Soccer

Head Coach: Thabane Sutu – 1st year

Thabane Sutu has been named Head Coach for Trinity Soccer for the 2022 Shamrocks soccer season. Coach Sutu brings a wealth of soccer experience to Trinity. His resume includes professional playing experience at the highest levels of international and professional soccer. During his playing days, he spent time with Arsenal in the Lesotho Premier League, with the Egyptian club Al Ahly and as team captain of the Lesotho national team. As a soccer coach, Thabane has served on high school and club team coaching staffs at Trinity, at Louisville Collegiate School and at United. Within the professional soccer coaching ranks, he was a part of coaching staffs at Louisville City of the USL and at Orlando City of the MLS.  He currently is on staff with the Louisville City Academy. Coach Sutu has also been inducted into the Kentucky Soccer Hall of Fame. During his discussions with the search committee, Thabanne said he has “always had a place in his heart for Trinity High School” and that being the Head Coach for Trinity Soccer “is always something that he dreamed of doing.”

A native of Lesotho, Africa, Thabane, his wife Motselisi and daughter Ayanda, have called Louisville home for the past twenty years.

Along with Sutu’s appointment as Head Coach, Jordan Heuglin ’11 will assume the role of Associate Head Coach on Sutu’s staff.

A Shamrocks Soccer alum, Coach Heuglin has served as an assistant soccer coach at Trinity since 2019. His club coaching experience includes roles at the Kentucky Youth Soccer Olympic Development program and with Elite FC. Jordan is also an Environmental Commodities Specialist with Schneider Electric, sourcing and trading carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates. Coach Sutu is pleased to partner with Coach Heuglin in this capacity, having coached Jordan in earlier years. Sutu said, “Jordan is first class all the way. I know we will make each other better coaches. He will bring so much to our program.”