Mike Gastineau

Mike Gastineau is a freelance author, writer, and broadcaster.

His latest book, Mr. Townsend & the Polish Prince, tells the remarkable story of Joe Purzycki, the first-ever white head football coach at a Historically Black College, and Nelson Townsend, the athletic director who had the courage to hire him.

He has written three previous books.

In 2015 he consulted with adventurer Stephen Trafton on Trafton’s book At the Edge, a story about Trafton’s adventures in the Arctic, his world-record high speed driving at Bonneville, and his colorful banking career. Gastineau wrote the first draft of the book and conducted most of the interviews for stories used in the book.

In 2013 his book Sounders FC: Authentic Masterpiece was published. The critically acclaimed regional best-seller details the story behind the Sounders successful launch as a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in 2009. The book was published in Brazil in 2015.

In 2009 he teamed up with Art Thiel and Steve Rudman to co-author The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists which is an anecdotal history of Seattle sports.

He worked full-time as a sports talk show host at KJR Radio in Seattle from 1991 to 2012 and currently appears on the station regularly in a fill-in role.

His written work has appeared on SportspressNW.com, the Seattle Times, the Seattle Mariners Magazine, the Washington Athletic Club Magazine, and Lindy’s College Football Preview