Trinity's New Soccer Facilities to be Dedicated in September

San Antonio – Trinity University's Paul McGinlay Soccer Field and the "Tito" Isom Memorial will be dedicated in a special ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23.

Formerly known as the Trinity University Soccer Stadium, the renovated facilities will be renamed in honor of the Tigers longtime men's soccer coach Paul McGinlay, as well as the late Timothy "Tito" Isom.

The ceremony will precede the Trinity women's soccer game with Our Lady of the Lake University, which begins at 7 p.m.

Fans will immediately notice that the playing field of the stadium has been enhanced. The grandstands have been expanded to accommodate 1,500 spectators. The Isom Memorial is a new 14-foot-high red-brick facility which will be utilized for announcing, scorekeeping, video recording, and live streaming of all Tiger soccer games. Competing teams will also be stationed in new bench areas.

Isom was a Trinity soccer standout from 1994-1998. He died in September 2000 while working in Chicago. Isom was the son of Edna and Harold Isom, who, along with their daughter Ralynn, will be present at the dedication ceremony.

The talented Isom attended McCullough High School in The Woodlands, Texas, and was a member of the Houston Texans Soccer Club.

The Chapman Trust provided 80 percent of the funding for the project. Also contributing were friends and alumni of Trinity soccer, and members of the Chi Delta Tau fraternity.

Coach McGinlay will begin his 21st season as the Trinity men's head coach when the Tigers host Schreiner University at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1.

He has guided the Tigers to a 337-60-23 record (.830) over the past 20 seasons, and ranks No. 2 among active NCAA Division III coaches. Coach McGinlay is ranked sixth in all NCAA coaching records. During the past 10 seasons, the Tigers stand at 194-15-8 (.912).

In 2003, the Tigers recorded a 24-0-0 record and won the NCAA Division III National Championship. It marked the first NCAA title - in any division - for a soccer team in the state of Texas.

Trinity has competed in the NCAA Tournament for nine straight years (14 of the last 15), and has entered the postseason event as the top-ranked team in the nation seven times..

The Tigers, who have also been national runner-up, have made the NCAA Final Four three times, and the quarterfinals on seven occasions. 

Coach McGinlay's Tigers have emerged as the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference champion 14 times. Trinity has a record of 146-9-6 (.925) in the SCAC. For his efforts, Coach McGinlay has been honored by his peers as SCAC Coach of the Year 12 times. He has been elected the NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year seven times.

Twenty-three Tiger players have earned All-America honors (37 selections). Fourteen Tigers have been selected as either SCAC Player of the Year, or Offensive or Defensive Player of the Year.

The Tigers completed the 2010 season with a 19-3-1 record, and an 11-0-0 SCAC mark.  Trinity won the SCAC Championship, and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Division III postseason tournament.