Kevin Pine begins his fifth season as the women's coach at Grays Harbor College. During his tenure the team has won 2 NCWA Women's Western Conference Championship and was voted the Conference Coach of the Year twice. The team has taken 2nd and placed 3rd two times at the NCWA Folkstyle National Championships. The team placed 3rd a year ago at the Junior College Freestyle Championships. Pine has had 32 All-American medalist including eight National Champions and 5 Academic All-Americans. The squad has also picked up 8 medals at the USA World Team Trials.
Prior to coming to Grays Harbor Pine resided in Las Vegas, NV. While in Nevada he helped establish a girls wrestling presence there. He was the Girls Head National Team Coach for four years as well as being on the Boys National Coaching staff as head and assistant coach. Although not recognized by the NIAA at that time, the state hosted an All Girls State Championship or a USA Wrestling Championship during his last four years with the assistance of Pine. He had also volunteered as a youth coach and an assistant coach at Palo Verde HS, Las Vegas, NV.
Pines other coaching credentials include being the Head Coach at Central Washington University where they had 20 All American wrestlers and 40 National qualifiers from 1995-2001 in the NAIA and NCAA II. He also coached at Elma HS and Shelton HS where they had a number of state placers and finalists.
Pine was a 3x Washington State placer and 1986 State Champion. He was a 4x Canadian National placer as well as Canadian Greco-Roman National Champion while attending Simon Fraser University. He finished his collegiate career at Central Washington University where he earned All American status at the NAIA National Championships. Pine is still active in the sport and has won numerous Masters National Championships in Freestyle and Greco-Roman. He is a 9x World Medalist overall with two gold's, the latest at the 2022 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
