Don Trentham enters his eighth year as head women’s soccer coach at MSU Billings in 2009. Under Trentham’s direction the program has gone 63-59-8. He is the most successful coach in the history of the program in terms of both total wins and winning percentage, and his teams have posted the only three winning seasons in team history. In addition to his role as the head women’s coach, Trentham is in charge of the fundraising and the development of Yellowjacket Field, which in the spring of 2008 received a facelift with the addition of a state-of-the-art synthetic turf playing field.
Trentham attended Columbia College (Missouri) and played for head coach Dan Hogan. 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 in final poll.
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 No. 16 NAIA National Ranking in the final poll of the 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 developing players throughout the state and the region. Over the past four years he has served as the u13 and u14 girls head coach for the Magic City Soccer Club, guiding five teams to Montana State Youth Soccer Championships. In the past he has also coached in the Olympic Development Program serving as the ODP girl's head coach for Montana, as well as an ODP staff coach for Region IV. Furthermore, he holds many camps, clinics, tournaments and leagues during the course of the year for both adult and youth players throughout the state.
Trentham earned his bachelor of arts in education from Columbia College and Master of Education (M.Ed.) in sport management from East Stroudsburg University. He holds both "A" and “National Goalkeeping” licenses from the United States Soccer Federation, as well as an Advanced National license from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
He and his wife Jenn reside in Billings. |
