Former United States women’s national team coach Jill Ellis has left her job as president of the NWSL‘s San Diego Wave and will move into a role as FIFA’s chief football officer alongside former Arsenal coach Arsène Wenger, both the Wave and FIFA confirmed on Tuesday.
Ellis joined the Wave as the expansion team’s first president ahead of its inaugural NWSL season in 2022. She is the only coach to win back-to-back Women’s World Cups, guiding the USWNT to victories in 2015 and 2019.
“I am honoured to join FIFA in this pioneering role and to contribute to the growth of football from a global perspective,” Ellis said in a news release.