Coaches 1956-1969

In 1956 Ralph Carr became the baseball and boxing coach. He coached the baseball team until Jim Cordial took over in 1959.

Advisor Smith advised the Rodeo club in the year before its first shut down, 1959-1960. In 1960 Rodeo disappeared as a minor sport from all public institutions in Oregon due to its hazardous nature and its need for entrance fees from competitors, among other reasons.
In 1960 Rodeo disappeared as a minor sport from all public institutions in Oregon due to its hazardous nature and its need for entrance fees from competitors, among other reasons. It did make another appearance at Oregon Tech further down the line, however.

Jim Cordial started off as a baseball coach at Oregon Tech in 1959. In 1961 he instead became the track coach, but he only held this position for a year.

In his first year at Oregon Tech Jim Partlow coached basketball and baseball. He coached the baseball team until 1969 and the basketball team until 1971 when Dan Miles took over.

Jim is in the Portland Interscholastic League Hall of Fame.

Ron Pheister started as a football coach at Oregon Tech in 1962 and began coaching tennis as well in 1963. He continued to coach both these sports until he resigned in May of 1965.

Ron Pheister was born in Portland, Oregon in the year 1933 and passed away at the age of 85 in 2018.  He was an accomplished athlete himself and, in his life, played football at the University of Oregon, completed 19 marathons, competed in triathlons, golfing, and swimming.  He was inducted into the Portland Interscholastic League Hall of Fame in 1989.

Larry Burleson coached the Oregon Tech track team from the years 1962-1967, after which Neil Garrett took over.

Jim Warner coached the golf team of Oregon Tech from the years 1962-1965, after which Ben Neeley took over.

Howard Morris served as Oregon Techs head wrestling coach for 15 years (1962-1977), the assistant and later head football coach for 24 years, and he led the baseball team for 5 seasons (1978-1983). Additionally, he taught health and physical education for 10 years at Oregon Tech. He was also the Athletic Director for 20 years. He was an inspiration to his players and instrumental to the growth and betterment of the athletic program.

Once he retired from Oregon Tech, he went on to be a commissioner of the NAIA Cascade Collegiate Conference. He was inducted into 6 halls of fame. He was awarded the NAIA District 2 Wrestling Coach of the Year (1969-1970), Baseball Coach of the Year (1980-1982), and NAIA District Administrator of the Year (1989).  He is included in the NAIA Hall of Fame (1966), the NAIA District 2 coaches Hall of Fame, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the Linfield University Hall of Fame (1999).

Dale Bates coached the junior varsity basketball team of Oregon Tech from 1965-1967. After that he coached the cross-country team, which had experienced a two-year gap, from 1966-1970.

In 1965 Ben Neeley coached the golf team for one year.

Starting out coaching junior varsity basketball for one year in 1967, Lee Schroder went on to begin coaching football in 1968. He coached football until Neil Garrett took over as head coach in 1970.

After leaving Oregon Tech he went on to coach high school sports at Henley High School. In 1981, 1982, and 1983 he was awarded the Oregon State Football Coach of the Year award. He was inducted into the Henley High School Hall of Fame on October 5th, 2013.

Beginning in 1969 Ross Cariaga was the new baseball coach. He coached baseball until 1970, when Dan Miles took over as head baseball coach. Furthermore, in 1971 he became the track coach, a position he held until track was dropped as a sport in 1980. He was joined by Neil Garrett in coaching the track team in 1977.

Ross Cariaga passed away in 2001 at the age of 59. He is survived by his 7 children and his wife.