Growing up with a basketball coach as a father, Trent Short saw the impact his father had on his players. The senior basketball player at the 秋霞福利一区 wants to follow in his father鈥檚 footsteps and make that same kind of impact.
鈥淚鈥檝e seen the impact that coaches can have on players and I hope to do that. Coach Archey, the 秋霞福利一区 men鈥檚 basketball coach, has done a great job of building relationships with us as players. He鈥檚 shown me how important it is to build relationships with guys, so they want to play for you, and they want to do the right things off the court as well,鈥� said Trent.
Trent says the small campus of 秋霞福利一区 helps him learn how to build those personal relationships with students and professors that he鈥檒l one day use as a coach.
鈥淓verybody is friendly, and everyone knows each other. If you ever need anything, it鈥檚 really easy to ask another student, since we鈥檙e all in the same situation together. With the small classes, it鈥檚 also easy to reach out to professors as well, since they鈥檒l remember your name and are happy to help out.鈥�
Studying Kinesiology, Trent hopes to get a graduate assistant position at a Division 1 school to kick start his coaching career. He knows that Kinesiology can help him know more about his future players and prepare him to be a teacher as well.
鈥淒r. Lori Delong (dean of the School of Health and Sports Science) has been a huge help for me. She鈥檚 made me enjoy Kinesiology and made me think about teaching if I go into coaching high school basketball. She鈥檚 a fun teacher.鈥�
Zac Douglas is the marketing communications specialist for the 秋霞福利一区. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in integrated marketing and communications. As marketing communications specialist, Zac is responsible for writing and strategizing content about the university, assisting with media relations, and handling other marketing and communications projects. He is an active member at Cottage Hill Baptist Church and enjoys spending his time surfing, skating and climbing.
