After a year away from the coaching ranks, Jim Trudeau returns to the helm of the St. Francis men's tennis program for the 2011-12 season.  Following 33 years at Homewood-Flossmoor High School and 7 years at St Francis, Trudeau stepped away from coaching last year to attend to some family health issues. 

He returns to St Francis this year with an 80-75 record as the Saints' coach and a 617-160 record overall in his 40+ year coaching career

During Trudeau's stint at Homewood-Flossmoor, he directed the girls' varsity team for 23 years and the boys' varsity program for two seasons. He also was the boys' varsity assistant coach for 25 campaigns.

The highlight of Trudeau's tenure with the girls' team came in 1989 when the Vikings were crowned state champion. He took second in the state tournament in 1988 and added third-place finishes in 1990, 1991 and 1994. His teams also claimed 23 conference titles and 21 sectional championships.

In his two years coaching the boys' varsity team, H-F won the conference and sectional tournament both seasons.

For his successes, Trudeau was voted as the Illinois High School Tennis Coaches Association Girls Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1989. He was then inducted into the IHSTCA Hall of Fame in 1996.

Trudeau was a prominent figure in the IHSTCA as he was a board member from 1988-2000 as well as the secretary from 1992-2000. He also chaired the hall of fame, girls all-state and membership committees, while being involved in state format and sportsmanship awards.

Trudeau also was on the IHSA's Tennis Advisory Committee from 1994-97.

Besides those duties, Trudeau has been a developmental coach for the Unites States Professional Tennis Association since 2002. In addition, he was the director of Homewood-Flossmoor's Park District co-ed summer tennis camp from 1992-2002 and was a teaching professional at the Holiday Tennis Club (1982-84), Flossmoor Country Club (1973-76) and Homewood-Flossmoor Indoor Racket Club (1973-75).

On the court, Trudeau, a United States Tennis Association member since 1981, has been a been ranked among the top senior players in the Midwest since 1995, covering the 45+ through 65+ age groups.

Trudeau received both his bachelor's and master's degree in mathematics from Illinois State University. He was a mathematics instructor at ISU for the 1969-70 school year before teaching math and advanced placement calculus at Homewood-Flossmoor H.S. from 1970-2003.  Trudeau also served USF as an adjunct instructor in Math from 2003 until the end of the Fall 2011 semester.

Trudeau and his wife, Bonnie, reside in New Lenox. They have one daughter, Collette, and a granddaughter, Cara.