Bio

Bill Triplett is entering his fifth season as head coach for the Teton Women’s Basketball Program where his teams have compiled an impressive record of 77 wins and 40 losses.  The Tetons finished the 2023-24 season as MonDak Conference Champions, sporting a record of 27-5.  Their season came to a heartbreaking end as they lost the Region 13 championship game, in overtime, to North Dakota State School of Science. 

Coach Triplett's basketball coaching career has been filled with successful seasons where he's had three stops in North Dakota and two in Montana. Triplett spent 28 years coaching at the high school level spanning back to 1980 where he started his basketball coaching career when he spent four years coaching both girls’ and boys’ basketball at Starkweather, North Dakota.  After a one-year stint at his hometown of Lansford, North Dakota, Triplett took over both the girls’ and boys’ basketball programs at Reed Point, Montana where he spent twenty-one years.

In 2007, it was on to Minot State University where Coach Triplett spent the next ten years, from 2007 to 2017.  At MSU, Triplett was the head softball coach and the assistant women's basketball coach.  While at Minot State, Triplett helped Coach Gerding and the Beavers to two national basketball tournaments.

Coach Triplett also won two conference tournament championships which earned trips to the national softball tournament at the NAIA level with Minot State. He also guided the Beavers to the national play-offs at the NCAA DII level after Minot State made the jump from the NAIA to NCAA Division II with his softball team.  Coach Triplett was honored by being selected the NCAA Division II CaptainU National Coach of the Year in 2013 as he guided the Minot State softball team to a 41-11 record and a national tournament berth. Coach Triplett’s softball coaching record at Minot State stands at 298 wins and 172 losses, which makes him the winniest coach in the program's history.

Coach Triplett returned to the Montana coaching circuit in 2018-19 where he guided the Savage Warriors girl's basketball team to an undefeated regular season, a district championship, and a trip to the Class C State Girl's basketball tournament in Great Falls. All tolled, Coach Triplett has taken his Montana high school teams to the state tournament eleven times, winning three state championships and finishing second another three times. His high school girls’ basketball coaching record in Montana is 433 wins and 52 losses and includes fifteen district championships, eight divisional championships and two state championships. Triplett also has a boys’ basketball record of 259 wins and 122 losses with seven district titles, two divisional championships and another state championship.

“I enjoy leading the Teton program and coaching at Williston State”, said Triplett. “I love the game of basketball and am very proud of our Teton athletes and what they have accomplished the last four years. All the wins are great, but we really stress earning good grades and being good people which is important too.  When you surround yourself with players and staff members like we have, it makes the coaching gig a very enjoyable one".