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2023 Powerlifting Schedule (Updated 2/22)
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Meet Coach Portley

Hello, I am Coach Portley. I am entering my 18th year teaching and my 7th year here at Pine Tree ISD. This year I will be teaching Uncommon Man and Math Models at the High School and I will be at the Junior High as the Junior High Coordinator. I am from Kilgore and attended Texas A&M Commerce where I graduated with my Bachelor’s degree in education. I am currently working on my Master’s degree in Educational Counseling at San Angelo State University. My wife Lori will be joining me at PTHS this year teaching Biology. I have two daughters, Adrian (24) and Dominque (26), two stepchildren, Grayson (16) and Addyson (12), and a grandbaby, Raven (1).  I coach JH football, Head Girl’s Powerlifting, Assistant Boy’s Powerlifting, and currently serve as the secretary and board member for Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association. I’m excited to see what this season holds….GO PIRATES.

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Meet Coach Ellis

Coach Ellis is our Strength & Conditioning Director and is in his 18th year coaching at the High School and Collegiate level.  He holds a Master of Education Degree 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 where he has been nominated as NHSSCA Coach of the Year in 2020 and 2022.  Ellis is also a member of the National Strength & Conditioning 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 15 year old daughter named Cadence and a 6 year old son named Cannon. 

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