Athletic Staff

Athletic Director
Rick Ross
Office: (360) 417-6533

Rick Ross, who came to Peninsula College in 1994, was named director of Athletics and Student Programs in 2001. Ross is a long-time Port Angeles resident who graduated from Peninsula in 1979 and went on to get a Bachelor's Degree at Western Washington University (1981) and a Masters Degree from Leslie University (2001).

Soccer
Andrew Chapman
Office: (360) 417-6410

Coach Chapman has more than eight years of coaching experience at the youth and high school levels, and as staff for the Vogelsinger Soccer Academy. In addition, he spent two years as an assistant coach under George Hageage at the Division I Eastern Washington University. Since coming to Port Angeles, Chapman had received his National B license from the United State Soccer Federation, putting him among a select few of coaches in America. He has also set up youth clinics, coaching clinics, and a very successful indoor league at the college. Chapman has a Master’s of Science in Physical Education with emphasis in Pedagogy/Coaching and Sports Management/Administration from Eastern Washington University (2003). Besides Coach Chapman’s coaching duties he is also a physical education instructor for Peninsula College.

Men's Basketball
Peter Stewart
Office: (360) 417-6467

The two-time NWAACC North Division Coach of the Year has 15 years of collegiate and professional coaching experience. Stewart also has vast international experience running basketball camps and clinics, including the Bobby Knight Hoop Camp. Stewart played professionally in the Western Australia State Basketball League, two years for Athletes in Action and was team captain of his University of North Dakota, NCAA Division II team. His coaching resume includes head coaching experience at the professional level in Australia, Malaysia and Canada, as well as the high school level in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He also served in an assistant at Adams State College, Minot State University and North Dakota State University. Stewart has a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology, Sport and Leisure Science through Adams State College and a BA in Business Administration from the University of North Dakota.

Women's Basketball
Julie Stewart
(360) 417-6399

Julie Stewart returned to the helm where she directed the Pirates to the only North Division women's basketball championship in school history. Stewart, who coached at Peninsula from 2003-2005 before stepping down to be home with her young children, was named women’s basketball head coach earlier this year, as announced by Athletic Director Rick Ross. Stewart’s Pirates went 13-12 her first year as head coach in 2003-04 and then went 21-10, 12-4 in conference play, to win the North Division championship her second year. Her coaching career includes six years of high school, collegiate and professional coaching experience and nine years of experience running basketball camps and clinics in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Malaysia and China. A basketball and track and field standout at the University of North Dakota from 1986-1991, Stewart has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics.

Softball
Jim Cheney
(360) 452-8895

Jim Cheney is back at the helm of the Peninsula Pirate softball program. Cheney, of Port Angeles, served as head coach for the Pirates for three years, from 2003-2006, where his teams went from 10 wins his first year to 20 his second year and 18 his third, when the Pirates qualified for the NWAACC Softball Tournament for the first time. Cheney left the program in 2006 to spend more time with his family and to see his daughter Julia pitch for the University of Pennsylvania. Coach Cheney has 23 years of coaching experience under his belt, including two state championships, one regional championship and a fourth place finish at the Junior Babe Ruth World Series with a 16-under team in 2001. He is employed full time at Nippon Paper and will serve Peninsula College in a part-time status.