Jerry Peach enters his second year as Academy of Art University Head Women's Tennis Coach.
In his first season with the Urban Knights, Peach helped ART U women's tennis to a 13-11 overall record and the program's highest finish in the PacWest Championship
after a first round win.
A coach with extensive experience in NCAA Division I and II tennis, Peach comes to ART U well equipped for the job. Peach previously spent 13 years as the head coach for men's and women's tennis at Montana State University – Billings, helping lead the women's team to 92 wins and the men's team to 58 wins. Prior to joining MSUB in January of 1997, Peach spent 23 years coaching both squads at Montana State University in Bozeman. As a coach, Peach has earned numerous honors which include ITA/USTA National and Regional Coach of the Year, Big Sky Conference (BSC) and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Coach of the Year, and a USTA National Top Ten Award.
Coach Peach's various teams consistently placed among the top three in both the BSC and RMAC with several team championships to their names. Led by singles and doubles champions, his women's teams in particular excelled as they enjoyed first place finishes in each conference with a two-time RMAC Player of the Year, NCAA Regional Champion, and a NCAA National Sweet 16 participant from his MSUB team.
Throughout his tenure, Peach has coached athletes who have achieved tremendous recognition both on the court and in the classroom. There have been Division II and Division I women's players who have qualified and placed in the NCAA Tournament. His women's tennis teams sported a stretch of 16 consecutive semesters of 3.5 and above with one of those squads posting a 4.0 team GPA for an entire year. Two of his athletes, one in men's tennis and one in women's, earned NCAA Post-Graduate scholarships, a distinction only bestowed to three percent of graduating student-athletes across all NCAA divisions.
Recently, Peach has continued to upgrade the level of youth playing tennis in America through his involvement in the USTA High Performance Program. He is also currently finishing an instructional book about tennis entitled
I Know Less Today Than I Thought I Knew Yesterday.
Head Coach, ART U
2011 - present
|
Year |
Overall (Pct.)
|
|
2012 |
13-11 (.542) |
|
Totals |
13-11 (.542) |
