June 29, 2009

Former prep coach Trevor Hinshaw is named LSSU assistant men's basketball coach

SAULT STE. MARIE - Former Muskegon Catholic Central High School boys basketball coach, athletic director and dean of students Trevor Hinshaw has accepted an assistant position with the Lake Superior State men's basketball coaching staff.

Hinshaw, a high school basketball coach since 2002, replaces Tom Farmer, who left LSSU to pursue other opportunities.

"Trevor comes to us very highly recommended," said Steve Hettinga, who is entering his third season as LSSU's head coach. "He's a guy looking for a chance to get into the college coaching circuit. I'm very confident that he's going to come up here and do a great job for our program."

Hinshaw was 50-37 during four seasons at MCCHS. His 2007-08 team finished 17-7 for the school's best record since 1954. He also served as a head girls varsity basketball coach at Orchard View High School in Muskegon and held assistant positions at Mona Shores and Fruitport.

"It's an opportunity to pursue a lifelong dream," Hinshaw told the Muskegon Chronicle. "But there's also a certain level of sadness because MCC has been great...Steve has turned around three college programs, so he has a really good name in coaching. I'm going to be like a sponge up there and soak up everything I can from him. Now is the time if I was ever going to do something like this."

Hettinga and Hinshaw first met when working a camp in lower Michigan. Hinshaw played two collegiate seasons at Madonna University, where his teammates voted him most-improved player as a freshman and "Mr. Hustle" as a sophomore. He received his undergraduate degree, a B.S. in liberal arts, from Grand Valley State.

"It will be different from high school coaching as far as the hours we spend and the long recruiting trips," Hettinga said. "That's something he is looking forward to, and I think he will be a quick study in the college ranks."

Hinshaw is proficient in video editing and brings a unique perspective because of his administrative experience.

"He has some different ideas that can always help us down the road, such as with fund-raising and managing different sports," Hettinga said. "He is very mild-mannered, which is different from me. He knows the west side of the state, which is a tough area for us to recruit because of all the great programs in the Grand Rapids area. Maybe we can steal a kid or two from there. He has no experience with recruiting, but I'm confident that he will hit the ground running."

Hinshaw will join Hettinga and LSSU women's basketball coach Jamie Pewinski during the Lakers' elite camp, which begins July 20. He officially begins his coaching duties on Aug. 1.

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