Director of Tennis Glenn Marshall Signs Four-Year Extension
STORRS, Conn. – UConn Director of Athletics David Benedict announced that Director of Tennis and Head Women's Tennis Coach Glenn Marshall has signed a four-year extension through May of 2028.
Marshall just completed his 32nd year at his alma mater leading the Huskies' tennis program. He guided UConn to 12-7 dual match record during the regular season this past spring including a 4-3 mark in the BIG EAST, earning the No. 4 seed in the conference championship tournament. The Huskies earned the program's first-ever win over Creighton and its first-ever appearance in the conference semifinals.
The Glastonbury, Conn. native returned to Storrs in 1992 to become the head coach of UConn's men program. He added head coaching duties for the women's program to his duties in 1997 and led both programs up until the 2013 season, when UConn made the move into the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Marshall then remained the Director of Tennis but remained in his current role as the head coach of just the women's program.
Marshall guided the Huskies in their return to the BIG EAST in 2020-21 and under his leadership, the UConn women continue to make strides. In the spring of 2021, UConn saw a program first when the doubles team of Julieanne Bou and Leonie Hoppe finished the season earning the program's first-ever ITA National Ranking. The duo closed out the year ranked No. 87 after combining for an 11-1 record together and leading UConn to a team doubles record of 29-9 for the spring. In the spring of 2022, he guided the Huskies to their first BIG EAST postseason win since rejoining the league as they beat Villanova to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
During UConn's time in the AAC, Marshall guided the Huskies to plenty of program "firsts". Following the 2017-18 season, UConn achieved the program's highest national ranking at No. 85 in the ITA National Team Rankings. In addition, a pair of Huskies earned the program's first-ever ITA regional ranking as Yelyzaveta Pletnyeva was ranked 13th in singles play and along with Jacqueline Fitz-Randolph, were ranked seventh in doubles play.
Marshall helped guide Pletnyeva, who finished with an 88-30 career singles record, a .746 winning percentage, two two-straight appearances on the AAC All-Conference team. One of the highlights of her season was a run to the round of 16 at the ITA Northeast Regional Championship in the fall, the furthest any Husky has ever advanced in the prestigious tournament.
In 2015, UConn had their first All-AAC honoree as Srna Stosljevic garnered all-conference accolades after piling up 84 career singles wins. She was also the first Husky in program history to be seeded in the main draw at the ITA Regionals.
In the classroom, Marshall's Huskies continue to set a high standard among UConn's athletic programs. The Huskies have regularly been recognized as an ITA All-Academic Team, given annually to ITA programs that have a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). In addition, numerous UConn student-athletes in the tennis program have earned ITA Scholar-Athlete accolades.
Marshall was a three-year letterwinner with the men's tennis program at UConn, graduating in 1989 with a bachelor's of fine arts degree in music. He was the top-singles and doubles player for the Huskies and was voted the team captain for the 1988-89 season. He completed his master's degree in sport management in 1993.
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