Trey Tinsley

After playing and graduating from Washington State University in the fall of 2019, I took the offensive graduate assistant job at Mississippi State. During my first two years in Starkville, I worked with quarterbacks and receivers on the field to help coach Leach build once again one of the best passing offenses in the country. My last season with the Bulldogs was spent as an offense analyst, working with the quarterbacks where we won 9 games and capped off the season with a bowl win. In those three seasons, I was able to sit and listen to not only a great coach and mentor , but also friend in Coach Mike Leach. I will be forever grateful to him for giving me the opportunity to live out my dreams as a player and start my coaching career.

In January of 2023, I accepted the offensive graduate assistant position at the University of Southern California. During that year, I worked with the quarterbacks and got to learn directly from Lincoln Riley and Kliff Kingsbury. It was an incredible experience to be able to listen and learn from the minds that were on that staff, as well as work with the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft, Caleb Williams. We concluded the season with an 8-5 overall record and a holiday bowl win.

After one season at USC, I accepted my first position coaching job at the University of Northern Iowa to coach Wide Receivers. I coached receivers for the spring but when spring ended, our head coach asked me to switch to coaching the quarterbacks due to staff changes. Along with coaching QB's, coach Farley asked me to call plays for 6 games during the second half of the season. That year in Cedar Falls was an incredible learning experience from the All Time Wins Leader in Missouri Valley conference history, Mark Farley. When the 2024 football season concluded, Coach Farley retired from an incredible 23 year run at UNI.

In February of 2025, I accepted a graduate assistant position at the University of Nevada, working with WR's. This stop has been such a blessing working with familiar faces and great football minds. The Special Teams Coordinator, Running Back Coach, and Strength Coach were all at WSU when I was a player. Head football coach Jeff Choate has been an excellent mentor and leader. From leadership, identity, building a program, and being empowered to coach at the highest level every day, the valuable lessons I have learned this season I will carry with me for the rest of my career.