KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Marlynn V. and William P. Scully Head Men's Basketball Coach James Cosgrove was selected as the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division III Coach of the Year, announced by the association Wednesday.
 
Cosgrove becomes the first Head Coach in program history to be tabbed as NABC Division III Coach of the Year after guiding the Bantams to the program's first NCAA Division III National Championship.
 
Cosgrove led the Bantams to a 30-3 record, matching the program-high for wins in a season (2023-24), capped with a 64-60 victory over top-ranked New York University in the title game on March 22. Trinity collected their second straight New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship field.
 
The Bantams hosted the opening four rounds of the tournament, defeating Neumann, Keene State, Western New England and Catholic to punch back-to-back trips to the Final Four in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Trinity battled past NESCAC-rival Wesleyan University, 73-69, to earn their first-ever spot in the National Championship game.
 
This season, the Bantams were one of the top defensive teams in the country, limiting opponents to 57.3 points per game and a 35.6% mark from the field, both lowest in the Nation. In the Championship game, Trinity held the Violets to 60 points, their lowest total on the season. Juniors Henry Vetter and Jarrel Okorougo took home D3hoops.com and NABC All-Region selections. A 2023-24 NABC Region 1 Coach of the Year honoree, Cosgrove holds a career record of 486-264 with a 247-127 mark at Trinity.