KERRVILLE, TX - Director of Athletics, Bill Raleigh has announced that Jacob Carrillo will be the new Head Men's & Women's Tennis Coach at Schreiner University. Carrillo joins the Mountaineer community after being the Women's Assistant Coach at Trinity University for the past three years. 

While at Trinity University Carrillo, helped the Tigers advance to the NCAA Division III Playoffs each year and win three Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championships. Carrillo contributed to four players earning All-America honors, including Zoe Kaffen and Mary Kaffen in 2019. The Tiger tandem won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Southwest Doubles Championship in the fall of 2018. Caroline Kutach qualified as an All-American in the spring of 2018. Southwick advanced to the 2017 NCAA Singles Championship round of 16.

Following his 2018 campaign at Trinity, Coach Carrillo received the TASC Performance Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III West Region Assistant Coach of the Year Award.

Prior to Carrillo contributing to the tennis program at Trinity University, he was the assistant coach at his alma mater, Howard Payne University, located in Brownwood, Texas. He was the assistant coach for the Yellow Jackets men's and women's tennis teams from 2014-2016. The versatile Coach Carrillo was also Howard Payne's sports information director's assistant intern for two years.

A native of Lytle, Texas, Coach Carrillo earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard Payne in December 2014 in communication, with a minor in general studies. He was a four-year letter-winner for the Yellow Jackets men's tennis team and received two awards in 2013: The Yellow Jacket of the Year, and the Sportsmanship Award. Carrillo continued his education at Howard Payne University to earn his Master’s Degree in Education in May 2017.