Trina Sexton
Trina Sexton
  • Title:
    Assistant Coach

Bio


Trina Sexton is entering her second year as an assistant volleyball coach at Mitchell College.  

Sexton learned the game of volleyball in high school, earning two most valuable player awards before moving on to compete at the college level. In 2007, she was a walk-on setter and co-captain for Mitchell College while earning her place as a student-athlete in the National College Athlete Honor Society. She continues to play competitive volleyball year round.

Sexton graduated from Mitchell with a cumulative 4.0 GPA in 2007 and with a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice. She was awarded the Board of Trustees Award for Academic Achievement for Scholastic Attainment In Maintaining the Highest Academic Standing in the Class of 2007, as well as the Criminal Justice Award. She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, Psi Beta; National Honor Society in Psychology for Community and Junior Colleges and Alpha Chi; Connecticut Epsilon Chapter, National College Honor Scholarship Society. She served as President in Alpha Phi Sigma; Zeta Omega, National Criminal Justice Honor Society. She began her graduate studies in criminal justice at the University of New Haven.

Sexton is employed by the State of Connecticut Department of Correction. She began her career with the department as a correction officer at Gates Correctional Institution and was promoted to correctional ocunselor at York Correctional Institution. She recently earned the Circle of Merit Award in recognition for her outstanding job performance. She has earned multiple certifications, most recently in women’s risk and needs assessment.

Sexton's greatest achievement and source of pride is her family. She is married to Marc Sexton, an avid volleyball player who is both a setter and outside hitter. They have three children: Michael, 15, Tyler, 8, and Ayla, 7. Duke, the family’s two-year-old black lab, completes the Sexton household. The family happily resides in North Stonington, CT.

 

 

 

 

Meet The Coach
Vinh Nguyen

Vinh Nguyen was named the next head coach of the Mitchell College women’s volleyball team in March 2026.

Nguyen arrives in New London following a seven-year tenure as head coach at the University of Hartford from 2018–25, where he guided the program to multiple individual accolades and sustained success both on and off the court. Under his leadership, Hartford produced a pair of conference Players of the Year, two All-Americans, a Rookie of the Year, and eight all-conference selections, along with 11 all-academic honorees. He also served on the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) East Region Selection Committee and the AVCA Division I Head Coaches Committee.

Prior to his time at Hartford, Nguyen spent three seasons as associate head coach at the University of North Texas, where he played a key role in a Conference USA championship season in 2017 that saw the team post a 29–3 record. In that role, he served as recruiting coordinator and helped develop multiple award-winning players, including a two-time conference Player of the Year and All-American.

Nguyen also served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at California State University, Fullerton, helping the program capture the Big West Conference title in 2010.

His extensive coaching background includes experience at the international level as a staff member with the USA Men’s Olympic Team from 2005–07, where he assisted with preparation for major international competitions, including the World League and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

At the collegiate level, Nguyen previously spent time at Cal Poly Pomona, where he contributed to a California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championship team that finished 25–2 while helping develop multiple All-Americans and all-conference performers.

In addition to his collegiate and international experience, Nguyen founded and directed the Top Gun Volleyball Academy for 20 years, training more than 3,000 athletes and helping develop players who went on to compete at all levels of collegiate volleyball, including the Olympic stage.

Nguyen began his coaching career at the high school level in California and also served as an adjunct professor of kinesiology at Cal Poly Pomona. He earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Cal Poly Pomona in 2000.

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