Trent Dunahoo was named the Spartan's assistant coach in January 2023.
Dunahoo comes to UNCG after a year as the assistant beach volleyball coach for the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB). He coached UAB's 1's pair to the first-ever All-Conference first team selection in program history and the 2's pair to first team All-Tournament at the 2022 C-USA Championship. He also was nominated for AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year.
In 2020, Dunahoo volunteered with the Women's Canadian National Volleyball Team.
Prior to his first collegiate coaching job, Dunahoo was a graduate manager at the University of Georgia from 2019-20, assisting the coaching staff in player development and program growth. He supervised four student managers, as well as, analyzed and reported on statistically based film studies utilizing Volleymetrics.
From 2018-21, Dunahoo was the Club Volleyball Master Coach with the Metro Volleyball Club in Athens, Georgia. Following his second year of service, Dunahoo was promoted to master coach, providing leadership to 12 coaches. He also designed and led practices for two Elite teams and organized the national tournament schedule. He coached a team to a top-10 ranking in the Southern region as well as earned a bid to Nationals.
Dunahoo earned his Bachelor's of Business Administration in Finance from Georgia in 2019 and continued with the Bulldogs earning his Master's of Science in Kinesiology: Sport Management and Policy in 2020. While at Georgia, he was the Georgia Men's Volleyball Club President from 2017-19.
