Coaching Staff

Jimmy Rivera
Head Women's Basketball Coach

The 2011-12 season will be Rivera's second as head coach of the Lady Trojans. Rivera brings to the table more than 20 years of coaching experience including the three seasons as an assistant coach for the Triton men's basketball team from 2007-10.

A native of the area, Rivera is a familiar face to local basketball fans. He served under both Larry Schulte and Greg Lehmann as an assistant coach at Fenton High School in Bensenville, Ill. Rivera left Fenton for a post within the Leyden High School feeder program under Ken Davis. After Leyden, Rivera switched his focus to the AAU scene, where he teamed up with highly regarded, long-time IHSA floor boss, Dennis Kessell.

Rivera prepped at Wells High School in Chicago and was an All-Section player in the Red-West. He spent his collegiate years at Northern Illinois University and was a walk-on member of the 1975-1976 Men’s Basketball Team under Coach Emory Luck.

Rivera is now semi-retired after a long career at the Chicago Transit Authority. He lives with his wife Eileen, of 35 years and his son Ethan in Schiller Park.