Trevor Sackmann joined the University of Hawai‘i Athletics Department in 2020 and currently serves as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coordinator.
Sackmann oversees the design and implementation of athletic performance programs for women’s basketball, men’s volleyball, and track and field sprints, jumps, and pole vault.
In his first season working with the Rainbow Warrior men’s volleyball program, Hawai‘i captured the 2026 NCAA national championship. The Rainbow Warriors finished 30-5 and set a program record for victories in a season.
During Sackmann’s tenure with Rainbow Wahine basketball, the program has captured four Big West championships and made four consecutive national postseason appearances. Hawai‘i won back-to-back Big West Tournament championships and earned consecutive NCAA Tournament berths in 2022 and ’23, marking the first time in program history it accomplished either feat. The 2022 team also became the first in school history to win the Big West regular-season and tournament championships in the same season. In 2024, the Rainbow Wahine secured another Big West regular-season title.
In track and field, Sackmann has contributed to the program’s highest conference finish in school history. During his tenure, multiple athletes have earned NCAA regional qualifying marks, long-standing school sprint records have been broken, and a Hawai‘i high jumper earned All-America honors with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships.
Sackmann previously served as a graduate assistant strength & conditioning coach for UH, beginning in 2020. Before joining the staff, Sackmann served as a performance coach for the Chinese Olympic Committee from 2018-20. In 2017, he spent time as an intern sports performance coach at Stanford University before being hired on as an assistant sports performance coach. Sackmann began his strength and conditioning career as a student intern for the University of Oregon football team during the 2015-16 season.
A Colorado native, Sackmann earned bachelor’s degrees in human physiology and psychology from the University of Oregon in 2016 and a master’s degree in kinesiology and rehabilitation science from the University of Hawai‘i in 2022. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in kinesiology and rehabilitation science at UH.
Sackmann is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a certified Sports Performance Coach through USA Weightlifting.
He currently resides in Honolulu.
