Brad Pearce

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