Lewis & Clark College

Michael Preston joins the Lewis & Clark football coaching staff in the Spring of 2025. He was promoted to a full-time coach in February 2026. He will serve as the travel coordinator, the co-run game coordinator and work with the team's offensive lineman. Preston worked with the team's tight ends during the 2025 season. 

In his first season with the program, Preston helped lead Lewis & Clark to their first above .500 season since 2011 with a 6-4 record. Despite injuries, the team's top three tight ends combined to post a line of 25 catches for 223 yards and nine touchdowns and all three tight ends posted multiple touchdowns. As a team, Lewis & Clark finished the season second in the conference in points per game (34.9) and yards per game (430.1). 
 
Preston comes to Palatine Hill with a wealth of experience at the collegiate and professional level. 
 
Most recently, he served as the offensive line coach with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He spent two seasons with the Argonauts in 2015 and 2016.
 
Preston has spent time at eighth different collegiate institutions including the University of Washington, Yale University, Lindenwood University and Portland State University. He served as the offensive coordinator at the University of La Verne (2005-07) and the run game coordinator at Yale (2009-11) and Lindenwood (2012-13). He served as the lead tight ends coach at Wingate University (2008) and Portland State University (2014). 
 
His coaching career began at Washington from 1997-2000 where he was the offensive assistant and offensive line coach. At Washington, he was a part of the program which won the 2001 Rose Bowl.
 
Preston played collegiately at the University of Puget Sound from 1991-93. He received a degree in Sociology from Washington in 2005.
 
COACHING EXPERIENCE:
2015-16, Toronto Argonauts, Offensive Line Coach 
2014  Portland State University, Tight Ends Coach
2012-13 Lindenwood, Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
2009-11 Yale, Offensive Line
2008 Wingate, Tight Ends
2005-07 La Verne, Offensive line/Offensive Coordinator
2003    Western Illinois, Assistant Defensive Line
2002    Ottawa, Offensive Line
1997-00 Washington, Offensive Assistant/Offensive Line