WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Geoff Young has been named the head coach of Purdue Men’s Tennis, vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics Mike Bobinski announced Wednesday. Young becomes the 10th coach in the 109-year history of the program.
“We are excited to introduce Geoff Young as our head coach for Purdue Men’s Tennis,” said Bobinski. “Through the search process, it became evident that Geoff possessed an ideal combination of high character, belief in the values important to us at Purdue, and years of successful head coaching experience. Throughout his coaching career he has displayed a commitment to recruiting quality student-athletes and developing them into first-class students, highly successful competitors and contributing members of the community. Purdue Athletics extends a warm welcome to Geoff Young, his wife, Dana, and their children as they join the Boilermaker Family.”
A proven champion and recruiter, Young arrives in West Lafayette with 22 years of head coaching experience, including 15 at the helm at Minnesota. Young has a career record of 289-227 with 16 winning seasons and 10 NCAA Tournament appearances.
In addition to significant on-court success, Young’s squads have excelled in the classroom, earning 17 ITA All-Academic Team honors and 61 ITA Scholar-Athlete nods.
“I’m very grateful to Mike Bobinski and Ken Halpin and everyone on the search committee for taking the time to get to know me and my vision for this program,” Young said. “It feels like a great fit for me and Purdue. This department has everything I value in a tennis program. I want to continue coaching, and I feel like I have a lot to contribute with the years I have left. I’m excited to take advantage of this opportunity and help take this program to places it hasn’t been before.”
Prior to spending the 2022 campaign on staff at UCF, Young took Minnesota men’s tennis to historic and sustained heights during his tenure in the Twin Cities. The Golden Gophers went 209-150 under Young with a 90-62 mark in Big Ten play. Twenty-one Golden Gophers were named First Team All-Big Ten during his 15-year tenure.
Reaching the postseason 10 times in his first 13 seasons, Young guided the Golden Gophers to five NCAA Tournament Second Round appearances and one Sweet 16. Five singles players and one doubles team earned spots in the…
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