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Honors
Chris Reynolds, 1996 NWFL Defensive MVP
Michael Stuart, 2000 NWFL Co-Coach of the Year
Eric Bellamy, 2000 NWFL Co-Defensive Rookie OTY
All-League
Richard Stuart, RB (2000 - 1st)
Shed Manning, FB (2000 - 2nd)
Ken Deuman, C (2000 - HM)
Jesse Allan, OT (2000 - HM)
Jason Skahan, K (2000 - 2nd) P (2000 - HM)
Michael Collins, KR (2000 -2nd) CB (2000 -
3rd) PR (2000 - 1st)
Darren Bellamy, KR (2000 - HM)
Eric Bellamy, MLB (2000 - 1st)
John Kucera, LB (2000 - 1st)
Jason Berkstrom, S (2000 - 2nd)
Robert Robinson, S (2000 - HM)
James Calloway, TE (1998 - HM)
Aloni Violetti, OG (1998 - HM)
Steve Latimer, DT (1997 - HM)
Derek Evens, DE (1997 - 1st; 2000 - 1st);
P (1997 - 3rd) DT (1998 - HM)
Willie Dorsey, RB (1997 - 2nd)
Kendall McFarland, WR (1997 - 3rd)
Eric Sherwood, TE (1997 - 3rd)
John Olcese, MLB (1997 - HM)
Duke Combs, LB (1997 - HM)
Dan Kahala, CB (1997 - 2nd)
Sean McMahon, OT (1997 - HM)
Bo Kukhahn, FB (1996 - 3rd)
Warren Reynolds, WR (1996 - 3rd)
Rob Johnson, OG (1996 - 1st)
Lance Kahala, OT (1996 - 1st)
Paul Davenport, KR (1996 - 2nd)
Brian Tremaine, DT (1996 - 3rd)
Mike DeWitt, DT (1996 - HM; 1997 3rd)
Mike Beltran, DT (1996 - 1st)
Larry King Jr., MLB (1996 - 3rd)
Phil Songcuan, LB (1996 - 3rd) OG (1997 -
1st; 2000 - 2nd)
Jeff Hill, LB (1996 - HM)
Daric Jasmine, S (1996 - 1st)
Chris Reynolds, CB (1996 - 1st)
Jeremy Wong, P (1996 - 3rd)
All-America
The Chiefs football team was started by
Henry Eiselstein in 1995. Eiselstein, better known as "Coach Ike", who
was the offensive coordinator for the South King County Lions during the
1994 season. before splitting off to start the Chiefs.
The 1995 Chiefs played an independent 2-game season, the first and only
"Can-Am" game vs the Surrey Rams of British Columbia at Sammamish High
School in Bellevue, and traveling to Kelowna, BC to play the Okanangan
Suns. The highlight of the season was when Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey
Jr. sat on the Chiefs bench during the Can-Am game. He was a close
friend of Chiefs RB/S Darric Jasmine. After the season the Chiefs
participated in the Seattle Metro flag football league. Griffey actually
played with the team in the post season tournament.
Joining the NWFL for 1996, with Coach Ike 'wearing all the hats'the team
became frustrated with a 1-4 start. The assistant coaches asked him to
delegate more authority which Ike ultimately refused. Then captain
Darric Jasmine met with him and talked non-stop until he agreed. John
Phillips became offensive coordinator and Michael Stuart became
defensive coordinator. Apparently depressed about the situation Ike
became distant and his involvement diminished. In his absence Coach
Stuart stepped up and became the team's leader. The offense was very
inconsistent under Coach Ike's West Coast offense so Phillips quickly
implemented a wishbone offense to take advantage of the teams
athleticism. The Chiefs went 4-3 under Stuart and Phillips and finished
tied for 4th place with the Puget Sound Jets but missed the playoffs on
the points scored tiebreaker.
1996 post season: Ike could not make the team profitable so he wanted
out. He turned the team over to LB Duke Combs who passed the team on to
Stuart. The team sandwiched a 3-game win streak between 7 losses in
1997.
The Chiefs were the surprise team at the 1998 pre-season jamboree as
they routed their first two opponents to earn a birth in the
championship game against the Bengals. They were holding their own until
their QB suffered a broken arm while being sacked by Bengal safety Sio
Fakatoufifita. His loss seemed to thwart any momentum the team had going
into the regular season. Injuries devastated the team and they never
played up to the potential they showed in the jamboree setting a region
record for most losses in a single season (11).
The 1999 Chiefs lost their first 2 games then the team folded and forfeited
the remaining 8 games. Very few people knew that Coach Stuart was not
fully recovered from recent surgery due to injuries suffered in a
preseason automobile accident.
Coach Stuart earned co-Coach of the Year honors as the Chiefs returned
in 2000 to set league records for both single game and season rushing
yards in the NWFL.
Even though they were decimated by injuries, the team played tough games
but ultimately finished 0-10. The team closed up business for good
following the 2001 campaign.
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