LC Tiger Boys Basketball Coaching Staff

Varsity Head Coach
Jase Wambold

Coach Wambold became the head boys basketball coach at Lewis and Clark in 2022.  Prior to that, Coach Wambold spent 7 seasons as the head boys basketball coach at North Central High School in Spokane, WA, earning GSL Co-Coach of the Year honors during the 2017-18 season.

Before leading North Central boys basketball, he spent two years as an assistant men's basketball coach at Whitworth University. In those two seasons, he helped the Pirates compile a 52-8 overall record, win back-to-back Northwest Conference (NWC) regular season championships, back-to-back NWC tourney championships, and make back-to-back trips to the Division III Sweet 16. 

Before moving to Spokane with his wife, Laura, he spent three seasons as an assistant varsity/head JV basketball coach at Aloha High School in Beaverton, Oregon. Prior to that he was an assistant football coach at Frenchtown High School in Frenchtown, Montana for one year and an assistant basketball coach at Forest Grove High School in Oregon for one year. 

He attended Edmonds Community College in Washington and played basketball as a freshman before transferring to Pacific University in Oregon where he played basketball as a sophomore. He decided to focus on Track and Field for his final two years at Pacific. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 2005 and a Master at Teaching degree in 2007, both from Pacific University. He is currently teaching in the Social Studies department at Lewis & Clark High School.

RJ graduated from Lakeside High School, where he got his first opportunity to coach after graduation. He started as a volunteer with the boys’ basketball program and baseball program. After a year RJ was hired to be the JV Baseball Coach and soon after the Boys Basketball C-Squad Coach and JV Football Coach. Starting in 2014, RJ spent a year and half as a student manager at Eastern Washington University Men’s Basketball Program before returning to Coach Basketball for two more seasons at Lakeside.

After his time at Lakeside, he joined Coach Wambold staff at North Central High School, where he coached the Freshman and JV teams. After his time at North Central, he coached a season of 7th and 8th AAU basketball with the OHF program.

Entering is now RJ’s 3rd Season with Lewis & Clark, first year as the Varsity Assistant, 1 year as the freshman coach, and 1 year as the JV coach. This past spring, he was creator and the Academy Director for Lil’ Tigers Basketball Academy, a program that is designed for players from 3rd to 6th grade to get quality coaching for an affordable price.

RJ and his wife Kourtney have been married for 9 years. They have two daughters together, Makenzie (11 years old) and Lucy (4 years old).

JV Head Coach
RJ Salib

Riley graduated from North Central High School in 2016 where he was a three-year varsity player under Coach Wambold. He earned all-GSL honors in his second season at North Central. After graduating, he attended the University of Washington where he earned his degree and worked as a football equipment manager with Chris Petersen’s Huskies.

When he came back to Spokane in 2021, Riley joined the coaching staff at Lewis and Clark as a JV assistant coach during the 2021 – 2022 school year. After one season off, he is returning to the program as the head JV coach.

Riley and his wife, Amadi, live in South Spokane where they are a part of the Lewis and Clark community.

C Team
Head Coach
Steve Eglet

Steve Eglet is the LC C-Squad Basketball coach for the 2019-2020 season. He has been involved with LC Athletics for the last 20 years. Participating first as a parent and quickly engaging in various capacities. Basketball has been one of Steve’s passions for all his life. He first played basketball growing up in the Yakima Valley and eventually played at the Community College level. Steve has been involved with Hoopfest for every year over the last 30 years, initially as a player then coaching and court monitoring. He also has been a referee with SYSA and AAU for 15 years. Steve is currently on staff at LCHS as a Para-Educator. At home I’ve been married for 40 years, have four grown children and three grandchildren.