Jefferson football plays its home games at Trailblazer Stadium. (CHSAANow.com file photo)
Nick Trombetta has been named the new football coach at Jefferson, Saints athletic director Joe Generose said on Wednesday.
Trombetta, who has been as an assistant with Thornton since 2012, takes over a program that was 1-8 in 2015, and 0-9 the year before that. However, the Saints went 8-3 in 2013 and made the Class 2A playoffs.
“We feel great about this hire and think he will be very successful here at Jefferson,” Generose said.
Trombetta was an assistant head coach in charge of running backs and the special teams coordinator at Thornton. Prior to that, he was a head coach in a youth league from 2008-12, and was also a freshman assistant at Ranum in 2002.
“Becoming a head coach has been a goal of mine,” Trombetta said on Wednesday. “I am most excited to be part of the Edgewater community, and to be able to lay the foundation for a football program that the community, school, and most importantly the students can be prideful about. We are excited and ready for the process.
“The goal for the program will be to create a competitive culture that will not be comfortable with average. It is all one step at a time.”
Asked what made Trombetta stand out as a candidate, Generose said, “We were looking for a coach who had experience rebuilding a football program from the ground up and changing its culture. We believe that coach Trombetta not only has the experience in this area, but has an aptitude for connecting with all students and building positive relationships.”
Generose added that “football is arguably the most visible sport in high school and I believe athletics is a great indicator of how business is run inside the school.”
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