Stephen Makein
Title:Head Wrestling Coach
Phone:860-297-4204

Steve Makein begins his third season as head coach of the Trinity College wrestling team. The head wrestling coach at Francis T. Maloney High School from 2002 to 2006 and was a Bantam asisstant coach for one year prior to his current appointment in 2007. Makein earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Central Connecticut State University, where he was a Division I varsity wrestler, in 1999 and added a master's degree in counseling from his alma mater in 2001. A gold level certified coach by USA Wrestling, Makein serves as a Connecticut National Team coach and as the coaches' director for USA Wrestling CT.

John Bennett
Title:Assistant Wrestling Coach
Phone:860-297-4204

John Bennett enters his third year as a Trinity wrestling assistant coach. Bennett has 25 years of coaching experience at the high school level and has been a certified official since 1982. An accomplished competitor, having won medals in 11 veterans and other national and world championships over the last 17 years, Bennett participated in the Olympic Games Regional Qualifying Tournament for USA Wrestling in 1984.

Matt Banas
Title:Assistant Wrestling Coach

Matt Banas, a 2002 Trinity graduate and a four-year starter and captain for the Bantam wrestling squad, enters his second season as an assistant coach at his alma mater.  Banas previously served as a wrestling coach at Francis T. Maloney High School  and as an assistant for the Connecticut National Team.  He is a history teacher in Meriden.