Prudhomme departs GCU tennis program

After 15 seasons in charge of the Grand Canyon tennis program, head coach Greg Prudhomme will step away from collegiate athletics to pursue other career opportunities.

A national search to find the next GCU men's and women's tennis head coach is underway. Associate head coach Spencer Hing will assume interim duties for the men's team while assistant coach Tatum Prudhomme will assume interim duties for the women's team.

Greg Prudhomme

"I cannot thank GCU enough for the opportunity that I have had for the past 15 years," Prudhomme said. "President Brian Mueller and his executive team, as well as (Vice President of Athletics) Jamie Boggs and her administrative team, have been wonderful servant leaders to work for. I am also very grateful for my coaching staffs and student-athletes. We could not have won the championships or experienced the on-court and off-court successes that we did without the support of the university, the coaches, and the athletes.

"I hope that my performance has made the athletic department and the university proud, as it has been very important to me to be a positive ambassador of the university while also attempting to provide the student-athletes with the best possible experience while striving for our goals. I have countless fond memories at GCU and cherish the time that I spent there. I will miss GCU, but I appreciate their support as I move into another opportunity that I am excited to begin."

Prudhomme's first season at GCU was in 2008 when he was named the women's tennis head coach. A year later, he revived the men's tennis program after it had been dormant for 22 years. Since then, Prudhomme has taken GCU to new heights at the Division I and II levels.

The programs totaled eight WAC regular-season championships and three WAC Tournament titles under Prudhomme. He made GCU history by taking the men to the NCAA tournament for the first time in the Division I era in 2019. Both programs advanced to the NCAA tournament last year. The eight-time WAC Coach of the Year departs GCU with 304 wins and is the winningest coach in GCU women's tennis history.

Along with WAC honors, Prudhomme has earned 21 coaching awards, including the U.S. Professional Tennis Association's Steve Wilkinson Collegiate Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2022.

"We are so thankful for Greg's years of dedication and commitment to GCU," Boggs said. "He successfully built the foundation of our tennis programs and our programs have earned multiple championships under his leadership. More importantly, he is a wonderful person, a dedicated family man, and a friend to many of us and he will always be part of our Lopes family."

Prudhomme guided the men's program from a one-win season in 2009 to three conference titles from 2016-21 while also building a conference dynasty with the women's team with four titles in the past six seasons after he took over a 1-13 team in 2008.

In the Division II era, Prudhomme took both teams to national prominence. He led the women to the NCAA Championships in his first season while guiding the men to a No. 8 ranking in 2012.

In his career, Prudhomme coached his players to 107 all-conference awards and five WAC Player of the Year awards. Each team was competitive in conference play as Prudhomme leaves with a .690 winning percentage in WAC and Pac West matches.

Prudhomme was active in the classroom during his time at GCU, earning his master's degree in Psychology and a doctorate of Philosophy in General Psychology with an emphasis in Performance Psychology.

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