Responsibilities
Head Coach
Years at BYU
- Head Coach: 2004-20
- Assistant Coach: 2001-04
Coaching Career Highlights
- Saw BYU in the top 25 in 2010 for the first time in over 30 years
- Three MWC regular season titles and MWC Tournament Title in 2011
- Finished 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons No. 1 in the Mountain Region
- Led BYU to its first top 60 finish since 1997 in 2010 when the Cougars finished the season No. 36 in the national polls (finished No. 36 again in 2011)
- Under his guidance, BYU has finished in the top 5 in the region
- Four NCAA appearances (2004, 2010, 2011, 2013)
- Ranked in the top 75 in the country for 10 consecutive seasons
- Helped Coach Osborne to an MWC Championship in 2001, his first year as an assistant coach, the first at BYU in 13 years
- Coached BYU to a No. 22 ranking in 2019, the highest BYU has seen since 1985
Prior to BYU
- Selected to coach with the USA Tennis High Performance program of the USTA in 1997-98
- Coached, participated in training camps, and traveled with many of the best American juniors to major events in the United States (Orange Bowl, U.S. Open), South America, Canada and Europe
- Members of the teams he worked with included Andy Roddick, James Black, Taylor Dent, Brian Vahaly, Scott Lipsky, David Martin and many others
Playing Career
- Finished his junior career as the No. 2 junior player in the U.S. and was also ranked No. 5 in the world ITF
- Played two seasons of collegiate tennis at UCLA where he was a two-time All-American in both singles and doubles and the Pac-10 singles and doubles champion in 1986
- Semifinalist in the NCAA tournament in 1986 and finished his sophomore season ranked No. 4 in the nation
- Member of the college Junior Davis Cup Team
- Gold and bronze medalist at the Goodwill Games in 1986 in Moscow, Russia
- Nine titles on the professional tour and a quarterfinal singles appearance on Center Court at Wimbledon in 1990, losing to the then No. 1 player in the world, Ivan Lendl
- Quarterfinal double appearances at both the Australian and U.S. Open Championships
- Highest career ranking was No. 71 in singles and No. 23 in doubles
- Singles and/or doubles wins over John McEnroe, Peter Fleming, Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, and Stefan Edberg
Recognition
- Inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in November 2006, the Utah Tennis Hall of Fame and the NCAA ITA Collegiate Hall of Fame in the spring of 2009
- Serves on the nominating committee of the United States Tennis Association and the Collegiate Varsity Committee
- Named the PTR Member of the Year for the state of Utah in 2008
- MWC Men's Tennis Coach of the Year (2010 and 2011)
- Mountain Region Coach of the Year (2010 and 2013)
- 2010 USTA/ITA Campus and Community Outreach Award
- Named the Jim Verdieck College Coach of the Year in 2011 by the Professional Tennis Registry
Education
- Graduated BYU in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in independent studies
Personal/Family
- He and his wife Cindi have six children
Career Statistics
Year | W-L | Conference Finish | Final National Ranking |
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2018-19 | 17-6 | 3rd | 46th |
2017-18 | 18-7 | 2nd | -- |
2016-17 | 13-12 | 3rd | -- |
2015-16 | 18-7 | 2nd | 61st |
2014-15 | 10-18 | 7th | -- |
2013-14 | 10-15 | 5th | -- |
2012-13 | 21-7 | 2nd | 41st |
2011-12 | 16-9 | 4th | 59th |
2010-11 | 21-6 | 1st | 36th |
2009-10 | 21-7 | 1st | 36th |
2008-09 | 15-12 | 5th | 64th |
2007-08 | 16-12 | 3rd | 71st |
2006-07 | 13-14 | 2nd | 64th |
2005-06 | 11-16 | 3rd | 75th |
2004-05 | 17-7 | 2nd | 61st |