The Trinity x Tottenham Partnership

Students benefit from Tottenham Hotspur coaching expertise

For the past 12 weeks, Trinity Grammar School students have had exclusive access to Tottenham Hotspur Global Football Development Coach, Donny Campaniello.

As part of the Global Football Development Partnership, Donny has been working with students from Prep to Year 12, delivering coaching sessions and training methods used within the Spurs Academy. This marks the first of three 12- week blocks in the school’s exciting new collaboration with the Premier League club.

“It’s been an amazing experience,” Donny said.

“I feel really privileged to have the opportunity to come here and work at Trinity Grammar School. We established these partnerships to support player and coach development in the region and to create a strong platform for bringing our work into Australia. It’s all about building meaningful, long-term pathways that can make a real difference at the grassroots and supporting those players wanting to go on to high-performance levels.

“Having worked across several similar partnerships in Queensland and Wellington, New Zealand, I’ve seen first-hand the positive impact this kind of collaboration can have – not just in developing talent, but in creating lasting change within local sporting communities. That experience gives us confidence that this approach will add real value here as well.”

Donny noted that students have responded enthusiastically to the sessions, which are designed to be both fun and educational.

“It’s been a chance for us to help these players develop technically and tactically, preparing them for when they play games with the school or their own clubs,” he explained.

More than just skills on the pitch, Donny hopes the coaching instills broader values:

“Hopefully, they bring to life the words used in coaching that require actions, for example ‘discipline’ – learning how to channel their energy into their roles and responsibilities on the football pitch, as well as off it, in the classroom and at home.”