Texas Tech University Athletics
Medvene-Collins Named Women’s Tennis Assistant Coach
August 13, 2018 | Women's Tennis
Jesse Medvene-Collins comes to Lubbock after five years at William & Mary
LUBBOCK, Texas – Women's Tennis Head Coach Todd Petty announced the addition of Jesse Medvene-Collins as an assistant coach entering the 2018-19 season.
"We are so excited to get someone of Jesse's level to join our program," Petty said. "He has been successful at every stop he has made. I have no doubt he will make a quick impact on our program."
Medvene-Collins come to Lubbock after spending the last six seasons at William & Mary as the associate head coach. He helped lead the program to four CAA Championships and earned ITA Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors in both 2015 and 2017.
Over his five seasons, the program has reached a number of milestones. Medvene-Collins has coached four CAA Players of the Year, three CAA Rookies of the Year, 20 ITA Scholar-Athletes, 16 All-CAA singles players and eight All-CAA pairs in doubles at W&M. Three singles players and two doubles teams have represented the Tribe at the NCAA Individual Championships during that stretch. The program posted a mark of 69-46 in his five seasons on staff.
"I couldn't be more excited to join Coach Petty and the Red Raider family," Medvene-Collins said. "I have so much respect for what the program has done under Coach Petty, and I'm going to do my best to help him and the team every day."
Medvene-Collins possesses more than 10 years of collegiate tennis coaching experience, including assistant stops at Dartmouth, Wake Forest, Redlands and Iowa prior to coming to Williamsburg. Medvene-Collins spent the two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa before joining the Tribe staff.
His responsibilities at Iowa included assisting with recruiting, budget oversight, player development, practice management, match scheduling, fund-raising and team travel. During the 2012 season, Iowa was ranked as high as No. 58 nationally and earned upset wins over No. 36 DePaul and No. 48 Penn State. The Hawkeyes finished the 2012 campaign at No. 10 in the ITA Central Region. In 2011, Medvene-Collins assisted in the recruitment of the No. 18 class in the country to Iowa.
In 2012, he was named the Intersectional coach for the Missouri Valley Section Team at the USTA National Team Boys 18 Championships. Medvene-Collins achieved Level 1 certification in the RPT Europe Spanish Player Development Course in 2012. He is also a USPTA (United States Professional Tennis Association) Teaching Professional.
Prior to his time in Iowa City, Medvene-Collins was the head women's tennis coach at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. He led the Cyclones to a victory over the No. 7-ranked team in the West Region during his lone season, marking the highest-ranked win in program history.
A native of Washington D.C., Medvene-Collins started his collegiate coaching career as an assistant with stops at Dartmouth (2003-05), Wake Forest (2005-07) and his alma mater the University of Redlands (2007-09). During his two seasons at Dartmouth, he helped the Big Green to an overall record of 26-16 and national rankings of No. 71 in 2004 and No. 65 in 2005.
While serving as an assistant coach for the Demon Deacons, he helped guide Wake Forest to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2006 and 2007 to go along with national top 25 rankings. After being ranked as high as No. 14 nationally in 2006, the Deacs finished the year at No. 22, before capping off the 2007 campaign at No. 20 nationally. He assisted with the development of 2006 NCAA Singles Championship participant Alex Hirsch, who finished the year ranked No. 43 nationally.
As an assistant at Redlands, he helped lead the Bulldogs to back-to-back conference championships in 2008 and 2009. Redlands was ranked among the top 25 nationally in Division III during his tenure and finished the 2009 campaign with a program-best national ranking of No. 8. During his time with the Bulldogs, he assisted in the development of three nationally ranked players.
Medvene-Collins earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from Redlands in 2002 before returning to earn his master's degree in higher education in 2009. As a four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs, he earned all-conference honors during each of his final three seasons. The Bulldogs participated in the NCAA Division III Tournament during each of his four seasons and finished his sophomore campaign at No. 4 nationally.
"We are so excited to get someone of Jesse's level to join our program," Petty said. "He has been successful at every stop he has made. I have no doubt he will make a quick impact on our program."
Medvene-Collins come to Lubbock after spending the last six seasons at William & Mary as the associate head coach. He helped lead the program to four CAA Championships and earned ITA Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors in both 2015 and 2017.
Over his five seasons, the program has reached a number of milestones. Medvene-Collins has coached four CAA Players of the Year, three CAA Rookies of the Year, 20 ITA Scholar-Athletes, 16 All-CAA singles players and eight All-CAA pairs in doubles at W&M. Three singles players and two doubles teams have represented the Tribe at the NCAA Individual Championships during that stretch. The program posted a mark of 69-46 in his five seasons on staff.
"I couldn't be more excited to join Coach Petty and the Red Raider family," Medvene-Collins said. "I have so much respect for what the program has done under Coach Petty, and I'm going to do my best to help him and the team every day."
Medvene-Collins possesses more than 10 years of collegiate tennis coaching experience, including assistant stops at Dartmouth, Wake Forest, Redlands and Iowa prior to coming to Williamsburg. Medvene-Collins spent the two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa before joining the Tribe staff.
His responsibilities at Iowa included assisting with recruiting, budget oversight, player development, practice management, match scheduling, fund-raising and team travel. During the 2012 season, Iowa was ranked as high as No. 58 nationally and earned upset wins over No. 36 DePaul and No. 48 Penn State. The Hawkeyes finished the 2012 campaign at No. 10 in the ITA Central Region. In 2011, Medvene-Collins assisted in the recruitment of the No. 18 class in the country to Iowa.
In 2012, he was named the Intersectional coach for the Missouri Valley Section Team at the USTA National Team Boys 18 Championships. Medvene-Collins achieved Level 1 certification in the RPT Europe Spanish Player Development Course in 2012. He is also a USPTA (United States Professional Tennis Association) Teaching Professional.
Prior to his time in Iowa City, Medvene-Collins was the head women's tennis coach at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. He led the Cyclones to a victory over the No. 7-ranked team in the West Region during his lone season, marking the highest-ranked win in program history.
A native of Washington D.C., Medvene-Collins started his collegiate coaching career as an assistant with stops at Dartmouth (2003-05), Wake Forest (2005-07) and his alma mater the University of Redlands (2007-09). During his two seasons at Dartmouth, he helped the Big Green to an overall record of 26-16 and national rankings of No. 71 in 2004 and No. 65 in 2005.
While serving as an assistant coach for the Demon Deacons, he helped guide Wake Forest to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2006 and 2007 to go along with national top 25 rankings. After being ranked as high as No. 14 nationally in 2006, the Deacs finished the year at No. 22, before capping off the 2007 campaign at No. 20 nationally. He assisted with the development of 2006 NCAA Singles Championship participant Alex Hirsch, who finished the year ranked No. 43 nationally.
As an assistant at Redlands, he helped lead the Bulldogs to back-to-back conference championships in 2008 and 2009. Redlands was ranked among the top 25 nationally in Division III during his tenure and finished the 2009 campaign with a program-best national ranking of No. 8. During his time with the Bulldogs, he assisted in the development of three nationally ranked players.
Medvene-Collins earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from Redlands in 2002 before returning to earn his master's degree in higher education in 2009. As a four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs, he earned all-conference honors during each of his final three seasons. The Bulldogs participated in the NCAA Division III Tournament during each of his four seasons and finished his sophomore campaign at No. 4 nationally.
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