Women’s Coaches Corner
By Ashley Brugnone CMP Writer
From Mom to Mentor: Maureen Trickett’s Journey as a Female Coach
“I always joke with peo-
ple: The fi rst time someone asks you to volunteer, the fi rst time you say yes, you’re in. That’s how I got started,” teased the woman in the Massachusetts Rifl e team jacket — one of the few women in the crowd at the air gun range with the word “coach” embroidered onto her clothing. CMP’s Massachusetts
State Director Maureen Trickett’s journey in the marksmanship world began out of boredom and grew into something she has made her life. As the current coach of the Massachusetts Rifl e Rebels, she has helped lead her juniors to title wins and impressive performanc- es.
In a sport typically seen
as dominated by men, Trick- ett has fought the odds and rose to success, not because of her gender, but because of her dedication as a coach, although hav- ing those distinctive female characteristics and traits may have helped along the way. Trickett’s career in the
competitive shooting realm stemmed from her fi rst and most important job: being a mother. Her three children — Katie, Jennifer and Kevin — decided they wanted to give fi rearms a try after growing up watching their gun-enthu- siast father, Charlie.
Each fell in love with a dif-
ferent discipline. Katie be- came a member of the Ole Miss Women’s Rifl e Team, while Jennifer preferred pis- tol shooting. She earned a place on the Ohio State Pis- tol Team for four years and received multiple awards, including a National Record and being named a member of the Olympic Development Team. As for Trickett’s youngest,
Kevin, he set a National Re- cord in Air Rifl e at the age of 10 and also moved on to be- come the National Champi- on of CMP and NRA week at Camp Perry as a Junior. He is currently a member of the Army Marksmanship Unit Service Rifl e Team and has
earned his Distinguished Rifl eman’s Badge. Sometime while watch-
ing her family grow up on the range, Maureen, who generally sat in the stands, decided that she too may as well get into the action. “I’m hanging around,
and I was like, ‘Ya know, I’m bored,’” she says, with a laugh. “They started me with scoring, then little by little it progressed . . . I went to the national matches and volunteered, and some of the coaches there said, ‘You should really take coaching classes. You’re good. Take them.’”
And so she did. For over a decade, Trick- ett has been cultivating her
skills as a coach, becom- ing certifi ed in many areas, including: a Club Coach for the Massachusetts Rifl e Association; Beginner, In- termediate and Advanced Rifl e Program Club Coach for Reading Rifl e and Revolver; Advanced Rifl e in Smallbore, Air and Junior Highpower; along with many other cre- dentials and experiences. During her years of
growth as a coach, Trickett also took it upon herself to help other young marksmen realize their fi rearm dreams by assembling clubs in ar- eas of Massachusetts. “Family brought me in,
and our kids didn’t have any- thing local for them to do. What it took for us to learn
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