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2013 Mocs tennis coaching staff jeff clark women’s tennis head coach The Clark File Born............................... March 1, 1973 Family Wife...................................Laura Brown Childern..............Peter, Caroline, Henry Collegiate Coaching Credentials 2008-present Chattanooga, Women’s Head Caoch 2002-2006 Ole Miss, Men’s Assistant Coach 1999-2001 Chattanooga, Women’s Head Caoch Chattanooga, Men’s Head Caoch 1997-1998 Chattanooga, Asst. Men’s & Women’s Coach Education Vanderbilt, 1995 • Bachelor of Arts: English Chattanooga, 2000 • Master of Arts: English Literature Women’s Head Coaching Record Overall SoCon SoCon Record Record Finish 1998-99 17-6 7-2 3rd 1999-00 14-10 7-2 3rd 2000-01 12-11 6-3 4th 2007-08 8-12 2-7 8th 2008-09 8-15 2-8 9th 2009-10 9-13 3-7 8th 2010-11 11-11 6-4 5th 2011-12 16-6 6-4 T4th Totals 95-84 39-37 Jeff Clark is in the sixth year of his second stint as head coach of the Lady Mocs tennis program. He coach UTC’s men’s and women’s programs for three year from 1999-01, and returned to UTC to take over the women’s team in 2008. Clark has shown a tremendous amount of continuous improvement in his five years back in the Scenic City. Last season, the Lady Mocs were an impressive 16-6 overall, the most wins for the program since 1999. UTC was also listed No. 6 in the Ohio Valley Region in the Final ITA rankings. During Clark’s first tenure at UTC, his men’s team captured the 2000 Southern Conference tournament title, earning the university’s only NCAA Division I tennis tournament bid. That same year he guided his women’s squad to the SoCon Tournament finals. In the spring of 1999, his first season as head coach, the men’s squad reached the conference tournament final. Clark has over 100 combined wins as head coach of the men’s and women’s teams at UTC. Among his other accomplishments at UTC, he has coached four singles players and four doubles teams to All-SoCon honors. One of those players, Jason Ontog, was a two-time All-SoCon selection and the 2001 conference Player of the Year. Clark’s women’s team maintained the highest grade point average among all UTC athletics teams from 1999 to 2001, and the 2001 and 2012 squads were honored as ITA All-Academic Teams. Prior to his head coaching stint at UTC, Clark was a Mocs assistant under former head coach Jim Thompson. Clark joined Thompson’s staff in 1997 and their coaching partnership proved to be an immediate success, leading the UTC men to the Southern Conference tournament title and the women to the tournament finals. Clark has enjoyed success throughout his collegiate coaching career. From 2002 to 2006 Clark served as the men’s assistant coach at the University of Mississippi, one of the top programs in all of college tennis. Working with legendary coach Billy Chadwick, he helped coach the Rebels to four consecutive top-ten national team rankings, back-to-back SEC team titles, four SEC West titles, one Final Four appearance, and numerous All-American singles and doubles honors. One of his Ole Miss players, Catalin Gard, achieved the number one singles ranking in college tennis during the 2004-05 season. In 2006 Clark was named ITA Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year and thus nominated for ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year. In addition to his college coaching, Clark has mentored and developed many junior tennis players. He has worked with the tennis programs at The McCallie School from 1995-1997 and, more recently, from 2006- 2007, coaching alongside Eric Voges, one of the top junior coaches in the Southeast. In 2001, Clark created a unique tennis program at the Bethlehem Community Center, a school and sports facility for inner-city youth in Chattanooga. Clark is a 1995 graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. While a member of the Commodore tennis team, Clark led Vanderbilt to its first-ever NCAA Regional as the team captain his senior year. He played number four singles and number one doubles that season. After college Clark competed professionally, participating in ITF satellites and money tournaments in Europe and competing for his club team in Germany, TC Philippsburg, where he played in 1997 and 1998. During his first stint coaching at UTC from 1997 to 2001, he earned his master’s degree in English Literature from the university. Clark, 40, is married to the former Laura Brown of Signal Mountain, Tenn. The couple has three children: Peter, Caroline and Henry. They reside in Chattanooga. 17
staff/rosters Reaves Robinette joined the Chattanooga women’s tennis staff as Volunteer Assistant Coach in the fall of 2008. A 2007 graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in Psychology, Robinette “brings a high level of enthusiasm and tennis knowledge to the Lady Mocs,” according to head coach Jeff Clark. Robinette lettered three years for the Hokies, where he played for former UTC men’s and women’s coach Jim Thompson. Prior to his time in Blacksburg, Robinette starred for coach Eric Voges at The McCallie School in Chattanooga. 18 Reaves Robinette Women’s Volunteer Assistant Coach 4th Season • Virginia Tech ‘07 Grace Robinette Women’s Assistant Coach 1st Season • Chattanooga ‘11 Grace Robinette is in her first season as an assistant coach after a four-year playing career at UTC. She was a three-time Academic All-Southern Conference selection and a two-time ITA Scholar Athlete. She also earned the Southern Conference Sportsmanship Award following her sophomore season. Robinette graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Health and Human Performance in the spring of 2011. matt tipton Athletic Trainer 1st Season • Harding ‘10 Matt Tipton is in his first season at UTC. He works with the women’s tennis team and the Mocs’ wrestling squad. Tipton earned his bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training from Harding University in 2010. He spent the previous season at the University of Kansas where he was an intern with the Jayhawks football program. He married the former Jenny Baldwin in January 2012. bryan gray Athletic Trainer 1st Season • Wilmington College ‘10 Gray is in his first season at UTC and is working with men’s basketball and men’s tennis. Prior to Chattanooga, Gray worked as a graduate assistant with the EKU football team and assisted with the Colonels tennis and track and field teams. At Wilmington College in Ohio, he worked with all sports throughout his undergraduate training. In his senior year, he completed an internship with the Cincinnati Bengals working the training camp, home games and the scouting combine. 2013 Mocs tennis men’s tennis roster Name Ht Yr Hometown (Last School) Manuel Barroetavena 6-1 Sr. Buenos Aires, Argentina (Cameron University) Ankit Chopra 6-3 Sr. Chandigrah, India (Chicago State) Stephen Crofford 5-10 Sr. Franklin, Tenn. (Franklin HS) Gino Delavalle 5-9 Fr. Rosario, Argentina William Disterdick 6-1 Sr. Hixson, Tenn. (McCallie) Pavels Grigorjevs 6-2 So. Riga, Latvia John Peacey 6-3 Fr. Emerald, Australia Luke Saunders 6-0 Fr. Halifax, Nova Scotia Chris Smith 6-3 Sr. Johnson City, Tenn. (Science Hill HS) Jackson Tresnan 5-10 Sr. Apopka, Fla. (Apopka HS) Roberto Vieira 5-8 Sr. Bedfordview, South Africa (Bishop Bavin) women’s tennis roster Name Ht Yr Hometown (Last School) Kaylene Chadwell 5-7 So. Franklin, Tenn. (Centennial HS) Alexa Flynn 5-6 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Houston HS) Kelsey Coots 5-4 Fr. Huntsville, Ala. (Huntsville HS) Kayla Jones 5-9 Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS) Claire Mulyadi 5-3 So. Semarang, Indonesia (Karangturi HS) Jenna Nurik 5-4 Sr. Roswell, Ga. (Mill Springs HS) Jovana Pecovski 5-11 So. Apatin, Serbia (Oklahoma State) Katie Polk 5-4 Fr. Woodstock, Ga. (Rivers Academy) Alison Storie 5-4 Fr. Johnson City, Tenn. (Science Hill HS)
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