Head Coach Jim Chen

Jim Chen begins his 39th year at Geneseo and his 10th as head coach for the women's tennis team in 2011-12 and has posted a record of 92-27. In 2009-10, Chen won his second straight SUNYAC title and led the Knights to their second consecutive appearance at the NCAA Division III team tournament, where Geneseo fell to Wilkes (Pa.) in the first round.

Chen, who also served as captain of the Geneseo squash team and is currently rated as a 4.0 player by the USTA, completed the training program at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida. He obtained his B.A. from Brandeis in 1962 and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1969. He came to Geneseo in 1973 as a professor in the physics department after having taught at the University of Pennsylvania.

Coach Chen recognizes that academic matters take precedence over tennis, but tennis comes before everything else. He employs a simple philosophy. "The coaching staff asks three things of its players; that they are committed to tennis, that they strive to improve and that they have fun. The winning takes care of itself."

Career Record: 92-27, Nine seasons

Email: chen@geneseo.edu

Assistant Coach Bryan French

Assistant coach Bryan French begins his fifth year for the women's team in 2010-11. He has coached varsity tennis at Avon Central School for six years. He has also coached high school varsity soccer as well as teaching canoeing, kayaking and cross country skiing. He played on the SUNY Potsdam men's tennis team and is currently rated as a 4.0+ player by the USTA.

French received his BA from SUNY Potsdam in 1985 and his MS from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2003. He is currently an adjunct professor at RIT in the Information Technology department and has taught at Genesee Community College as an adjunct. He also works providing team building experiences for schools and corporations as well as leading people on adventure travel trips around the globe.