Jill Trujillo

Biography

Success on the course. Success in the classroom. That has been the hallmark of Jill Trujillo’s era of Lobo women’s golf. As she enters her 19th season as the head coach of the University of New Mexico in 2025-26, she has established a program that is respected nationally for championship play on the course and annually the best GPA of any team in the nation. Recognized as one of the top teaching professionals in the country and one of the elite educators of the game, Trujillo has led the Lobos to six Mountain West titles, three NCAA Championship appearances, nine NCAA Regional appearances and eight team tournament titles over her first 16 years. New Mexico also won the WGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award five times, including four straight years from 2019-2022, recognizing the program with the nation’s highest team GPA. The Lobos’ 2023-24 campaign saw Lauren Lehigh and Myah McDonald qualify for the NCAA Regionals. Lehigh set the single-season UNM record with a 71.67 stroke average, with 23 of her 33 rounds at par or better. As a team, the Lobos again was recognized with a WGCA All-Scholar Team award as one of the highest team GPAs in the nation. The 2022-23 season was one of milestones for the Lobos as Trujillo earned her fourth career Mountain West Coach of the Year accolade (2008, 2014, 2021, 2023). New Mexico won the 2023 Mountain West Championship, its second title in three years, and finished T-9th at the NCAA Championship, the Lobos’ best national finish in 25 years. The Lo