ANGOLA, Ind. - The Trine Athletics ACHA hockey program has announced several changes to their coaching staff for the 2021-22 season. Kyle Williams will take on the ACHA D2 head coach, and Zach Sens has been named the new Trine University ACHA D3 head coach.
"We are excited about the future of our ACHA programs going forward," said Assistant Vice President for Athletics Matt Land, "Kyle has shown himself to be a strong asset of Trine University and this new position is illustrative of that. Zach's experience will be a great tool for building our program going forward."
Williams was named head coach of the ACHA D3 team in January 2021, and was an undergraduate assistant coach for the ACHA teams as a sport management major at Trine. He worked exclusively for the NCAA DIII men's hockey team during the 2019-20 season before becoming a head coach.
"I am excited to be joining the Trine family and I would like to thank the Athletics Department for the opportunity to coach at this level," Sens commented.
Most recently, Sens coached at Talawanda High School in Oxford, Ohio. There, he was named Cincinnati Coach of the Year in 2020 and 2021, as well as Ohio High School Coach of the Year in 2021. Before that, Sens was the coach of the Miami Jr. Redhawks Bantam AA team for three seasons. His coaching career began at just 19 years old as a volunteer coach for local youth organizations.
Sens performed as a minor hockey player for the Butler County RedHawks (now Miami Jr. RedHawks). He attended Miami University and Southern New Hampshire University for his higher education.