baptist University and received his B.S. in Athletic Training, as well as recently graduating with his Masters Degree from the University of Hawaii.  He is an experienced athletic trainer with sports teams ranging from Junior High to Professional athletes, most notably the United States soccer national teams. He and his family are excited to be returning to the Pine Tree family! 

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Rodrick Portley

Coach Portley is graduate of Texas A&M-Commerce University where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology and Sports Studies. Coach Portley previously coached at Overton High School where they were State Champions in 2005 & 2006 in powerlifting.  He is currently the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association Region 3 Div. 1 Director; starting his 6th year.  This past season the Lady Pirates won their 2nd Region 3 Div. 1 Championship.  He will be coaching football, and powerlifting and teaching in the Special Ed. Dept. for us at Pine Tree HS. He has two children:  Dominique (25) who currently is a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, and Adrian (23) who is a 3rd grade teacher at Johnston McQueen.  He is also expecting his first granddaughter (Spring 2021). He is engaged to Lori Schave (July 2020).  She is a 8th grade science teacher & cheer coach at Foster Middle School and has an incoming freshmen at Pine Tree High School Grayson (14) and Addyson (10), a 5th grader at Hudson Pep. 

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Allison Ratcliff

I am blessed to be entering my third year coaching in the Pine Tree school district and completing nine years of teaching.  I have been lucky to work with some of the best men and women in East Texas while here at Pine Tree.  I consider each man and woman on our coaching staff, family.  I am fortunate because I get to work with 7th-12th graders on a daily basis whether in the classroom or on the playing field.  I teach 7th grade Texas History at Pine Tree Junior HIgh while co-leading the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Anybodys).  I am from Marshall, TX and attended East Texas Baptist University, so this is HOME for me.

I enjoy what the Pineywoods has to offer as I enjoy fishing, hunting, and playing golf when I'm not at school.  I also have two brothers and a sister.  A niece (Harper) and two nephews (Cannon and Stetson), have my heart and never cease to amaze me.  I love the Texas Rangers and Texas Longhorns and try to at least catch a game or two. 
 
God leading me back to East Texas was total providence and I'm so glad I listened!  Pine Tree is moving towards excellence and I'm glad to be along for the ride. 

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Jeremiah Robertson

Coach Robertson is a graduate of Huntington High School.  He played football at East Texas Baptist University (2016-2020) and graduated with a BSE degree in Kinesiology.  Coach Robertson is going into his first year of teaching and coaching.  He will be teaching 7th Grade Texas History and coaching football, basketball, and baseball. “I’m blessed to have this opportunity and I’m looking forward to seeing what this journey holds.” 

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Angel Rocha

Coach Rocha is a graduate from Tatum High and received his college degree from the University of Texas at Tyler, majoring in English and Spanish.  Coach Rocha is our Head Boys Soccer Coach at Pine Tree as well as assists with the defensive line in football.  Coach Rocha has been coaching since 2008.  He spent four years at Grace Community as a Varsity Defensive Line coach and Assistant Varsity Boys soccer coach, before returning to coach at his alma mater to become the boys Head Soccer coach.  At Tatum, he helped build the program and lead it to its UIL berth as well as helping the program reach the playoffs every year. 

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Steven Rockwell

Coach Rockwell is a 2007 graduate of Ore City HS.   He and his wife Kawaljulah have two handsome young boys. Elijah-3 year old and Gabriel-4 month old.  Coach Rockwell is entering his fourth year of coaching football, basketball, and track at Pine Tree.  He will also be teaching Texas History at the JH.  He has previous coaching experience at Hawkins HS defensive coordinator in (2016-17) and Ore City (2015-16).  At Ore City HS, Coach Rockwell was all-district and all-east Texas RB/LB.  He graduated from Hardin-Simmons University in 2012 with a B.B.S. in Sports Fitness and Leisure Studies.  He was also a four-year starter on the football team and was selected all-conference and all-region RB. 

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Wesley Schoon

Coach Schoon is a graduate of Harmony High School. He played football and baseball at East Texas Baptist University (2012-13) and is a graduate of Tarleton State University where he majored in Kinesiology Fitness Management.  Coach Schoon is going into his fifth year of teaching and coaching here at Pine Tree ISD. 

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​Brandon Shaver

Coach Shaver is the Head Boys Basketball coach at Pine Tree. He grew up in Diana, TX where he was Valedictorian and was an all-state basketball player for 3 years.  He met his wife Megan of 16 years at Northwestern State University while he was playing basketball there. They have three very active and amazing boys. Jaxon is 14 and goes to Pine Tree Junior High, Kade is 11 and goes to Pine Tree Middle School, and Bryce is 8 and goes to Pine Tree Parkway Elementary. Coach Shaver graduated from St. Leo University with a degree in Business, but never stopped being a student of the game. Last year he started a children’s Pine Tree developmental basketball program.  His biggest goal is developing fundamental skills early on so that our students can learn how to play the right way together as a team.  He’s coached at Loyola, Calvary, and Central School in Grand Cane. He also coaches the safeties and wide receivers on the Junior High football team.

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Tyler Simmons

Coach Simmons is married to Paige Simmons and they have three children, Mack (8), Sarah (5) and Hallie (4).  He will be coaching football and track, and teaching Economics in his fifth year at Pine Tree.  Coach Simmons is a 2005 graduate of White Oak High School and has previously coached at Marshall, Quitman, Spring Hill, and Pittsburg.  He played football at Trinity Valley Community College and East Texas Baptist University, and graduated from ETBU in 2009.  

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​Kennedy Stacy

Coach Stacy is from Longview, TX and graduated from Pine Tree.  She played college volleyball at Cisco College and graduated from The University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor of Science degree.  Coach Stacy teaches special education and is an assistant volleyball and basketball coach.  Her husband Sean Stacy, is an assistant baseball and football coach at New Diana.  “I come from a big family of coaches and some might say it is in my blood.  Pine Tree is my home and I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else.” 

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Mary Lauren Tampke

Coach Tampke is entering her 3rd year as Head Swim Coach & JH Swim Coach at Pine Tree and her 6th year as a teacher. She is a graduate of Gladewater High School and attended LeTourneau University where she received her B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies. While attending LeTourneau, she was a member of both the Tennis and Soccer teams. She has been married to her husband Chris for 10 years and they have 2 beautiful daughters - Avery and Ashtyn.  Coach Tampke is looking forward to an exciting swim season! Go Pirates! 

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Pat Tomberlain

Coach Tomberlain is a 1992 graduate of Atlanta High School and earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology and Kinesiology from Tarleton State University.  Coach Tomberlain has 25 years total experience teaching science and coaching tennis.  He has coached previously at Tarleton State, Burkeville and Marshall.  Coach Tomberlain and his wife Susan have 2 boys in Pine Tree schools, Jackson (12) and John Patrick (15).  Coach T enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, reading sci-fi and anything 80’S.  He also enjoys learning along with his students every year! 

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Melissa Waddell

Coach Waddell is starting her third year here at Pine Tree.  She graduated from Atlanta High School where she lettered in volleyball, basketball, and softball.  Coach Waddell attended East Texas Baptist University where she played volleyball and softball.  She received her B.S.E. from ETBU in 1999 with a major in kinesiology and a minor in history.  Coach Waddell is excited about continuing the growth of the Lady Pirate softball program. .  Go Pirates!! 

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Lisa Wilson – JH Girls’ Coordinator

Coach Wilson is our JH girls athletic coordinator and has coached at Pine Tree for 26 years.  She and her husband Shane have 5 children, Cayla (35), Connie (33), Lauren (33), Kristin (30), and Morgan (27).  Coach Wilson coaches JH volleyball, basketball and track, and teaches JH girls PE and pre-athletics at PT Middle School. 

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Chris Yoder

Coach Yoder, a Pine Tree alumnus, is in his fourth year as our Lady Pirates Head Soccer Coach. He will be teaching Digital and Interactive Media, Career Prep, as well as Audio/Video Production at the high school.  He and his wife Jenny have 5 children, Luke, Jojo, Noah, DJ, and Anna.  Coach Yoder has previous coaching experience at Nacogdoches HS (1 year), Longview HS (12 years), and Kilgore HS (1 year). 

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