LEWISTON, Idaho – After conducting a month of listening sessions with campus and community members followed by a national search, Lewis-Clark State College has invited three candidates to campus between Aug. 26-29 to interview for the position of athletic director. The general public is invited to attend events and provide feedback about the candidates.
The following candidates will visit on the following dates. Each visit will include a presentation at 4 p.m. followed by a meet and greet social with light hors d'oeuvres from 5-6 p.m. at the Williams Conference Center. Both events are open to the public.
- Aug. 26 – Jim Klemann, current athletic director at Rocky Mountain College
- Aug. 28 – Raymond Pedrina, current interim co-athletic director at LC State
- Aug. 29 – Shay Wyatt, former athletic director at Westminster University
Jim Klemann, Raymond Pedrina and Shay Wyatt (L-R)
Klemann has been athletic director at Rocky Mountain since 2021. Prior to this he served at the University of Jamestown from 2007-2021 in a variety of roles including assistant athletic director, director of annual giving, director of transfer admissions, and assistant baseball coach/athletic game manager. He received a bachelor’s in health and fitness administration with minors in coaching and business from Jamestown.
Pedrina has served as interim co-athletic director at LC State since June of 2025, after being hired as the assistant athletic director of marketing and promotions in January. Prior to this he was recreation supervisor (2022-2024) and recreation coordinator (2019-2022) for City of Lewiston Parks & Recreation, and athletic director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lewis-Clark Valley (2018-2019). He received a bachelor’s in kinesiology with an emphasis in exercise science and a minor in business administration from LC State.
Wyatt served as athletic director at Westminster from 2006-2025. Prior to this he was the director of sports marketing at Salt Lake City Community College (2006), the Wildcat Club executive director at Weber State University (2001-2006), and the director of development for athletics at Utah Valley University (1998-2001). He received a bachelor’s in health, physical education and recreation from Bethel College and a master’s in sports administration from Wichita State University.
Feedback about the candidates can be submitted at www.lcsc.edu/position-search/athletic-director and should be submitted by Sept. 1.