Mike Buckholz begins his third year as Head Girl’s coach at Burlington-Edison following a seven year stint at Arlington. He also coached boys and girls at Skykomish, the state’s smallest school. He now has 254 career wins at the Varsity level and his teams have made appearances at the state tournament in each of the last 6 years he has coached. Last year the Tigers put together a 21 win season and B-E’s second straight trip to state where the Tigers took 7th place. He teaches Global Studies, 20th Century History and Psychology at Burlington-Edison High School.

Everett Herald Coach of the Year 2001
Snohomish County Referees Association Sportsmanship and Coach of the Year 1993, 1996 and 2001
State appearances 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006
3A District One Champions 2000 and 2001
WESCO 3A League Champions 2000
WIAA State Tournament Sportsmanship Award 2000
WESCO 3A North Division Champions 1999
Northwest B League Coach of the Year 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994

Junior Varsity Coach Ryan Wallace attended school in the Burlington-Edison School District from kindergarten through high school, attending Allen and Bay View Elementary, graduating from Burlington-Edison High School in 2000. He attended Pacific Lutheran University during his first year of college and transferred to Western Washington University in 2001. In his four years at Western, he earned his bachelor’s degree in secondary education in general science/earth science, graduating in 2005.

Coach Wallace has taught science at B-EHS for two years, teaching physical earth science, biology, and chemistry. He has coached track and field for five years, working as the hurdle/sprint/relay coach. He also coached basketball at the elementary/middle school level for two years at West View Elementary and has worked as a 7th/8th grade district basketball referee for the past four years. This will be his first year coaching girl’s basketball at B-EHS. He is very excited for a very rewarding and successful basketball season.