Meet The Coaches

Program Director, Coach, Trainer
Jason Marr
Jason Marr has been the director of the Puget Sound area of the Northwest Blazers since 2021. Each year he has been able to help many student athletes reach their goals of continuing their academic and athletic careers in college. He has over 20 years of college coaching experience ranging from High School to the WNBA (Mount Si High School, Issaquah High School, Newport High School, Seattle Storm)

Youth Director, Coach, Trainer
Kyra Wendling
Kyra has been with the Northwest Blazers since 2021. She is currently the Head Coach at Edmonds College. During her time in Washington she has coached at Seattle University, Pacific Lutheran University, and Everett Community College (2021 NWAC North Champion). Prior to moving to Washington she was a graduate assistant at Hawai'i Pacific University where she helped them to a PacWest Championship and ranked as high as 25th in the nation. Originally from California, Kyra played JUCO ball at Oxnard College before finishing out her career at Hawai'i Pacific University where they were Regular Season PacWest Champions, getting her degrees in Communications.

Coach
Josh McLeod
Josh has been with NW Blazers since 2023. He is currently the Assistant Coach at Pierce College. Prior to this, he was the Head Coach at Edmonds College. Before Edmonds, he was the Lead Assistant for Lincoln High School where they won the PCL. Previously was the Head Coach for the Texas RedWolves of the ABA where they made it to the ABA National Championships. Before that he was the Head Men's Assistant at the University of Puget Sound where they were ranked as high as #12 in the nation. He also assisted at Kentwood High and Tahoma High
Originally from Kent, he played collegiate basketball at Edmonds College before transferring to Dickinson State to finish his academic and athletic career.

Coach
Kellis Dack
Kellis has been with the Blazers since 2022 and is currently the Head Coach at Pierce College. Before this she was the Head Coach at Todd Beamer HS. Prior to that, she was an assistant at Pierce College. Previously, Kellis was a graduate assistant at Pacific Lutheran University, where she received a masters degree in teaching.
Originally from Vancouver, WA, she played collegiate basketball at the University of Redlands where she was a SCIAC Champion and graduated with a degree in chemistry.

Coach
Courtney Perry
Courtney has been with the NW Blazers since 2025. She is currently the Assistant Coach at Everett College.
Originally from Snohomish, WA, she played collegiate basketball at the Menlo College and Everett College.

Coach
Jeremy Tolbertt
Jeremy has been with the Blazers since 2025. He is currently an assistant at Edmonds College and skills trainer. He is also a lead coach and operates the shoreline school district after school enrichment programs with One on One Basketball Inc.
Orginally from Texas, he went to Western Washington University where he was a student assistant for the men's basketball team and received his degree in Kinesiology and specialized in sport psychology