2012 TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE - UTC Athletics

coaching staff
2013 Mocs tennis
carlos garcia
men’s tennis head coach
The Garcia File
Born
Aug. 3, 1964
Collegiate Coaching Credentials
2002-present
Chattanooga, Men’s Head Caoch
2002-2003
Chattanooga, Women’s Head Coach
1999-2000
North Carolina, Men’s Assistant Coach
1999 ITA Regional Asstistant Coach of the Year
2000 ITA Regional Asstistant Coach of the Year
1994-1999
Tennessee, Men’s Assistant Coach
Education
Tennessee, 1987
• Bachelor of Science: Business
Men’s Head Coaching Record
Overall SoCon SoCon
Record Record Finish
2001-02 12-11 7-3 4th
2002-03 8-15 4-5 6th
2003-04 5-16 1-9 T10th
2004-05 18-11 5-5 T4th
2005-06 17-9 5-4 4th
2006-07 17-7 5-4 4th
2007-08 12-10 3-6 8th
2008-09 2-18 0-10 11th
2009-10 5-15 2-8 T10th
2010-11 8-16 2-8 T10th
2011-12 14-9 4-6 8th
Totals 118-137 38-68
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One of the most respected and successful
coaches in the Southeast region, Carlos
Garcia is in his 12th year at the University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga. During his career,
Garcia has coached both the men’s and
women’s teams at UTC, guided a conference
Player of the Year winner, earned regional
coaching honors from the ITA, worked with the
U.S. Davis Cup Squad and had his team earn
ITA Academic Team honors.
Garcia has produced six winning seasons
during his tenure at UTC, including last
season’s 14-9 mark. He has coached nine
individuals and four doubles teams to All-
Southern Conference recognition and has the
talent on the squad this year to add to that list.
He kept Mocs moving in the right direction with
the 2011-12 campaign. Chattanooga increased
its win total for the fourth year in a row, posting
the most wins for the program since 2007.
Garcia spent his first two seasons at UTC
coaching both the men’s and women’s teams.
He has focused his efforts solely on the men’s
program for the past eight-plus seasons and
has had impressive results on and off the court.
He led the Mocs to the championship match
of the Southern Conference Tournament for
two consecutive years, in 2005 and 2006. The
Mocs had four-consecutive winning seasons
from 2005-08, finishing fourth in the very
competitive SoCon each year.
In 2006 and 2007, Garcia directed the men’s
team to 17 impressive wins and identical 5-4
records in the SoCon. During that time, UTC
produced two second team All-SoCon doubles
tandems in Josh Bales-Mark Fynn and Badr
Bouabdellah-Artyom Vlasenko. In singles play,
Bouabdellah had an outstanding dual-match
season, registering a 24-2 record and a perfect
9-0 mark in SoCon matches.
In 2005, the Mocs earned an 18-11 overall
record. Garcia also coached two second
team All-SoCon performers in No. 1 singles
player Arturo Navarro and No. 4 singles player
Vlasenko.
Under Garcia’s guidance, Jason Ontog and
Cynthia Oulevay were both named First-Team
All-SoCon in 2002. Oulevay went undefeated in
league competition, while Ontog lost just once
in 10 matches. Ontog and doubles partner Tim
Kutschera were listed First-Team All-SoCon.
Ontog, the 2001 SoCon Men’s Player of the
Year and No. 1 singles champion, received
the Buddy Hartsell-Don Bunch Sportsmanship
Award two times and achieved an Intercollegiate
Tennis Association ranking as high as No. 67.
In the classroom, the 2001-02 men’s team
earned ITA Team Academic honors, while
James Dickerson and John Hangstefer were
named ITA Scholar-Athletes. Gordon Ruddell
and Sam Parfitt both earned ITA Scholar-
Athlete recognition in 2010 while Parfitt and
Stephen Crofford grabbed the honors in 2012.
Garcia’s collegiate coaching career began in
1994 when he served as a men’s assistant at
his alma mater, the University of Tennessee,
until 1999. In 1999, Garcia moved on to the
University of North Carolina to become the
men’s assistant coach. The Tar Heels finished
the season ranked 20th in the nation, and
Garcia was named Regional Assistant Coach
of the Year by the ITA in 1999 and 2000.
Garcia took his coaching talents to a new level
when he left North Carolina in 2000 to become
the personal coach to Davis Cup standout and
former NCAA singles champion Chris Woodruff
for two seasons. He also coached Woodruff,
a former Tennessee player, to his second
ATP singles title at the ATP Hall of Fame
Championships in Newport, R.I. Woodruff
also had a quarterfinal showing at the 2000
Australian Open under Garcia’s guidance.
Prior to accepting the job at UTC, Garcia
was the teaching professional at Cedar Bluff
Racquet Club in Knoxville, Tenn. Garcia is
a 1987 honors graduate of Tennessee with
a bachelor’s degree in General Business.
While a member of the Volunteers’ tennis
team, he earned three tennis letters and was a
member of the 1986 Southeastern Conference
Championship squad.
A competitive player himself, Garcia
and teammate Mark Harrison, won the
USTA National 35s Grass Court Doubles
Championship in 2002 and USTA Indoor 35s
National Doubles Championship in 2005 with
partner Jeff Wright. Garcia and Harrison were
runners up at the 2005 National Clay Court
Doubles Championships. Garcia finished fifth
in August of 2006 in the USTA National 40s
Grass Court Championships, while he and
doubles partner Eric Burke took fourth place in
the doubles event. Born Aug. 3, 1964, Garcia
served for three years on the NCAA Southeast
Regional Selection Committee.