Will Bahler

WR Coach/ Recruiting Consultant

The Trench Academy - Tampa

Will Bahler comes to The Trench with over 22 years of coaching experience.   He spent the previous 5+ years at the University of South Florida. He spent his first 2 years as a Defensive Analyst working with the DBs. After that he was promoted to the Director of Recruiting where he oversaw the recruiting department under Coach Jeff Scott and Coach Alex Golesh.  As a high school coach Bahler spent the previous 11 seasons as the Offensive Coordinator and Wide Receivers coach at Lakeland High School.  During his time at Lakeland, Bahler helped lead the Dreadnaughts to a 122-16 record, including a 15-0 state championship in 2018 defeating St. Thomas Aquinas 33-20.  While also holding the title of recruiting coordinator Bahler helped the Dreadnaughts to double digit college signings in all 11 seasons.  He was responsible for 11 wide receivers signing Division 1 scholarships while at Lakeland.  Before that Bahler coached 5 years at Kathleen HS, also located in Lakeland.  There he helped lead the Red Devils to 4 playoff appearances including a 3rd round appearance in 2004.  While coaching WRs at Kathleen he coached 6 wide receivers that would go on to sign Division 1 scholarships. Bahler was selected to coach in 4 Under Armour All-American games and was responsible for coaching 6 players who were selected nationally to play in the game.  He also coached for Team USA in two different world championships. Born and raised in the Washington D.C. area, Bahler attended DeMatha Catholic HS for 3 years before graduating from St. John’s College HS in D.C.  He would go on to receive his master’s degree in Business Administration from the USF College of Business in 2010.