Coach Trent Mongero: Coaching Timeline

Trent Mongero

Coaching History

Approx. 1000 Players Coached – 490 Wins

Laney High School Bucs

Wilmington, North Carolina (1992-2003)

Took over a program that did not have a home game field. Instead, they used the rival high school’s field across town for games and had significantly sub-par baseball practice facilities. Laney High School had never before won a conference championship or went past second round of state playoffs.

1992-1993: Assistant Varsity Coach.

1994: Became head JV coach at LHS.

1995: Hired at the age of 25 as the head Coach of LHS.

Defeated the #1 HS baseball team in country, which ended 2 state records and 1 national record that the undefeated, two-time defending state champions could have broken in that key game. Laney ended all 3 streaks and more importantly gave New Hanover their first loss in 3 years and put the Bucs tied for first place in the conference.

Won 1st baseball conference championship in Laney school history (tied for 1st with New Hanover HS, and won tie breaker for #1 seed).

Named Region 2 coach of the year.

1996: Brand New Laney Baseball Field built on campus to MLB specs. Won “NC Field of the year”.

1999: Eight of nine seniors moved on to play baseball in college.

2000: Gorham Indoor Hitting Facility was built on campus behind the outfield wall. It had 5 indoor cages, locker rooms, players’ lounge, office, bathrooms, laundry room, and JV locker room upstairs.

First full size indoor high school hitting facility in eastern half of North Carolina.

2002: Beat the state’s #1 team in Elite 8 to advance to Final 4. 1st baseball Final 4 in school history.

2003: Last year at Laney. Lost in Sweet 16 round to Greenville Rose.

Over the course of 9 years of Head Coaching at LHS:

5 years of state playoffs

3 time Easter tournament champions

Victories against many #1 teams in NC and the nation’s #1 Team during his Laney tenure.

Trent’s Legacy at LHS:

33 players moved on to play college baseball during his time at Laney

7 players eventually played professional baseball

Coached Bryan Britt and Ronald Hill at Laney. Both players now have annual awards named after them at UNCW. They are the only player-named awards given by the UNCW baseball program, and they are awarded yearly to deserving UNCW baseball players.

Richmond Senior High School Raiders

Rockingham, North Carolina (2004-2007)

3rd biggest school in NC at the time

Made the state playoffs every year

Started five 10th graders in 3rd year

RSHS played for the state title in what would have been Trent’s 4th year.

Trent began writing his “Winning Baseball” book and DVD series. It was initially called “A Major Legaue Guide To Amateur Baseball.”

North Hall High School Trojans

Gainesville, Georgia (2007-2017)

2007: Took over a program that had never been past the second round of state playoffs. Did not get to hire any assistant coaches.

Revamped game field.

Put in warning track, base paths, new clay, infield playing surface graded. Built a full size beautiful wood outfield wall.

Won Georgia “Field of the Year.”

2011: “Winning Baseball” Book 1 published by Sterling Publishing

2012: “Winning Baseball” Book 2 published by Sterling Publishing

2013: Played for state championship title

2014-2016: Lost to eventual state champion in state playoffs.

2017: Won the State Championship

1st state title in any of the 3 major men’s sports (Baseball, Basketball, and Football) at NHHS. School was over 65 years old.

1st baseball state title in all of the Hall County Schools’ history.

2017: Named the National HS Coach of the Year

2017 Was a main-stage presenter at The American Baseball Coaches Association National conference. Presented to 6,000 high school and college baseball coaches.

Trent’s Legacy at NHHS:

North Hall became a state powerhouse in baseball during his tenure.

Coached 3 North Hall players named Georgia “Player of the Year”

2-time Georgia Coach of the Year

Glynn Academy High School Terrors

Brunswick, Georgia (2018-2021)

2018: Took over a program that had not been past the 2nd round of state in over 30 years. Did not get to hire any assistant coaches when hired.

2018: Made it to state playoffs.

2019: Lost to eventual state champions in 1st round of state playoffs

2020: Season cancelled due to COVID-19 after 14 games.

Were ranked #1 in state with a 12-2 record before cancelled.

2021: Played in Elite 8 for the first time in 31 years despite playing without numerous key players due to season-ending injuries.

Trents’s Legacy at GA:

One of the Top JV programs in the southeast part of the state.

GA is now poised for long term success.

2021: Trent retires from full time Teaching &

coaching high school baseball

Trent Mongero’s Coaching Legacy

Ranks in top 50 all-time in the history of HS Baseball in Georgia with 490 wins

Coached over 100 student athletes that have gone on to play college and/or professional baseball from his high school baseball programs.

In my years of coaching high school baseball through four different programs, I have learned that to succeed you have to truly trust the process. Building a championship culture takes time, patience, vision, perseverance, strong staff , dedicated players, a supportive community, family support, and faith.

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My success as a head high school baseball coach is largely due to my former players who were coachable, my staff who bought into my philosophy of teaching the fundamentals first and foremost, our amazing communities that embraced the challenge of change, my wife and children for allowing me to live out my life’s purpose amidst lots of sacrificed family time, and most importantly my faith in Jesus Christ who graciously has done immeasurably more than I could ever ask or imagine! I made a promise as a young high school player that I would become a high school baseball coach and lead with positivity, encouragement, discipline, fairness, and always with a TEAM FIRST mentality. I am so incredibly thankful that God has allowed me to answer this call. I would do it all over again, without a doubt! For all the coaches and players out there: “FIND A WAY” to be “UNCOMMON”, and build your future “BRICK BY BRICK” so that you “LEAVE NO DOUBT!”

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