Coaching Staff

Matt has been coaching at Camas High School for 11 years, helping teams to three state championships—two with the girls' team and one with the boys' team. 

His love for running began in Huntsville, Alabama, where he won three state championships in high school. He competed at the Division 1 level for the University of Richmond and the University of Alabama, earning a master's degree in marketing and competing at the NCAA National Championships. 

After college, Matt worked with the University of Alabama as an assistant coach, had a role with the Olympic Trials committee and then worked with Runners World magazine. More recently Matt has been working in software development for Nike, Adobe, New Balance, PG&E and others. 

Matt moved to Michigan with his wife Kristin before settling in Camas, Washington, where they chose to raise their family.

Matt embraced triathlons, completing his first Ironman in 2012. He has finished three Ironman races and remains passionate about swimming, biking, and running. He aims to help others through his coaching and YouTube channel, believing anyone can enjoy our sport with the right guidance and determination.

Top Athletic Accomplishments

• Qualified for NCAA XC Championships

• 2:33 Marathon

• 9:55 Ironman Personal Record

Coach Lyne has been running for 45 years. I grew up in Chicago, spent 7 years as an officer in the US Navy and have lived in Camas for 24 years. My kids attended CHS and one ran Cross Country from 2015 – 2018. 

This is my 4th year as assistant coach. I’ve been connected with the team in various capacities since 2015. I have extensive experience coaching athletes of all ages. My competitive experience ranges from High School & Division 1 College Cross Country & Track to running many road races of various distances over the years. Throughout the year, I’m honored to be a part of this team with the other coaches and spend time with our amazing student athletes. 

I love seeing potential in these young men and women and watching them compete and succeed in ways that they didn’t think possible. I’m so impressed by the skills and mental toughness developed by our athletes. Their determination to do things that are hard, over and over again and push through even on their down days are skills that develop confidence that they’ll use for the rest of their lives. 

I know that I and the other coaches really care about these great kids and we are committed to taking an interest in them as people not just athletes.

After running a 5K with my marathoner mom in 5th grade, I found a sport I loved again after quitting ballet because I was starting to get bullied. In middle school, my favorite part of running was kicking at the end, so I was convinced I should be a sprinter and not a long distance runner. Over the next 10 years I progressively ate those words as I was converted from a quiet little middle school 100m hurdler into a collegiate cross country-5K-steeplechaser for Northwest Nazarene University. Now I chuckle at my younger self because I found a home among the down to earth, slightly nutty long distance runners, and I wish I would have discovered my friends earlier. 

I think cross country, and long distance running in general, is a special sport because of the communal suffering. Nobody can hide their abilities or brag because race results speak for themselves, and there’s an element that speaks to the realness of life, and I love it!! I love it because I am a firm believer that sports should teach and prepare students for life, and life is really hard sometimes. But in the context of sport, there is room for grace-filled learning opportunities. During my sophomore year of college, I had the privilege of being on the team of women qualifying for NCAA DII Nationals for the first time in school history. That whole season was one of the most life shaping experiences I’ve ever had, and made me realize the power of sports beyond just coming to practice and competing. The girls on that team are my forever sisters, and not because of what we achieved but because we shared the real, hard parts of life, in and outside of practice. And that is my biggest hope for our student-athletes, that they would see themselves as active contributors to shaping our team’s culture to be a place where athletes can be challenged to be the best that they can be as athletes, but also as growing young people because they feel seen and loved. 

This is my second season coaching cross country at Camas, and I am so stoked to see what the season holds. My husband and I live in Vancouver, but are originally Southern Idaho kids. In 2022 I graduated with my undergrad in Kinesiology, and I hope to go back to school in the near future to get my Masters in Sports Psychology or another related field. It’s been a huge blessing to be here at Camas for the official start of my coaching career. We have some awesome athletes, parents and coaches! Go Papermakers!!

I grew up in England, where I spent my youth running through the countryside for fun and in school races. After high school, I joined the Royal Air Force, and running continued to be a central part of my life.

My wife and I met in Germany and decided to build our life together near her family in the US. We spent a few years in Ohio before relocating to Washington state.

Running has been a constant in every country, state, and city I’ve lived in. It has been a means for learning, adapting, and connecting with new locations and communities.

We moved to Camas when our daughter was five and starting kindergarten. I’ve been a long-time volunteer for the Camas School District and also serve as a volunteer Technical Rescue EMT for the MRA-certified Volcano Rescue Team.

Running has brought countless positive experiences, remarkable sights, and fascinating people into my life. Now, in my first year as an assistant coach for Camas High School, I’m excited to be part of the team, alongside our daughter, who is a freshman and a member of the team.