![]() ![]() ![]() Saturday in Frisco, Texas, Ellis will be among six inductees to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. That's a long way from growing up in England, where there were no avenues for girls' soccer, and even from her days on the pitch at William & Mary. ![]() national team to FIFA World Cup championships in 2015 and '19. The only other coach to win back-to-back, men's or women's, was Italy's Vittorio Pozzo in 1934 and '38. Nearly three decades later, Ellis offers a coaching resume that includes 248 wins in 14 seasons at the college level and leading the U.S. "It was one of those crossroads," said Ellis. "So, I decided, why not? Let's give it a shot." Hmm … stay with a job that offered career stability or take a chance in an unpredictable profession. '16 just fine. She had a degree in English Literature from William & Mary and found steady work as a technical writer. Of course, it's times like these that fate often intervenes.Įllis got a call one day from April Heinrichs, Maryland's head soccer coach at the time. A second assistant coaching job had become vacant, and she wondered if Ellis would be interested. All in all, the corporate world was treating Jill Ellis '88, L.H.D. ![]()
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