Pacific Lutheran University Athletics

Zach Willis joined the PLU coaching staff in 2021 as an assistant offensive line coach and was promoted to Recruiting Coordinator & Offensive Line Coach after the 2023 season. 
 
Willis previously served as a Master Resilience Trainer - Performance Expert at nearby Joint Base Lewis-McChord, educating military personnel in a variety of mental skills. In that role, Willis has incorporated performance and resilience techniques into the military base’s training curriculum. 

Willis additionally has experience as an offensive line coach at Lynden Christian High School during the 2020-2021 academic year.

A 2019 Lute graduate, Willis was a four-year member of the PLU football team. He earned a kinesiology degree with a minor in sport and exercise psychology before attaining a master’s degree in sport and exercise psychology from Western Washington University in 2021.