Cribby enters his first season with Eastlake High School baseball for the 2025 season as the Head Coach. Cribby brings a vast amount of experince to Wolves Baseball after having coached for 12 seasons at the NCAA Division I level. 

A local resident, growing up in Redmond, WA, and attending Lake Washington High School, Cribby competed collegiately at the University of Washington. 

Coach Cribby had an outstanding career for the Huskies and still has his name in the UW record books. He ranks seventh with 13 career saves, including 10 in 2006, which is tied for sixth all-time in Husky single-season history. In all, Cribby made 70 appearances on the mound for the Huskies and had at least 20 appearances in each of his three seasons.

He was All-Pac-10 in 2006 when he ranked among the Conference leaders in several categories: second in saves (10), sixth in wins (7), 10th in earned run average (3.76) and 10th in opponent batting average (.255). Cribby was the UW's Sociology Student of the Year as a senior in 2008 and earned Pac-10 All-Academic recognition. He earned his Master's Degree  in intercollegiate Athletic Leadership in 2009.

Coach Cribby has spent the majority of his coaching career at the Division 1 Level and locally at the University of Washington and Seattle University as the Associate Head coach and Recruiting Coordinator. In 2016, Coach Cribby was part of the USA Baseball 18U National Team that won a Gold Medal in the World Cup in Mexico.

Overall, Coach Cribby has recruited and developed 58 MLB Draft Picks, most notably Tarik Skubal at Seattle University. Skubal was just awarded the American League Cy Young unanimously. While at the University of Washington, Coach Cribby helped bring in three Top 25 Recruiting Classes. 

Coach Cribby resides in Fall City, WA with his family and enjoys spending his time fishing when not on the baseball field. 

“I am grateful to be selected as the next Head Baseball Coach at Eastlake High School. It is an honor to be associated with a program that has such a rich history of excellence on and off the field. My staff and I will work diligently to ensure the continued success that our alumni and Eastlake community expects every year. Thank you to Todd Apple, Cheryl Kenyon, Sara Goldie, and the selection committee for entrusting me as the next leader of Wolves Baseball. I am beyond excited to get going!”

Coach Baker enters his third year coaching Junior Varsity Baseball at Eastlake High School and prior to joining Eastlake, has eleven seasons of baseball coaching experience.

His passion for baseball doesn’t end with coaching as Coach Baker still plays competitive baseball in the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League, a Seattle area league, in which he has won the championship in three of the past four seasons.

A graduate of Redmond High School and the University of Washington, Coach Baker has lived in Sammamish for the past 19 years and has three kids who are graduates of Eastlake, and another that is currently a Sophomore at Eastlake.

When he is not coaching or playing, you will find him fly fishing on a mountain river.

Coach Lindell is entering his 6th season as Eastlake Future's Team Assistant.  Since the shortened seasons of 2020 he has helped them compile a 49-11 record.  He also joined the Varsity staff for the State Championship run in 2023. Prior to Eastlake, he coached 2 seasons at Redmond High School as their assistant JV baseball coach in 2001-2002.  Growing up in Vancouver, WA he played baseball at Mountain View High School earning All-League and MVP honors as a third baseman and pitcher and was selected to play in the All-State game in Wenatchee, WA.

Though baseball is his first passion, Rian has spent most of his athletic career with football.  He was the Assistant Coach for the Eastlake High School football team from 2018-2022, where he coached the D-Line and specialists, helping the Wolves win multiple KingCo titles and reach the State Semi-Finals in 2021.  Prior to Eastlake he was the special teams coach at Cedarcrest High School from 2016-17 and Garfield High School in 2015.

Rian has also coached girls flag football for its first two years of existence at Eastlake. 

Before his life in public schools, Coach Lindell was a place kicker in the NFL for 14 years, 2000-2013.  He played 3 years with the Seattle Seahawks, 10 years with Buffalo Bills and one final year with the Tampa Buccaneers. He played football at Washington State University from 1995-2000, playing in the 1998 Rose Bowl.  

He majored in Biology and was set to be a dentist before beginning a career in football.

Coach Lindell is married with one daughter and is in his 7th year as a health and fitness teacher at Eastlake High School.

Coach Faoro grew up in North Bend, WA and was a two-sport athlete out of Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie Washington. Due to an injury, he was forced to quit playing college athletics and joined the coaching world.

In 2004 Jeremy started coaching football at Chief Kanim Middle School. He spent 8 years at Chief Kanim Middle School before moving up to coach Football at Mount Si.

The Spring season of 2005 Jeremy started coaching baseball at Mount Si. He just completed his 20th year last season for the Wildcats. Over his time there he had several KingCo Championships as well as a State Championship in 2011, including two other state finalist’s appearances. Jeremy also has 15 years coaching experience in the Summer Youth Baseball circuit. He is currently the Head Coach for the Washington A's 18u Premier Team as well as a College Baseball Recruiting Advisor for SportsForce providing great knowledge to families all over the Northwest.

Jeremy has two children with his wife Stefanie Faoro and they reside in Issaquah, WA.

Coach Farmer brings a deep connection to the Sammamish community and a wealth of experience in both playing and coaching baseball. A Sammamish native, his baseball roots run deep at Eastlake High School, where he was a 3-year varsity starter. During his time at Eastlake, he helped lead the team to two KingCo Championships, earning State Berths and 1st Team All-KingCo honors.

After high school, Coach Farmer continued to excel as a pitcher at Columbia Basin College. Over two seasons, he posted an undefeated record of 8-0 with a 0.51 ERA, earning 1st and 2nd Team All-Eastern Region honors. His success earned him a full scholarship to St. Mary’s College in California, an NCAA Division 1 school, where he completed his collegiate career in the highly competitive West Coast Conference. At St. Mary’s, he also earned his B.A. in Kinesiology and met his beautiful wife, Chelsea.

Following his playing career, Coach Farmer remained in California, coaching with youth baseball powerhouse, NorCal Baseball for two years before returning to the Pacific Northwest. Since then, he has worked with various select teams and high school players, sharing his expertise and passion for the game. Coach Farmer firmly believes that coaching is more than about developing athletes—it’s about preparing young people for success in all aspects of their lives.

Coach Farmer lives in Woodinville, WA, with his wife, and their two sons, Nolan and Maddux—fittingly named after baseball legends Nolan Ryan and Greg Maddux. In his spare time, you’ll find him coaching his son Maddux, experimenting in the kitchen perfecting his chef skills (with varying degrees of success), or hitting the golf course on the never-ending journey to become a scratch golfer.

Coach Boone is entering his first-year coaching baseball at Eastlake High School. Growing up in Sammamish, Coach Boone was a multi-sport athlete playing soccer and basketball, while mainly focusing on baseball. He pitched at Eastside Catholic High School, followed by a year at the University of Redlands.

His passion to play baseball still burns as he pivots to coaching high school baseball in 2025. Approaching the game from a different point of view will bring new challenges to his interpretation of the game, which Coach Boone is excited about.

Growing up surrounded by the Eastlake culture, and even winning a championship with Coach Baker in the Eastlake Little League, Coach Boone is ecstatic for what the season has in store.

Lynn Christian begins his first year on the coaching staff at Eastlake High School. Coach Christian has an immense amount of baseball experience including being an official as well. Coach Christian played an integral part in Auburn High School’s success having been to the WIAA State Tournament 10 times, including 4 trips to the State Final Four. Coach Christian is a graduate of the Wendelstedt Umpire School, in which he learned from the very best MLB umpires.

Coach Christian has mentored many student-athletes in his baseball career, including 7 MLB Draft Picks with two going in the 1st Round.

Coach Christian is a graduate of Shadle Park High School in Spokane, Washington where he lettered in Football, Basketball and Baseball. One of his favorite memories was playing in the State Tournament in 1973 where his team faced off against the great Floyd Bannister who pitched for 6 different MLB teams in his 15-year career.

After High School, Coach Christian went on to play basketball at Northwest University. He has been married to his wife, Debbie, for 47 years and they have three children: Tyler, Kyara, and Cameron. When he is not spending time with his 3 grandchildren and his family, he loves to golf and spend time in Arizona for MLB Spring Training every year.