Park City High School names Drew Trost boys basketball head coach

Park City High School turned to veteran coach Drew Trost to reset its boys basketball program after a stretch of recent losses that included Cottonwood, Juan Diego Catholic and Judge Memorial. The hire gives the Miners a coach with a long track record and gives families a first chance to meet him at 7 p.m. Monday, April 20, in the Lecture Hall at Park City High School, where spring and summer programming will be discussed.

The move matters because Park City is not simply filling a vacancy. The program is looking for direction, stability and a more competitive baseline after a season that has been difficult to win in the column that matters most. MaxPreps lists those losses as part of the Miners’ 2025-26 results, a snapshot that helps explain why the school went outside for a coach with experience building winning habits.

Trost brings that kind of résumé. A Salt Lake Tribune profile said he was hired at Juan Diego Catholic High School in May 2013 after eight seasons at Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond, Indiana. At Bishop Noll, his teams went 129-57, won two sectional titles and earned him 2011 Coach of the Year honors from both the Northwest Indiana Times and the Post-Tribune.

For Park City, that background suggests a program reset built on more than just X’s and O’s. Trost arrives with experience in developing players over multiple seasons, and the timing of the hire points to an immediate offseason agenda, with spring workouts and summer basketball likely to shape how quickly the Miners can change course. For a community that follows Park City High School sports closely, the early question is not only whether the Miners can win more games, but whether the new coach can establish a clearer identity and a more durable pipeline of player development.

The Monday meeting will be the first public step in that process. Families will get a chance to hear how Trost plans to approach the offseason and what role players will be expected to take as the program tries to move from a disappointing recent run toward a more competitive next season.