Tim Siegel (tennis)

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Tim Siegel
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Lubbock-Cooper HS (TX)
Biographical details
Born (1964-01-24) January 24, 1964 (age 62)
Manhasset, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1983–1986 Arkansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
c. 1987–1990 Arkansas (men's) (assistant)
1991–1992 SMU (women's)
1993–2015 Texas Tech (men's)
1997–1999 Texas Tech (women's)
2016–present Lubbock-Cooper HS (TX)
Head coaching record
Overall330–244 (men's college)
53–61 (women's college)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2× Big 12 Coach of the Year (2005, 2008)
Wilson/ITA South Central Region Coach of the Year (2005)

Tim Siegel (born January 24, 1964) is n American former professional tennis player and collee tennis coach. He is currently the head coach of the Lubbock-Cooper High School tennis team and previously served as head coach of the SMU Mustangs women's tennis team, Texas Tech Red Raiders men's tennis team and Texas Tech Red Raiders women's tennis team.

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Playing career

College

Siegel played college tennis for the Arkansas Razorbacks from 1983 to 1986. He was named an All-American in 1985 and 1986 and a three-time Southwest Conference (SWC) singles champion. During the 1984 season, Siegel helped lead the Razorbacks to the program's third SWC championship. [1]

Professional

Following his time playing for the Razorbacks, Siegel went on to play professionally. With teammate Jimmy Arias, he reached a top-100 world ranking in doubles, the quarterfinals at the U.S. Clay Court Championships, and semifinals in Brisbane, Bologna and Florence. Siegel also reached the third round of doubles at the US Open, Australian Open and the second round of Wimbledon. [2]

Coaching career

After graduating in 1986, Siegel served as an assistant tennis coach with his alma mater, the Arkansas Razorbacks. In 1990, Siegel became the head coach of the SMU Mustangs women's tennis team. Siegel also served as an assistant coach for the SMU Mustangs men's tennis team concurrently. After posting a 28–23 record over two seasons with the Mustangs, Siegel was hired for the same position for the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's tennis team for the start of the 1992 season. [2] In addition to his duties as head coach of the men's team at Texas Tech, Siegel also served as head coach of the women's team from 1997 through 1999. Virginia Brown replaced Siegel as the women's head coach after compiling an overall record of 25–39 and a Big 12 Conference record of only 12–21. [3] During the same period, the men's team, still under Siegel's guidance, went 37–39 (10–16). [4] In 2005, Siegel was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year after winning a school record 25 games and finishing second in regular season conference play along with the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Texas A&M Aggies. Siegel received the award in 2008 after a posting the programs' only second 20 win season in Big 12 play. In the summer of 2015, Siegel took the job as the head coach of the Lubbock-Cooper tennis teams. [4]

Head coaching record

Women's college

SeasonTeamOverallConferenceFinishPostseasonITA#
SMU Mustangs ( SWC ) (1991–1992)
1991SMU17–10——
1992SMU11–13——
SMU28–23
Texas Tech Red Raiders ( Big 12 ) (1997–1999)
1997Texas Tech10–115–6T–6th—66
1998Texas Tech11–105–6T–8th—T–64
1999Texas Tech4–182–9T–10th——
Texas Tech25–3912–21
Total53–61
#Final ITA Team Rankings

Men's college

SeasonTeamOverallConferenceFinishPostseasonITA#
Texas Tech Red Raiders ( SWC 1993–1996), ( Big 12 1997–present)
1993Texas Tech14–102–4T–5th——
1994Texas Tech12–131–5T–5th——
1995Texas Tech11–121–5T–6th——
1996Texas Tech13–92–45thNCAA Regional42
1997Texas Tech11–144–5T–5thNCAA Regional71
1998Texas Tech11–152–78thNCAA Regional57
1999Texas Tech15–104–4T–4thNCAA First Round36
2000Texas Tech9–123–56th—T–75
2001Texas Tech7–151–78th——
2002Texas Tech14–113–4T–4th—57
2003Texas Tech13–83–45th—62
2004Texas Tech12–122–56th—63
2005Texas Tech25–45–2T–2ndNCAA Round of 1612
2006Texas Tech13–112–56th—48
2007Texas Tech14–102–4T–4thNCAA Second Round33
2008Texas Tech20–64–2T–3rdNCAA Second Round20
2009Texas Tech13–112–45thNCAA First Round39
2010Texas Tech22–63–34thNCAA Second Round15
2011Texas Tech17–103–3T–3rdNCAA Second Round21
2012Texas TechIn progress
Texas Tech266–20049–82
Total266–200
#Final ITA Team Rankings; References: [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 Arkansas Razorbacks Tennis Media Guide [ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Player Bio: Tim Siegel - Texas Tech Red Raiders Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on September 12, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ "2011 Women's Tennis" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 11, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Men's Tennis - Big 12 Record Book - Year-by-Year standings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Texas Tech Red Raiders Official Athletic Site - Men's Tennis". Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
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