EXHIBIT 23(i)


                                Thomas Hine LLP
                        10 West Broad Street, Suite 700
                               Columbus, OH 43215


May 10, 2007


The Coventry Funds Trust
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, OH 43219

Re:      Opinion and Consent

         Ladies and Gentlemen:

         This letter is in response to your request for our opinion in
connection with the filing of Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 to the
Registration Statement, File Nos. 33-81800 and 811-8644 (the "Registration
Statement"), of The Coventry Funds Trust (the "Trust").

         We have examined a copy of the Trust's Declaration of Trust, the
Trust's By-laws, the Trust's record of the various actions by the Trustees
thereof, and all such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates
of officers and representatives of the Trust and others, and such other
documents, papers, statutes and authorities as we deem necessary to form the
basis of the opinion hereinafter expressed. We have assumed the genuineness of
the signatures and the conformity to original documents of the copies of such
documents supplied to us as copies thereof.

         Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, after
Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 is effective for purposes of applicable federal
and state securities laws, the shares of EM Capital India Gateway Fund (the
"Fund"), a series of the Trust, if issued in accordance with the then current
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the Fund, will be legally
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

         We hereby give you our permission to file this opinion with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No.
33 to the Registration Statement. This opinion may not be filed with any
subsequent amendment, or incorporated by reference into a subsequent amendment,
without our prior written consent. This opinion is prepared for the Trust and
its shareholders, and may not be relied upon by any other person or organization
without our prior written approval.

         Very truly yours,

         /s/ Thompson Hine LLP

         Thompson Hine LLP

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