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!”

Cribby comes to Eastlake HS after spending the last three years coaching Division I baseball in the Northeast.  Last year, Cribby was an Assistant Coach with Villanova University in the Big East Conference where he worked with the hitters, catchers, and was the lead for all baserunning. Cribby oversaw a baserunning initiative that finished 2nd in Big East play behind UConn. Overall stolen base production increased from 30 in 2023 to 60 in 2024, which marked the highest it has been in the last 7 years at Villanova. The offensive production increased as well with HR’s improving from 40 to 55 and SLG% improving from .372 to .407.

Before Villanova, Cribby was the Associate Head Coach & Recruiting Coordinator for Division I Saint Peter’s University where he worked with the hitters and infield group. Starting 2B Jack Eichler went from a conference FLD% of .870 in 2022 to .978 in 2023.

The offensive unit set multiple team records, including total HR’s, RBI’s, BB’s and runs scored. Starting 1B, Sam Haney, set the  individual single season HR record for Saint Peter’s and was elected as a finalist for the Saint Peter’s Male Student Athlete of the Year Award. Starting 3B, Jeff Massicotte, was also elected as a finalist for Saint Peter’s Male Individual Performance of the Year Award.

Cribby coached at Division I Fordham University in the Bronx, New York for the 2021-2022 season. He was responsible for the infield group and assisted with the offense. In his first year, Cribby held a major role in finishing 1st in A-10 Conference play with a .979 FLD%. Before Fordham, Cribby was named hitting coach for the Rochester Honkers in the prestigious collegiate summer league, The Northwoods. There he worked with multiple now draft picks, highlighted by Mac Horvath from the University of North Carolina.

Cribby began his coaching career by creating a reputation within the local travel ball and High School community. He was head coach of the Washington A’s 18U Premier team from 2019-2021, building one of the top teams in Washington his final year. He was also the pitching coach at Eastside Catholic High School from 2019-21. Cribby earned his Bachelor’s in business administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Washington in 2010. He played baseball at Columbia Basin College in 2005, and is from Kirkland, Washington. He is excited to work with Head Coach Elliott Cribby and the excellent staff he has assembled.

Most importantly, Eddie Cribby is excited to serve the players,  families, and community of Eastlake HS and continue the rich history of winning on and off the field it carries. Go Wolves!

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 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 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.