Jill Ellis was appointed as the Development Director for the U.S. Women's National Teams in January of 2011. The hiring, along with April Heinrichs as Technical Director, marks the first time U.S. Soccer has appointed full-time positions to oversee the women's youth national team program and the programs’ overall development.

Ellis will be taking the lead on interacting directly with key coaches within the youth club environment while also guiding and directing the U.S. U-17s, U-15s and U-14s.

Ellis has extensive experience in the U.S. Women’s National Team programs, having served as an assistant coach under Pia Sundhage helping the U.S. Women’s National Team to a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics. Ellis has served two stints as head coach of the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team, guiding the squad to the CONCACAF title in 2010 and to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany.

She joined the Women’s National Team staff in January 2008 after leaving her first post with the U.S. U-20s, which she had led the since the start of 2007.

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