1 Aug 2022
Head of Cocurricular
Churchie’s Head of Cocurricular Trent Goodrick is already well known to the community through his long association with the School as a proud Old Boy (1994) and Director of Basketball (2008 to 2020). He now embarks on an ambitious new role as Head of Cocurricular, pursuing his passion for the making of men through the wealth of opportunity within Churchie’s world-class cocurricular programmes.
Trent commenced Churchie in Year 7 alongside his younger brother—and future 1997 dux— Nathan. As a student, Trent pursued his passion for sport, representing Churchie in First XI Football and First V Basketball. After school, he studied human movements while continuing his sporting career as a state-level basketballer.
Like the many educators in his family, Trent’s career moved into education with roles at Centenary High School and St Edmonds College. During this time, Trent’s Churchie connection continued through the basketball community as a coach when possible and, later, as founder of the Churchie Old Boys Basketball Competition.
In 2008, Trent returned to Churchie as Director of Basketball, achieving success in his first year with a GPS premiership. Over the next several years, he established Churchie Basketball as a thriving community and successful programme, serving keen students across the ages from the youngest players in Churchie Hoops to a GPS programme that has produced high-performing players at state, national and international levels.
In 2021 Trent became Director of Sports and Activities and then commenced as Head of Cocurricular on the Churchie Executive. In this role, Trent overseas Churchie’s broad cocurricular programmes including all GPS sports and activities, music, cadets and arts.
As Head of Cocurricular, Trent is looking to build on Churchie’s mission, the making of men, through the wealth of opportunities available to boys in the cocurricular programmes.
“The making of men is at the heart of what we do. For some boys that will be achieved through the pursuit of excellence in a single sport or cultural activity while for others is about a breadth of experience. We want to ensure that whatever age boys are or choices they make, there is a world-class programme available to them,”
Trent Goodrick, Churchie’s Head of Cocurricular
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