Coach Ed Trujillo is an Arizona native whose love of baseball began as a small child in Ajo. He graduated from Trevor G. Browne High School where he played 3 years of varsity baseball, followed by 2 years here at GCC for Coach David Grant and at Westmont College in Santa Barbara where he set many college records that still stand today. He started his coaching career at Santa Barbara City College while still attending Westmont. Once he graduated Coach Trujillo returned to coach at GCC in 1989. Coach Trujillo has been at Glendale Community College for the last 31 years.
Coach Trujillo is begining his 4th season as the Head Baseball Coach and he has placed 36 players to the next college or universities and since 1988, GCC has had 174 players move on to the next level. Also, in the past 2 seasons GCC has had 5 players drafted by MLB, and since 1988, GCC has had 23 players drafted by MLB teams.
In the past two seasons, GCC has qualified for the ACCAC Region 1 playoffs...2018 Overall Record 32-27 ACCAC 2nd Place in D2 standings...2019 Overall Record 24-34 ACCAC 4th Place in D2 standings...2020 COVID-19 season cancelled
In the past two seasons, GCC has been recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association for Academic Excellence for the academic year. In 2018, GCC team GPA was 3.2 and in 2019, GCC team GPA was 3.26. Also, in the past two years, the GCC Baseball program has had 10 NJCAA Academic All-Americans and one Rawlings Gold Glove winner.
Coach Trujillo is married to his wife Rebecca for 30 years and they have three children. Austin, Kaitlin, and Ashlee, all live in the Phoenix area.
