Mike Szabo, who led the Trinity High School basketball program to a pair of state championships, has a new coaching job in Texas.
Fort Worth Country Day announced on its website last month that Szabo has been named its new boys basketball coach.
Szabo could not be reached for comment.
Szabo previously spent three seasons at Fort Worth Country Day from 1998-2001, leading the Falcons to the Southwest Preparatory Conference Division I championship in 2001.
Szabo left Texas for Trinity in fall 2001 and spent 23 seasons with the Shamrocks, compiling a 526-192 record and winning state titles in 2012 and 2019. He was named The Courier Journal’s Kentucky Boys Basketball Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2010.
Szabo’s last game as head coach at Trinity came on Jan. 12, 2024, in a 59-58 loss to St. Xavier in the semifinals of the Louisville Invitational Tournament.
A week later, Trinity announced Szabo was taking a leave of absence “due to some health issues.” Bret Saxton coached the Shamrocks the rest of the 2023-24 season, leading them to a Seventh Region title, and was named full-time head coach in April 2024.
Szabo grew up in New Hampshire and played baseball at Plymouth State University before going into coaching. He coached at Northwestern University and Washington College Academy in Limestone, Tennessee, before his first stint at Fort Worth Country Day.
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