Joe Ilett '09 joined the Tritons staff in April 2024 as the interim head men's soccer coach before being elevated to head coach in December 2024. he enters his second year at the held for the 2025 season.  

In his first year with the Tritons, Ilett helped guided Eckerd back to the SSC Tournament for the first time since 2016, with a run at the end of the season, including a win over No. 23 Florida Tech. He also led the Tritons to an upset win over Division I Stetson. 



Ilett rejoined the team in the spring of 2024 as an assistant, helping guide the Tritons. He also spent time as an assistant coach for Eckerd from 2009-11. 

He has a background working at the professional level, spending the 2021-22 season as the UPSL Head Coach of the St.Petersburg Aztecs, the 2016-17 season with the Colchester United Football Club in England as the Development Coach and FITC Community Sport Coach, and the Technical Coach with West Ham United in 2013. 

Ilett brings a wealth of experience from the youth and prep level as well, spending four years with Chicago Fire Soccer from 2013-17, as the Director of Boys Soccer at AYSO Region 300 Extra Program in Illinois from 2015-16, as a coach with the Lyons Township Soccer Club in Illinois from 2017-19, four years with the Chargers Soccer Club in Clearwater spending time as the Academy Coach and Academy Director from 2019-2023, and with the Tampa Bay United Soccer Club in 2023. 

Ilett was a four-year member of the men's soccer team, appearing in 67 games with 25 goals and 16 assists. He was a two-time all-conference selection, earning honorable mention honors in 2005 and second-team honors in 2008. He ranks fifth in program history in career goals and tied for fourth in career assists.