Coach Lowden brings over 25 years of coaching experience to Mt Si. His teams have successfully completed locally and nationally across a broad range of boys and girls youth levels. His focus on team work, player development, and character, provide his players memories and experiences they can carry through life.
Pon Kith
Pon Kith is going into his second season at Mount Si high school. Coach Pon grew up on the eastside almost all of his life, playing basketball anywhere he could. He played basketball for Bellevue high school for all four years, along with playing lacrosse and winning state. After high school he went to North Seattle CC and played basketball for two years there.
He still has a strong passion for basketball and tries to play as often as he can. Pon has also won 9 Hoopfest championships. He loves coaching and has been coaching and training AAU players for close to fifteen years now. Global Basketball Club is a huge part of his life, coaching or being at his boys games is something he loves to do. Pon also works as an engineer tech at Zetec, a company in Snoqualmie. He resides in the Renton Highlands, with his beautiful wife, Casey and amazing twin boys, Kanoa and Lijah.
Patrick Hillis
Coach Patrick is the Girl’s JV Coach here at Mount Si. A health and physical education teacher during the day but his passion is coaching basketball. He graduated from Linfield College with a B.S. in Health and Human Performance with a double minor in Education and Coaching. He recently finished his M.A.T. in Education from the University of Phoenix.
He got his start at McMinnville High School in Oregon as a C Team coach. That experienced inspired him to continue empowering young athletes to better their game and move on to the next level. After returning to Washington last year, he started coaching basketball here at Mount Si. Not only does he coach in high school, but a boys AAU program as well. He is looking forward to working with and improving your player so they