In 2003-04, in his third year as Illinois Wesleyan’s men’s basketball coach, Scott Trost guided the Titans to a 21-7 record, a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championship and advanced to the final 16 of the NCAA Division III tournament.

The 2002-03 Titans were 22-6 and also CCIW champions and final 16 team. In 2003 and 2004, he was the CCIW and IBCA Division III “Coach of the Year”.

Trost's three-year record at IWU is 55-25 (.688) with a CCIW mark of 29-13 (.690). In seven seasons as a college head coach, Trost has a 106-74 overall record (.589) and a 54-44 ledger (.551) in CCIW play.

Trost became the 13th men’s basketball coach at IWU on April 9, 2001, taking over from Dennie Bridges, who retired after 36 years on the Titan bench. Prior to coming to IWU, Trost (who turns 42 on March 9, 2005) spent five years as an assistant for the University of Michigan. No stranger to the CCIW, Trost served as Bridges' assistant in 1986-87, was an assistant at Elmhurst from 1988-92, and served as the Bluejays' head coach from the 1992-93 season until 1996.

In four years, Trost's Elmhurst teams were 51-49 overall (.510) and 25-31 (.446) against CCIW teams. Until 2001, Elmhurst's 10-4 CCIW record in 1995-96 under Trost was the best-ever league finish for a Bluejay team.

A native of Appleton, Minn., Trost is a 1985 graduate of the U. of Minnesota-Morris with a degree in physical education. He received his master's from ISU in 1988. After a year at Illinois Wesleyan, Trost spent two seasons as an assistant at Division II Minnesota State-Mankato, working with head coach Dan McCarrell, who won three Division III titles at North Park (1978, 1979, 1980).

In 1989, Trost started as an assistant at Elmhurst and became head coach when Jim Whitesell became head coach at Lewis. At Elmhurst, Trost was also co-director of the summer camps conducted by Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and B.J. Armstrong.

In 1996 Trost became an assistant at Michigan, working one season for Steve Fisher and four for Brian Ellerbe. In those five seasons, the Wolverines were 86-71 and had two 20-win campaigns (1997, 1998). The 1997 team won the NIT and the 1998 squad won the inaugural Big 10 tourney and was 1-1 in the NCAA tournament. Trost's primary responsibilities at UM included game-plan strategies and practice plans, scouting, recruiting and academic supervision. He also organized and directed summer basketball camps and was the staff spokesman on a weekly and postgame radio show.

Trost is an associate professor of physical education at IWU. He and his wife, Lisa, were married on June 17, 2000.

Scott Trost Vital Statistics

Born: March 9, 1963 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Hometown: Appleton, Minn. (graduate of Appleton High School)
Education: University of Minnesota-Morris, B.A., 1985; Illinois State University, M.A., 1988
Family: Wife, Lisa (married June 17, 2000)

Coaching Career

1986-87 - Graduate Assistant at Illinois Wesleyan
1987-88 to 1988-89 - Assistant Coach at Mankato State (Minn.)
1989-90 to 1991-92 - Assistant Coach at Elmhurst
1992-93 to 1995-96 - Head Coach at Elmhurst
1996-97 to 1999-00 - Assistant Coach at Michigan
2000-01 - Associate Head Coach at Michigan
2001- present - Head Coach at Illinois Wesleyan