Don
Trentham enters his fifth year as head women’s soccer coach at
MSU Billings. Under Trentham’s direction the program has gone from 2-14
in 2002, to a 11-5-2 record in 2005. This season marked the second winning season
in the history of the program. The team was ranked as high as #5 in the Midwest Region by the
NCAA and had the opportunity to compete at the Heartland Conference
Tournament for the first time The team posted their most
successful season ever, setting eight team single season records.
The team also achieved its highest-ever regional ranking by the NSCAA at
eighth.
“I'm very happy with an 11-5-2 season," said
Trentham. "But at the same time I think we left the season with a
little bit of a bitter taste in out mouths because we felt we could have
won the Heartland Conference. That's exciting as a coach that
they're still very motivated to be even better. Next season we are
playing a strong schedule that's going to get us where we want to be
next, the NCAA Tournament."
Trentham attended Columbia College (Missouri) and played for head coach
Dan Hogan, who is now head coach at University of Southern Indiana. At
Columbia he was part of an NAIA program that was consistently ranked in
the top-20, won two conference tournament championships and twice
advanced to the regional tournament. In his senior year, the team
finished 17-5 and was ranked ninth in the nation.
It
was during his playing days at Columbia when Trentham began coaching.
He was head coach of two teams for the Columbia Pride Soccer Club and
was assistant camp director for Columbia College Soccer Camps during the
summer. In 1998 the Missouri Youth Soccer Association honored Trentham
as the Boys’ Coach of the Year.
Trentham began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at
Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Florida where he had the
chance to work two seasons with one of the finest soccer tacticians in
the country – David Gregson.
At Embry-Riddle he assisted in guiding the team to a #16
NAIA National Ranking in the final poll of 1999 season, two NAIA
Regional Tournament appearances and a Florida Sun Conference regular
season championship.
"I've been very fortunate to have played for and coached with two great
people," says Trentham. "Much of what I learned about the game came
from Coach Hogan and David Gregson. Had it not been for those guys, I
don't know if I'd be coaching today."
Aside from his head coaching duties with the team at MSU Billings,
Trentham also plays an active role in the Olympic Development Program (ODP).
He serves as the Montana Head ODP Girl’s Coach, as well as on the
Regional ODP Staff for Region IV. Furthermore, he holds many camps and
clinics during the course of the year for both youth players and coaches
in Billings and throughout the state.
Trentham earned his bachelor of arts in education from Columbia College
and a master's of education in sport management from East Stroudsburg University. He holds an A license from the United States
Soccer Federation, as well as an Advanced National license from the
National Soccer Coaches Association of America. |
