Coach Tristan is a South Korean born player raised in West Virginia, and has been playing soccer since the age of 4.
His youth Soccer career was with WV United based out of Morgantown, WV where he attended Morgantown High School from 2002-2006. In 2003 they were runners-up in State Finals and Tristan was named one of the All-State North/South players. One of his favorite experiences was the Trinidad and Tobago training tour he took in 2005.

After High School Coach Tristan went to play for the Davis and Elkins College from 2006-2010. In 2007 his team claimed the WVIAC regular season crown with a 17-5 record, 8-1 in their conference, while also managing to graduate with a B.S. in Sports Management and minor in Business. He then went on to be a Volunteer Assistant Coach for Davis and Elkins men’s team in 2010-11. Coach Tristan also attended Barry University where he received his Master’s Degree in Sport Management.

Coach Tristan was a Head Coach and Assistant Coach for VSA from 2009-2019 under Raul Ovalle. He has various experience with coaching youth and high school dynamic clinics, roadrunner programs, summer camps and individual 1on1 training.

• Current Men's Assistant Coach at Duke University 
• Current Club coach at Wake FC in Raleigh, NC
• 2019 East Region Girls Competitive Coach of the Year
• 2019 WV Girls Competitive Coach of the Year
• Was the Head Coach of Empire FC 2007 and 2001/02 girls teams from 2018-2019
• Was the Boys Head Coach at East Fairmont High School from 2017-2018
•  2018 Conference Coach of the Year
• 2018 Region Coach of the Year
  
• 2018 WV AA Boy's State Coach of the Year
• WV ODP Staff Coach for 07/08 Girls from 2017-2019
• Was the Assistant Coach for the University High School boys team in 2015

He also holds a “D” U.S. Soccer Federation license and has certificates in; NFHS fundamentals of Coaching, NFHS First Aid, Health, and Safety for Coaches.