Team History
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COACH TOM BAINTER (Now) |
The 2009 season marked the 10th season for Coach
Bainter as Head Coach at Bothell High School. He and his great staff have
brought a winning attitude and great traditions to Bothell Football that the
players, school and the community are so proud to be part of.
A little team history on the “Bainter Years”……
It didn’t take long after Coach Bainter arrived
for the Cougars to make their mark in the tough KINGCO league and around the
State.
- 2000 the team finished 8-3 qualifying for
the State Playoffs and setting a school record for the most wins in a
season.
- In 2001 the team finished 6-3 just missing
the playoffs.
- In 2002, the Cougs won the first KINGCO
Championship for Bothell in 52 years, qualifying for State and finishing
the season with an 11-1 record following a loss in the quarterfinals.
- In 2003, the Cougars repeated for “back to
back” KINGCO titles again finishing the season 11-1 with a loss in the
State Quarterfinal game.
- The 2004 and 2005 seasons ended with records
of 7-4 and 7-3 respectively both qualifying for State playoffs.
- The team rebounded in 2006 with the theme
“Return to Dominance” after a disappointing exhibition game loss in
Oregon the team re-focused on winning the KINGCO title, which they
accomplished. The 2006 team went undefeated during league play, won an
epic battle vs. Pasco (record setting -9 Overtime Quarterfinal Victory
43-40) and the Blue Train rolled all the way to the Tacoma Dome for it’s
first ever bid for a State Championship. The team finished 2nd losing
21-14 to Oak Harbor.
- The stage was set for the 2007 campaign with
the cry “GTB” (Get That Bone). The 2007 team did not disappoint. With
record setting crowds at Pop Keeney the team went undefeated, earning
the 4th KINGCO title for Bothell in 6 years. The Blue Train and the
Bothell fans went for quite a ride….winning stops in the playoffs vs.
Gig Harbor, Central Kitsap and with over 8,000 fans packed into Pop
Keeney for the rematch vs. Oak Harbor. Bothell dominated Oak to earn a
trip to play top ranked Ferris in Spokane. Thousands of Bothell fans
made the trip to Joe Albi Stadium for a snowy afternoon game between the
two undefeated teams. Bothell came out on top 14-7 and earned the right
to play for the State Title for the second consecutive year.
Unfortunately, we ran out of steam and lost 21-14 to Lewis and Clark.
The team finished the season with a school record 13 wins.
- For the 2008 season the KINGCO league was
realigned and the old Crest and Crown divisions of years past was
reinstated. The season started a little shaky with back to back losses
to Issaquah and Bellevue but the team rebounded and earned the Crown
Division title and the right to play Skyline for the KINGCO Championship
in front of a national television audience on ESPNU. It was a valiant
effort but the team came up a few minutes short of a victory. The
Cougars finished 8-4 on the season losing to Issaquah in the state
quarterfinal game on a last second field goal.
- 2009 – Season opened at Qwest Field vs.
Issaquah and the Cougars got revenge for their 2 losses during 2008 with
a 35-14 win. Next up back at Pop Keeney for the first home game of the
season vs. perinneal 3A powerhouse O’Dea. Pre-game ceremony to dedicate
the new video screen scoreboard installed at PK during the offseason
(Thank you Alumni). The 25-0 victory over O’Dea was the first of three
consecutive shut-out victories (blanking Redmond & Lake WA). The Cougars
ran over their opponents giving up only 24 points to their opponents
through the first 8 weeks of the season. Next up Crown vs. Crest,
Bothell vs. Skyline for the Kingco Championship. Pop Keeney was packed
with over 8,000 fans to watch our Cougars bring down the Spartans in a
25-20 victory. The Kingco title returned to Bothell for the 3rd time in
4 years. Our playoff bracket put us on the path to meet Skyline in the
semi-finals and that’s just what happened with dominating wins vs.
Stanwood, Rogers, and Issaquah. Cougs came up 5 points (26-31) short in
a battle at the T-dome in what many called the “championship game”.
Great season and team effort all year. Two Cougars (Michael Hartvigson &
Colin Porter receiving scholarships to the UW and Evan Hudson received a
Walk-On invitation.
2010 season opens up at the Emerald City Kickoff
Classic on Sept. 4th vs. the Mission Viejo CA Diablo’s.
See you in September!
BOTHELL FOOTBALL RECORD 2000 – 2009
2000 – 8-3 (State Playoffs & Set School Record
for Most Wins)
2001 – 6-3
2002 – 11-1 (State Quarterfinals)
2003 – 11-1 (State Quarterfinals)
2004 – 7-4 (State Playoffs)
2005 - 7-3 (State Playoffs)
2006 - 12-2 (State Finals)
2007 - 13-1 (State Finals)
2008 - 8-4 (State Quarterfinals)
2009 – 12-1 (State Semi-Finals)
2000 – 2009 Season Totals: 95 Wins and 22 Losses
KINGCO CHAMPIONSHIPS
2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009
STATE QUARTERFINAL APPEARANCES
2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
STATE SEMI-FINAL APPEARANCES
2006, 2007, 2009
STATE FINAL APPEARANCES
2006, 2007
COACH BAINTER’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
4A KINGCO Coach of the Year – 2000, 2002, 2006,
2007
4A KINGCO Crown Division Coach of the Year –
2008, 2009
Seattle Seahawk High School Coach of the Week –
2000, 2002, 2007
Member of the USA Football Coaching Staff – 2009