Troy is a 1979 graduate of Albert Lea High School. His soccer career began just east of Los Angeles as the varsity goalkeeper for Mt. San Antonio Community College. He transferred to Pepperdine University, where he played club soccer while earning his bachelor's degree in accounting. His coaching background includes one-year stints with Pepperdine's men's soccer club and Skagit Storm, a select girls' soccer team in the state of Washington.One of Troy’s duties is to develop the Blue Devil goalkeepers.This is his third season as an assistant coach at Riverland.