Wes Flanigan promoted Jon Trilli to director of basketball operations in May 2016.
 
"I'm very excited to be able to continue to build on the success we had last season here at Little Rock under our new leader, Wes Flanigan," Trilli said. "He is Little Rock, and our program will continue to excel with his deep ties into our community. I am grateful and truly blessed to be a part of a coaching staff that will be as good as any in the nation."
 
As director of basketball operations, Trilli will oversee academics and living arrangements, team travel accommodations and serve as community liaison for outreach programs, among other duties.
 
"In one year of dedication to our program Jon Trilli has exemplified dedication and work ethic, and he's been a huge part of our success," Flanigan said. "I look forward to working with him even longer and seeing him help us achieve the goals in our program. He's a great young coach and he's going to help us in a lot of different ways as we compete for Sun Belt Conference Championships."
 
Trilli came to Little Rock in Sept. 2015 after spending the previous seven years at Midwestern State. After three years as a member of the basketball team, he spent two seasons on the MSU staff as a graduate assistant before serving as a second assistant in his final two years.
 
Between his time at Little Rock and Midwestern State, Trilli has gone to eight straight NCAA Tournaments, with each of those teams advancing beyond the first round. Over the same span, those teams have won regular-season championships in six of eight years.
 
He helped the Mustangs to three regular-season Lone Star Conference Championships and four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances while on staff. In his first season at Little Rock, the Trojans won a program-record 30 games while winning Sun Belt Conference regular-season and tournament championships before earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
As a student-athlete, Trilli attended Garden City Community College as a freshman before going on to earn three letters on the Midwestern State men's basketball team. He led the Mustangs to consecutive NCAA Division II Elite Eight appearances in 2010 and 2011. MSU's national ranking rose as high as No. 3 in the 2009-10 season as the Mustangs won a program-record 31 games.
 
Trilli's father, Vic, is the Director of Athletics and Vice President of Student Affairs at Newman University. He served as head men's basketball coach at North Texas from 1997-01 and Lon Morris College from 1981-89. He enjoyed stints as an assistant coach at Texas and Midwestern State.
 
Trilli earned his Bachelor of Science in Sport and Fitness Management and Master of Education in Sport Administration in 2015, both from Midwestern State.