Cristobal Trillo
Head Men's Soccer Coach 
ctrillo@jjc.edu
(815) 280-2465

The 2008 season marks Cris Trillo’s seventh year as the head coach of men’s soccer at Joliet Junior College. The 2007 season finished with JJC winning the Region IV Division III Championship and earning a spot at the District B Tournament for the second year in a row. Trillo's teams have compiled a 55-47-3 overall record, but in the last three seasons JJC has established a 26-7-1 record against Division III schools. Coach Trillo was named Region IV Coach of the Year for the third time in his short career. He has coached 6 All-American players, 21 all-region players, and 12 all-conference players at JJC.

In 1993, Trillo came to JJC to teach Spanish and French for the English & Foreign Language department. A year later, he created the soccer club and coached it for 8 years until Joliet Junior College made men’s soccer a varsity sport. In 2002, he was offered the coaching position at JJC. He now devotes his time to his two passions: languages and soccer.

Trillo spent his childhood between Morocco and Spain. He attended a French school in Tangier, Morocco and was a two-sport athlete playing both soccer and basketball. He attended the Universidad de Granada in Spain where he played soccer and received his bachelor’s degree in Translation. Before coming to the U.S., he worked and played club soccer in Madrid, Spain.

In the United States, Trillo also received a bachelor's and a master’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa. While attending UNI, Trillo played club soccer. Now, he continues to play soccer in the NSL at the Odeum in Villa Park during the winter months.

In the summer time, he travels to Spain with his wife Donna and their two daughters.