Tennis Men -Coach Michael Center- 2001- 2015

 COACH MICHAEL CENTER 2001 TO PRESENT

Record at Texas thru 2015 is 305-109 in 15 years

Head Coach Michael Center

Assistant Coach Bruce Berque

  • 2007 U.S. Professional Tennis Association National College Coach of the Year

  • Big 12 Coach of the Year 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014

  • 305-109 record

  • Region V Coach of the Year- 1994 and 1995

  • Final 4 appearances three times

  • 2006 highest ranking as Number 3

  • 4th Tennis Coach in the history of Tennis at Texas

  • 12- Round of 16 appearances

  • 4- Conference Championships

  • 2- Tournament titles

  • 15 All Americans

  • 4 Big 12 Conference Players of the Year

  • 67All-Big 12 singles and double selections

  • 54Academic Big 12 selections

2001 – 18-6  COACH MICHAEL CENTER 

Team is ranked 23rd – makes the second round  in postseason.  

2002   23-4  COACH MICHAEL CENTER PENDING

Team is ranked 15th – makes the round of 16  in postseason.  

Jose Zarhi and Rodrigo Echagaray finish 6th nationally in doubles 

 

2003  19-7    COACH MICHAEL CENTER PENDING

Team is ranked 13th – makes the round of 16  in postseason and the 12 consecutive NCAA appearance.  

Jean Simon and Jose Zarhi win the Big 12 doubles championship

2004  15-12   COACH MICHAEL CENTER PENDING

Antonio Ruiz and Jose Zarhi with the Big 12 double championship

Team is ranked 36th – makes the second round in postseason.  

2005  13-10   COACH MICHAEL CENTER PENDING

Team Is Ranked 28th – Makes The Second Round  In Postseason.  

2006  26-4   COACH MICHAEL CENTER PENDING

Big 12 Co-regular season and Big 12 tournament Champions

Semi-Finals In Postseason And Highest Ranking (3) In Texas Tennis History. 

The University of Texas seniors Callum Beale, Travis Helgeson, and freshman Miguel Reyes Varela officially earned All-America status from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

Callum Beale and Miguel Reyes-Varela are ranked 8th nationally in doubles. 

Travis Helgeson is ranked 7th in the nation in singles.

2007  20-9  COACH MICHAEL CENTER qualifies for round 16 of postseason with a #12 ranking

Four freshmen join the team.  The team made the ITA National Team Indoor Championship  with a  #13 ranking.

Dimitar Kutrovsky and Josh Zavala are the Big 12 doubles champions

2008  25-6   COACH MICHAEL CENTER

Men’s tennis was ranked in the top 5 in the nation.  It was Coach Center’s 17th year as head coach. 

Big 12 co-regular season champions

Runner Up To Georgia For NCAA- Highest finish ever in a NCAA National Championship tournament.

Associate Head Coach Ricardo Rubio


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Ricardo is 2008 ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year and he is three-time ITA South Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year (2002, 2006, 2008)

 

 Kellen Damico and Ed Corrie 2008 ITA All-American (doubles)

2009  23-7  COACH MICHAEL CENTER

The team ended the season as one of the top five in the nation.

Baylor edges out a very good Texas team in big 12 play . Horns made it all the way to the semi-finals in NCAA play before losing to USC. Kellen Damico led the team winning 12 decisions.

It is Michael Center’s 9th year as coach.  Texas finished second to Baylor in the Big 12. The horns lose to USC in the NCAA semifinals.  Kellen Damico finished the season with 12 wins.

 

The team is ranked 9th and makes the final 4 for the 3rd time in Longhorn Tennis history.

Ditimar Kutrovsky ITA 2008,09,10

Dimitar Kutrvsky becomes Texas all-time winningest player with 230 victories. He is one of only three Longhorns to finish in the top 10 in singles and doubles. He is ranked 8th Nationally in 2010.

   

2010   27-3  COACH MICHAEL CENTER

Big 12 regular season and Big 12 tournament Champions

Team is ranked 4th – makes the round of 16  in postseason.  

Dimitar Kutrovsky and Josh Zavala are ranked 7th in doubles in 2010.

   

2011   19-9   COACH MICHAEL CENTER 

2012 16-10 COACH MICHAEL CENTER 

 The first year of the new indoor tennis facility.  (the Edgar O. and Melanie A. Weller Tennis Center.

Team is ranked 16th – loses in the second round of postseason.  

Jean Anderson ITA 2011

Ed Corrie and Jean Anderson are ranked 8th nationally in doubles.

Team is ranked 16th – loses in the second round of postseason.  

 

Ranked 27th – loses in the first round of postseasons 

 

 

2013  17-9 COACH MICHAEL CENTER

Team makes 2nd round of postseason and is ranked 23rd. 

 

Seren Hess-Olesen make the All American team.

  

 

2013 17- 9 COACH MICHAEL CENTER

Team reaches the quarter final round for the NCAA matches. 

Ranked #23 nationally

2014  23-6 COACH MICHAEL CENTER

Big 12 co-regular season Champions

Team is ranked 8th 

For the first time in program history, Texas Men’s Tennis advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships .

  

Tennis Courts are demolished 

 

 

 

Seren Hess-Olesen wins the Big 12 singles championship

 

2015  21-7 COACH MICHAEL CENTER

Team is ranked 9th and makes the round of 16

 

Søren Hess-Olesen is one of six players in the nation to finish top-15 in both the singles  and doubles  polls. He is the 6th Longhorn to finish in the top 10 in singles . He is the ITA Senior Player of the Year and ranked 6th in the nation in 2015.

Loyd Glasspool is a ITA All American in singles and doubles

Søren Hess-Olesen and Loyd Glasspool NCAA double champions. 

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