Samantha Trimblett enters her second year as an assistant coach for SUNY New Paltz Women's Soccer program in 2023.

Prior to joining the Hawks coaching staff, Trimblett had stints at Fox Soccer Academy, heading the 2008 and 2006 boys club programs, was an assistant coach at Nirvana FC for groups U9-U17 and volunteered at Bethlehem Soccer Club for their U12 and U17 girls teams and is currently the head coach at Force FC of their U9 girls program.

Trimblett starred for four seasons at The Sage Colleges where she was named a Co-Female Athlete of the Year, and earned United Soccer Coaches All-Region honors, Empire 8 First-Team All-Star recognition, and was a two-time Google Cloud Academic All-District honoree.

Additionally, Trimblett set the career assists record at Sage and finished her stellar career having been the program’s leading scorer all four seasons. She closed her career with 22 points on nine goals with four assists and two game-winning goals in 2018. She had one of the best careers of any Gator in women’s soccer history, having guided the program to the postseason in three of four seasons. She finished her career with 24 assists, 114 points, ranking second all-time, with 45 goals, third best in program history.

She was the first, first-team Empire 8 All-Star team selection in Gators women’s soccer history. She was also honored with her second straight citation into the Sage Athletic honor Society and was an inductee at the 2019 banquet. Trimblett ultimately earned her degree from The Sage Colleges in May 2019 in graphic and media design.

Prior to Sage, Trimblett was a graduate of Monroe-Woodbury High School where she was a member of the OCIAA Division I and Section IX Championship team, along with earning Section IX Coaches All-Star honors, Times Herald Record First-Team honoree and Most Improved Player (2014-15).