Head Coach - Matt Acker
(Head Coach - Green River Community College)

Email: macker@kitsapbluejackets.com

Head Coach Matt Acker returns to the Kitsap BlueJacket’s in 2010. This is the sixth season as Head Coach. Coach Acker has been able to recruit players from all over the country.  He has also recruited exceptional local talent, including players from Central Kitsap High School, North Kitsap High School, South Kitsap High School, Olympic College, Green River Community College, Central Washington University, UW, WSU and Saint Martin’s University.

The key to this year’s season will be the mix of returning players and new talent joining the team this year. And as always creating team chemestry.

Not only has Coach Acker worked hard to help train and motivate BlueJacket players, but he has also worked hard to promote the BlueJackets and the WCL around the Puget Sound.  In 2009 he created the Kitsap area baseball roundtable.  Over 40 local coaches came out to share positives and negative in the Kitsap baseball community.  There were representatives from Little Leagues, Babe Ruth, Legion, High Schools and Olympic College.

This will also be Coach Acker’s ninth season as the Head Coach of the baseball team at Green River Community College.  He is currently the All-Time winningest baseball coach in school history. Coach Acker has had multiple players drafted by Major League teams.  Most noteworthy is David Patton who just finished his rookie season with the Chicago Cubs. Green River has placed in the top three in the NWAACC two of the past three years.  Coming into the 2010 season Green River is ranked 6th in the NWAACC and 23rd on the West Coast. Prior to coming to GRCC, Coach Acker spent the previous two years as an assistant coach at St. Martin’s University, where he had the responsibilities of pitching/outfield coach, and head of recruiting.

Acker has also been very active in summer baseball in the Puget Sound area. He started coaching Legion baseball in Lacey, Wa.  He has been the Head Coach for MVP Athletics (Olympia), Riptide (Puyallup) and Triple Play (Tacoma). Triple Play won the NABAF World Series in San Diego in 2003 while Acker was the Head Coach. He has also had a number of summer players get drafted and sign professional contracts.

As a player, Acker played three years at Central Washington University and summer ball for the West Seattle Cruisers of the Pacific International League. At Central he pitched and played outfield. Matt was awarded the “Most Inspirational Player Award” during his senior season.

Coach Acker and his wife Kira reside in Olympia, WA, with their five year old son Kole and new born Kade.

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Head Assistant- Ryan Parker

(Head Coach Olympic C.C.)
Email: scolby@kitsapbluejackets.com

Head Assistant Coach this year and with the Kitsap BlueJackets last year.Ryan Parker completed his fifth season as Head Baseball Coach for Olympic College. Playing three years

Ryan Parker completed his fifth season as Head Baseball Coach for Olympic College.

Playing three years of varsity baseball at High School under coach Mike McKnight, Parker, a right-handed pitcher, earned 2nd Team All-Olympic League and All-State honors his senior year. Additionally, he played in the Kitsap Peninsula Senior All-Star game.

Parkers college playing experience consisted of two stops. First for the Olympic College Ranger, from 1998 to 2000, then as a York College Panther (York, Neb.), from 2000 to 2002. During the summer months he played in the Pacific International League with the Seattle Cruisers, where he won the Unsung Hero Award in 1998.

He started coaching in 1998, as the head coach of the Bremerton Legion. After three seasons he stepped over to the Seattle Rainier Baseball Club for the 2003, 2004 and 2005 seasons. He also coached the Cobb baseball team in 2002. In all, he has lead four teams to post-season tournaments: Cobb – AAU National Tournament, Seattle Rainiers –CABA World Series (2003), USABF World Series (2004), AAU National Tournament (2005).Parker was the York College pitching coach for the 2003 and 2004 seasons.  He was also an assistant coach at West Seattle High School in 2005. 

Parker earned his Bachelors Degree in General Studies from York College in 2003.Ryan currently lives in Silverdale, Wash., and is not married.

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Assistant Coach- Earl Smith

 (Head Coach Cathedral City H.S.)
 Email:

Smith is the Head Baseball Coach at Cathedral City High School; where he has rebuilt the Lions' baseball program winning 2 league championships in the last four years.

Prior to being the head coach at Cathedral City High, he spent seven years as an assistant at Palm Desert and Cathedral City High School. Coach Smith has been a part of 8 League Championships as a coach, 1 Western Maine Conference Championship and 7 Desert Valley League Championships, two of which have been won as head coach. Coach Smith has also earned DVL Coach of the Year honors over the past four years, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Coach Smith has also coached at the Collegiate Summer Baseball Level, coaching the Palm Springs Power Baseball Franchise over the past three summers. The Power have won over 100 games with Smith on the staff, serving as Hitting Coach and Bench Coach. As a player, Coach Smith was a standout high school player and later a 3-Time All District Player and team 2-Time MVP for Castleton State College, located in Vermont. After playing four years of college baseball, Coach Smith played in the Northeast League for 2 years. Before moving to California, Coach Smith grew up in Kennebunk, Maine. Coach Smith, has one daughter, named Paige and his wife's name is Suzie.

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Bullpin Coach

Masaki Kitamura

Masaki is from Tokyo, Japan. 

 Works for Human Sport Entertainment Co.,Ltd. (sports agency) since September 2008                                Received BA in Sport Management  December 2006 from Washington State University, Pullman, WA                Worked on staff for Palouse Summer Baseball Series, Pullman, WA in June 2006                                                   Internship at Everett Hawks, Everett, WA and worked in Phys Ed as Teaching Asst at WSU in March 2006           Worked for WSU Baseball, Pullman, WA in May 2005                                                                                    Was Assistant Baseball Coach at Green River CC, WA in November 2004~ May 2005                                   Played Baseball for Green River Community College, Auburn, WA during August 2002 thru May 2003            Played Baseball in Shumei Junior and High School in Japan during April 1993 thru August 1999                

Masaki currently lives in Japan with his new bride.