Ogden High’s boys basketball team had four seniors on the roster last year, each of whom played a lot. One figures the team will look a little different come tip-off this November.

So will the coaches’ part of the bench.

Earlier this month, the school picked Trent Porter as the new head coach, according to principal Shauna Haney.

Porter was an assistant coach for OHS this past season. He accepted a PE teaching position, which opened up about a week after he interviewed for the coaching job, at Ogden High for the upcoming school year.

Porter’s been a PE teacher at Orion Junior High (Harrisville), and was the head boys basketball coach there while also running an AAU basketball club called Complete Athletics.

Porter wasn’t planning on being Ogden’s head coach, then the school let Brock Randall go after the 2021-22 season.

“An opportunity kind of fell in my lap so to speak, I thought it was a good opportunity for me and good timing with my life,” Porter said.

Porter graduated from Roy High and initially went to BYU on a music scholarship playing percussion — he still plays the drums, occasionally — before finishing his degree at Weber State.

He’s coached basketball for a long time in Weber County, but this will be his first head coaching job at the prep level.

“I think there’s been a good foundation set with those players — we’ve got quite a few kids coming back who’ve been in the program,” he said. “I’m really anxious to get going with some spring and summer opportunities so I can get to know the kids … I’m excited to work with these boys, that’s one reason why I love coaching: A, I love the game and B, I love the journey that coaching takes you on with these young men.”

Porter inherits a team which went 9-13 last season and had a penchant for winning games late, whether it was getting a defensive stop on the final possession or hitting a buzzer-beater. The 9-13 record was the team’s best since 2017.

“I need to understand who these boys are and what their capabilities are, try to fit what they do well into a system where they can all be successful,” Porter said.

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