Jill Ellis
Jill Ellis has served as head coach of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team since 2014 and led the Americans to the 2015 and 2019 World Cup titles. In so doing, Ellis became the first coach ever to record two women's World Cup titles and the first to win two titles, men's or women's, since the 1930's when Vittorio Pozzo coached the Italian men's team to back-to-back titles. She also coached the U.S. to the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship and was named both the CONCACAF Women's Coach of the Year and FIFA Women's Coach of the Year in 2015.
Prior to being named head coach on May 16 2014, Elllis served as interim coach in 2012 and for a short time in 2014. She also held various other head coaching positions at the collegiate level (Illinois and UCLA) and for various other U.S. national youth teams. While at UCLA, Ellis coached the Bruins to six consecutive Pac-10 titles and eight Final Four appearances, including seven straight from 2003-2009. She was the named the 2000 National Soccer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA) National Coach of the Year. Ellis has also served as the U.S. Soccer Federation development director. Ellis was raised in Cowplain, England and attended William and Mary, where she played soccer and was a third-team All-American in 1987.
Jill Ellis has served as head coach of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team since 2014 and led the Americans to the 2015 and 2019 World Cup titles. In so doing, Ellis became the first coach ever to record two women's World Cup titles and the first to win two titles, men's or women's, since the 1930's when Vittorio Pozzo coached the Italian men's team to back-to-back titles. She also coached the U.S. to the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship and was named both the CONCACAF Women's Coach of the Year and FIFA Women's Coach of the Year in 2015.
Prior to being named head coach on May 16 2014, Elllis served as interim coach in 2012 and for a short time in 2014. She also held various other head coaching positions at the collegiate level (Illinois and UCLA) and for various other U.S. national youth teams. While at UCLA, Ellis coached the Bruins to six consecutive Pac-10 titles and eight Final Four appearances, including seven straight from 2003-2009. She was the named the 2000 National Soccer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA) National Coach of the Year. Ellis has also served as the U.S. Soccer Federation development director. Ellis was raised in Cowplain, England and attended William and Mary, where she played soccer and was a third-team All-American in 1987.
