Coach Trimble retired as the Jenks head coach in 2018 after being diagnosed with ALS in 2016. In his time with the Trojans, Trimble took his teams to 17 state title games, wining 13.
Trimble’s courageous journey and continuing positive attitude is affecting more than those he’s touched in Jenks. “He’s being the person I don’t think I’m brave enough to be,” former Union head coach and current Owasso told KRMG.
Despite fierce, on-field battles with those Jenks his teams, Blankenship is amazed by the lesson Trimble is teaching. “He’s being the man we all want to be,” he said.
Allan's TrimbleStrong Foundation is a focus for the coach in his frequent speaking stops.
Current Union head coach Kirk Fridrich agrees, telling us “when I first heard of it, it was like a punch in the gut to me. Like Blankenship, despite losses in high stakes games, he learned to care about Trimble. “I was surprised by how much he meant to me,” he began, “how much it bothered me.”
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