Women's Tennis
Wyshner, Jeff
Jeff Wyshner
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- wyshner@wfu.edu
- Phone:
- 336-758-5752
After becoming the all-time winningest head coach in Wake Forest women's tennis program history during the 2025 season, Jeff Wyshner is set to enter his 16th season at the helm of the Demon Deacons during the 2025-26 season. Throughout his tenure, Wyshner has positioned the Demon Deacons for success through his comprehensive recruiting efforts and commitment to player development.
The Demon Deacons have seen notable success over the past six years, winning 20-plus matches twice while consistently being ranked inside of the top 25 nearly each season and making the NCAA tournament nine years in a row. Regarding the latter, Wake Forest is one of just 19 schools to accomplish this feat, as well as one of six ACC institutions to do so. The nine year tournament streak also matches the longest streak in program history, which happened from 1994 to 2002. From 2020-22, one or more individuals notched All-American status.
Wyshner etched his name into Wake Forest history during 2025 season, becoming the all-time winningest head coach in program history after earning his 192nd victory at Wake Forest during a 7-0 shutout against Elon on January 16th, 2025. He also became the first Demon Deacons head coach to eclipse the 200-win mark at Wake Forest, earning his 200th victory with the Deacs highest ranked victory of the season against No. 30 Clemson on March 30th, 2025.
In total, the Deacs recorded 15 wins throughout the 2025 spring season and have now earned double-digit victories in 11 consecutive seasons (excluding the COVID-shortened 2020 season). Two of the 15 victories came against ranked teams. Wake Forest also secured a victory over SMU in the first round of the ACC Tournament. Individually, the Demon Deacons were led by junior Nevena Carton, who led the team with 13 singles victories, including three victories over ranked opponents. In total, Wake Forest had four players record double-digit wins on the season. Meanwhile, Wake Forest dominated in doubles play, finishing the season with a 43-25 record and three duos recording double-digit victories. Leading the way for the Deacs was the duo of graduate student Anna Zhang and junior Whitley Pate, who secured a 17-4 record, including starting the season 15-0.
Wake Forest compiled 15 wins throughout the 2024 spring. Seven of the 15 victories happened over ranked teams, with three coming against teams inside the top 30. Individually, the Deacs were led by senior captain Casie Wooten, who finished with a team-best 15 wins in dual play (22 overall). The Torrance, California, native also represented at the 2024 NCAA Singles Championships for the second year in a row. In total, Wake Forest had six players record double-digit singles victories in dual play for the 2024 campaign.
The Deacons tallied an 18-14 overall record in 2023, including five wins over Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponents and seven over nationally-ranked programs. The team played some of its best at home, going 12-4 in 16 appearances at its tennis center. During the postseason, Wake Forest advanced to the ACC tournament's quarterfinal round for the seventh-straight year and also appeared in the NCAA tournament for the seventh year in a row, along being being the 22nd throughout program history. For the singles and doubles section of the NCAA tournament, the program had Casie Wooten and Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth represent in the event, being a third consecutive year of having three or more players earn bids. The Deacs held a national ranking all spring long, making its way into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) top 25 on four separate occasions. Additionally, Wake Forest won the 75th annual Blue Gray National Tennis Classic championship in Montgomery, Alabama in late-February, and four roster members recorded double-figures in solo wins.
In their sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament during the 2022 spring campaign, the Demon Deacons reached the Round of 32, defeating nationally-ranked Northwestern, 4-2, in the opening round of the tournament. Additionally, for the second time in program history, Wake Forest had five individuals selected to the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships field. Carolyn Campana earned an at-large bid to compete in the 64-player singles draw for the second time in her career. Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth, as well as Samantha Martinelli and Casie Wooten, partook in the doubles section. Under Wyshner's guidance, Brylin and Killingsworth transformed into one of the country's best duos, earning All-American honors for doubles play from the ITA. The pair was Wake Forest's fifth all-time to receive such honors. Additionally, Brylin and Killingsworth became the first-ever Wake Forest doubles team to capture an ITA All-American Championship on Oct. 10, 2021. The two impressed even more throughout the spring, ranking No. 5 in the country in May -- that particular mark was Wake Forest's highest for a doubles tandem in the latter part of a season since Janet Bergman/Bea Bielik in 2002.
In 2021, Wyshner helped groom Carolyn Campana into one of the top-ranked singles players in the nation. The Deacs' No. 1 rose to as high as No. 12 in the ITA singles rankings and earned a national seed at the NCAA Singles Championship. It marked the highest individual ranking for a Wake Forest player since the 2004-05 season.
Before the 2019-20 season was shortened due to COVID-19, the Deacs were well on their way to their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament. Wake Forest, who was as high as No. 9 in the country, finished the year with its highest final ITA ranking in the Wyshner era at No. 16 and was on pace to potentially host the first two rounds in the NCAA Tournament. The doubles duo of MC Meredith and Eliza Omirou helped lead the way out of the No. 1 spot. They finished the season as the No. 9 ranked pairing in the country, earning ITA All-American honors. They captured five ranked wins with four coming against top-25 doubles pairings in 2019-20.
One of the highlights of the 2019-20 campaign came when the Deacs captured the Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic in February, defeating No. 5 Princeton in the final.
The 2017-18 season saw the program reach new heights in Wyshner era as the Deacs advanced to their third straight NCAA Tournament and soared to as high as No. 10 in the ITA rankings. Their top-10 ranking was highest in the Wyshner era and the first time they were ranked in the top-10 since 2002.
Wyshner has consistently signed top-25 recruiting classes, including the 2016 class of Lexi Franco and Chandler Carter. The 2015 class of Emma Davis, Anna Ulyashchenko and Joanna Zalewski made an immediate impact in its first season, combining for 54 dual-match singles wins, all at the top four positions. Davis reached No. 103 in the national singles rankings, the highest for a Wake Forest freshman since 2006, while Ulyashchenko collected the first ACC Player of the Week honor by a Deacon rookie since 2004 and finished ranked 44th in doubles with Kimmy Guerin. Zalewski set a school record with 10 ACC singles triumphs and led the team with 30 victories overall, the highest total by a Deacon since 2002.
Wyshner's efforts to bring the program back to being one of the best in the ACC began to take a tangible effect in 2013 when the Deacs won back-to-back ACC matches against Virginia Tech and Maryland. Despite a disappointing 3-19 finish, the Deacs were on the verge of a much better mark, dropping seven matches by a 4-3 scoreline.
The program continued the turn in 2014 when Wake Forest improved its record by nine wins to finish 12-13 on the season. Luisa Fernandez and Kasey Gardiner each posted more than 40 combined wins between singles and doubles and Wake Forest had its best campaign since winning 13 matches in 2009.
During the 2014 season, Wake Forest beat six ranked opponents and earned its first ACC Championship victory in the first round of the tournament by defeating Maryland 4-1. Wyshner also earned his 200th win as a women's tennis coach with a 4-3 victory over in-state rival NC State during the year.
In 2015, Wake Forest broke through in a big way in posting its first winning season since 2007 with a 14-13 record, including four conference victories. At season's end, Wyshner had coached Guerin to third team All-ACC honors, a No. 118 singles ranking nationally, a No. 12 singles ranking in the Carolina region and a No. 10 doubles ranking with Gardiner in the Carolina Region. As a team, Wake Forest checked in at No. 5 in the region, up one spot from its 2014 finish.
The program's rise carried on in 2016, when the Deacs' first-ever 9-0 start propelled the team to a 19-10 overall record and a 7-7 mark in the ACC. The Deacs’ 19 wins were their most since 2002 and their seventh-place ACC finish and No. 29 final national ranking were their best since 2007. The team made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009 after getting up to No. 14 in the national rankings during the regular season.
The team also racked up nine ranked wins and reached the ACC Tournament quarterfinals for the first time in six years after receiving a first-round bye and blanking Virginia Tech, 4-0, in the second round.
In addition to the Demon Deacons' impressive rookie class, Guerin led the team in her junior season, earning her second-straight all-league plaudit by being named Second Team All-ACC. She finished No. 67 nationally in singles and No. 44 in doubles with Ulyashchenko. She was also the first Demon Deacon in five years to earn a spot in the NCAA Singles Championships.
The Deacs' stellar 2015-16 campaign earned Wyshner ITA Carolina Region Coach of the Year honors.
In Wyshner's first two years at the helm of the Demon Deacons, he guided a number of players to impressive individual achievements. The doubles duo of Kayla Duncan and Kathryn Talbert rose as high as No. 7 in the nation, making the two the third-highest ranked doubles team in school history. The tandem reached the doubles quarterfinals at the 2011 ITA All-American Championships and advanced to the second round of the 2011 NCAA Doubles Championships.
In 2011, Martina Pavelec peaked at No. 24 in the national singles rankings, which was the highest mark for a Deacon since the 2005 season. Duncan took over the top position with a strong singles performance in 2012, reaching as high as No. 63 in the country. Both players earned All-ACC honors.
Prior to his time at Wake Forest, Wyshner was the head coach at University of Akron, where he served from 2006-10. Under Wyshner, Akron reached new heights and national recognition. In 2009-10, he led the Zips to one of the best seasons in program history. Akron won its first 15 matches of the season and at one point was the only undefeated Division I squad in the nation. The team posted a 19-3 overall record and finished second in the Mid-American Conference, the best finish in conference play in program history. In 2008-09, Akron had its first winning season since 1996 and featured the first-ever freshman to win the MAC Player of the Year award in Zara Harutyunyan.
Wyshner built a reputation as a top-notch recruiter at Akron, as his incoming freshman class for the 2009-10 season was voted the 33rd best in the country and third best among mid-majors. The accomplishment came on the heels of his class ranking No. 34 nationally in 2008-09 and No. 12 among mid-majors. Both years, Akron's incoming class had been rated the highest in the MAC. Prior to the two ranked classes, Akron had never had a ranked recruiting class.
In January 2007, Wyshner completed the USA Tennis High Performance Coaching Program. The program is a highly-selective education program designed by the USTA to offer, "one of the highest-quality coaching education experiences in the world," and whose graduates are meant to be a, "publically recognized group of America's leading coaches." Generally restricted to junior development coaches, Wyshner was one of six college coaches selected to the class of 30. In the summer of 2009, he was selected for two USTA Continuing Education Programs for graduates of the High Performance Coaching Program, one at the Girl's 18s National Championships and a particularly selective program held in conjunction with the 2009 US Open.
Before arriving at Akron, Wyshner had been the head coach of both the men's and women's tennis teams at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn. for five seasons from 2002-06. He was also the women's tennis coach at Manhattan College in Bronx, N.Y., from 1994-2001.
In his five seasons at Fairfield, Wyshner quickly brought the men's and women's teams to the upper echelon of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with one championship season, one second-place finish and five third-place marks. His successes earned him MAAC Women's Coach of the Year honors in 2004, when the team advanced to the program's first-ever Division I NCAA Championship appearance. In 2005, he earned the MAAC Men's Coach of the Year award after the team equaled a program-best 12 wins and notched a third-place finish in the league standings. He is the only coach in MAAC history to have been named Coach of the Year for both men's and women's tennis.
During his final season at Fairfield, Wyshner was honored as the New England Sectional winner of the USTA/ITA Community Service Award. The honor goes to a coach who made significant contributions in developing community-based tennis programs through community centers, schools, parks, community tennis associations, inner-city, suburban or rural programs.
In eight years as head coach of the women's team at Manhattan, he became the program's winningest coach with a 70-54 overall record to go with a 33-15 mark against MAAC opponents. The highlight of his stay came in 2000-01 when the Jaspers went 13-4 overall with a 6-1 MAAC record and fought their way to their first-ever appearance in the MAAC championship match.
Wyshner's teams have also historically excelled in the classroom having now received the ITA's All-Academic Team honor nine times (four at Manhattan, two at Fairfield, twice at Wake Forest and once at Akron). Furthermore, his athletes have received either the ITA Scholar-Athlete All-American Award or their respective conference all-academic team recognition 86 times.
A native of Canaan, Conn., Wyshner graduated cum laude from Yale with a degree in economics and mathematics. He was a two-time recipient of the university's Junior Varsity Tennis Award, given to the individual who, through his dedication and ability, contributed the most to the program. Wyshner also earned a master's of arts degree in educational administration from the Teachers College at Columbia in 1996 and his juris doctorate from Columbia Law School in 2000. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association.
Wyshner began his coaching career in 1992 at the St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. While a teaching intern in the mathematics department, Wyshner served as a boys' and girls' varsity tennis coach, a girls' junior varsity soccer coach and a boys' varsity basketball coach. In 1993, Wyshner started a four-year stint in the mathematics department at Horace Mann High School in Riverdale, N.Y. Two of his girl's basketball teams were ranked in the top five in the state's Class D. In 1999, while in his final year of law school, Wyshner took over as Manhattan's director of sports media relations, a post he held until leaving for Fairfield in 2001. During the summer and fall semesters of 2008, Wyshner returned to the classroom, this time at Akron, as a teacher of Calculus with Business Applications.
Wyshner, a Level I member of the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA), and his wife Jennifer have two children Landon, born in 2006, and Sophie, born in 2008.
THE JEFF WYSHNER FILE
Birthday: Dec. 19, 1970
Hometown: Canaan, Conn.
Education: Yale, 1992 - B.A. in Economics and Mathematics; Columbia, 1996 - M.A. in Educational Administration; Columbia Law School, 2000 - J.D.
Wife: Jennifer
Children: Landon, Sophie
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 9 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Years at Wake Forest: 15
Wyshner's Year-by-Year Collegiate Coaching Record
The Demon Deacons have seen notable success over the past six years, winning 20-plus matches twice while consistently being ranked inside of the top 25 nearly each season and making the NCAA tournament nine years in a row. Regarding the latter, Wake Forest is one of just 19 schools to accomplish this feat, as well as one of six ACC institutions to do so. The nine year tournament streak also matches the longest streak in program history, which happened from 1994 to 2002. From 2020-22, one or more individuals notched All-American status.
Wyshner etched his name into Wake Forest history during 2025 season, becoming the all-time winningest head coach in program history after earning his 192nd victory at Wake Forest during a 7-0 shutout against Elon on January 16th, 2025. He also became the first Demon Deacons head coach to eclipse the 200-win mark at Wake Forest, earning his 200th victory with the Deacs highest ranked victory of the season against No. 30 Clemson on March 30th, 2025.
In total, the Deacs recorded 15 wins throughout the 2025 spring season and have now earned double-digit victories in 11 consecutive seasons (excluding the COVID-shortened 2020 season). Two of the 15 victories came against ranked teams. Wake Forest also secured a victory over SMU in the first round of the ACC Tournament. Individually, the Demon Deacons were led by junior Nevena Carton, who led the team with 13 singles victories, including three victories over ranked opponents. In total, Wake Forest had four players record double-digit wins on the season. Meanwhile, Wake Forest dominated in doubles play, finishing the season with a 43-25 record and three duos recording double-digit victories. Leading the way for the Deacs was the duo of graduate student Anna Zhang and junior Whitley Pate, who secured a 17-4 record, including starting the season 15-0.
Wake Forest compiled 15 wins throughout the 2024 spring. Seven of the 15 victories happened over ranked teams, with three coming against teams inside the top 30. Individually, the Deacs were led by senior captain Casie Wooten, who finished with a team-best 15 wins in dual play (22 overall). The Torrance, California, native also represented at the 2024 NCAA Singles Championships for the second year in a row. In total, Wake Forest had six players record double-digit singles victories in dual play for the 2024 campaign.
The Deacons tallied an 18-14 overall record in 2023, including five wins over Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponents and seven over nationally-ranked programs. The team played some of its best at home, going 12-4 in 16 appearances at its tennis center. During the postseason, Wake Forest advanced to the ACC tournament's quarterfinal round for the seventh-straight year and also appeared in the NCAA tournament for the seventh year in a row, along being being the 22nd throughout program history. For the singles and doubles section of the NCAA tournament, the program had Casie Wooten and Anna Brylin/Brooke Killingsworth represent in the event, being a third consecutive year of having three or more players earn bids. The Deacs held a national ranking all spring long, making its way into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) top 25 on four separate occasions. Additionally, Wake Forest won the 75th annual Blue Gray National Tennis Classic championship in Montgomery, Alabama in late-February, and four roster members recorded double-figures in solo wins.
In their sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament during the 2022 spring campaign, the Demon Deacons reached the Round of 32, defeating nationally-ranked Northwestern, 4-2, in the opening round of the tournament. Additionally, for the second time in program history, Wake Forest had five individuals selected to the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships field. Carolyn Campana earned an at-large bid to compete in the 64-player singles draw for the second time in her career. Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth, as well as Samantha Martinelli and Casie Wooten, partook in the doubles section. Under Wyshner's guidance, Brylin and Killingsworth transformed into one of the country's best duos, earning All-American honors for doubles play from the ITA. The pair was Wake Forest's fifth all-time to receive such honors. Additionally, Brylin and Killingsworth became the first-ever Wake Forest doubles team to capture an ITA All-American Championship on Oct. 10, 2021. The two impressed even more throughout the spring, ranking No. 5 in the country in May -- that particular mark was Wake Forest's highest for a doubles tandem in the latter part of a season since Janet Bergman/Bea Bielik in 2002.
In 2021, Wyshner helped groom Carolyn Campana into one of the top-ranked singles players in the nation. The Deacs' No. 1 rose to as high as No. 12 in the ITA singles rankings and earned a national seed at the NCAA Singles Championship. It marked the highest individual ranking for a Wake Forest player since the 2004-05 season.
Before the 2019-20 season was shortened due to COVID-19, the Deacs were well on their way to their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament. Wake Forest, who was as high as No. 9 in the country, finished the year with its highest final ITA ranking in the Wyshner era at No. 16 and was on pace to potentially host the first two rounds in the NCAA Tournament. The doubles duo of MC Meredith and Eliza Omirou helped lead the way out of the No. 1 spot. They finished the season as the No. 9 ranked pairing in the country, earning ITA All-American honors. They captured five ranked wins with four coming against top-25 doubles pairings in 2019-20.
One of the highlights of the 2019-20 campaign came when the Deacs captured the Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic in February, defeating No. 5 Princeton in the final.
The 2017-18 season saw the program reach new heights in Wyshner era as the Deacs advanced to their third straight NCAA Tournament and soared to as high as No. 10 in the ITA rankings. Their top-10 ranking was highest in the Wyshner era and the first time they were ranked in the top-10 since 2002.
Wyshner has consistently signed top-25 recruiting classes, including the 2016 class of Lexi Franco and Chandler Carter. The 2015 class of Emma Davis, Anna Ulyashchenko and Joanna Zalewski made an immediate impact in its first season, combining for 54 dual-match singles wins, all at the top four positions. Davis reached No. 103 in the national singles rankings, the highest for a Wake Forest freshman since 2006, while Ulyashchenko collected the first ACC Player of the Week honor by a Deacon rookie since 2004 and finished ranked 44th in doubles with Kimmy Guerin. Zalewski set a school record with 10 ACC singles triumphs and led the team with 30 victories overall, the highest total by a Deacon since 2002.
Wyshner's efforts to bring the program back to being one of the best in the ACC began to take a tangible effect in 2013 when the Deacs won back-to-back ACC matches against Virginia Tech and Maryland. Despite a disappointing 3-19 finish, the Deacs were on the verge of a much better mark, dropping seven matches by a 4-3 scoreline.
The program continued the turn in 2014 when Wake Forest improved its record by nine wins to finish 12-13 on the season. Luisa Fernandez and Kasey Gardiner each posted more than 40 combined wins between singles and doubles and Wake Forest had its best campaign since winning 13 matches in 2009.
During the 2014 season, Wake Forest beat six ranked opponents and earned its first ACC Championship victory in the first round of the tournament by defeating Maryland 4-1. Wyshner also earned his 200th win as a women's tennis coach with a 4-3 victory over in-state rival NC State during the year.
In 2015, Wake Forest broke through in a big way in posting its first winning season since 2007 with a 14-13 record, including four conference victories. At season's end, Wyshner had coached Guerin to third team All-ACC honors, a No. 118 singles ranking nationally, a No. 12 singles ranking in the Carolina region and a No. 10 doubles ranking with Gardiner in the Carolina Region. As a team, Wake Forest checked in at No. 5 in the region, up one spot from its 2014 finish.
The program's rise carried on in 2016, when the Deacs' first-ever 9-0 start propelled the team to a 19-10 overall record and a 7-7 mark in the ACC. The Deacs’ 19 wins were their most since 2002 and their seventh-place ACC finish and No. 29 final national ranking were their best since 2007. The team made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009 after getting up to No. 14 in the national rankings during the regular season.
The team also racked up nine ranked wins and reached the ACC Tournament quarterfinals for the first time in six years after receiving a first-round bye and blanking Virginia Tech, 4-0, in the second round.
In addition to the Demon Deacons' impressive rookie class, Guerin led the team in her junior season, earning her second-straight all-league plaudit by being named Second Team All-ACC. She finished No. 67 nationally in singles and No. 44 in doubles with Ulyashchenko. She was also the first Demon Deacon in five years to earn a spot in the NCAA Singles Championships.
The Deacs' stellar 2015-16 campaign earned Wyshner ITA Carolina Region Coach of the Year honors.
In Wyshner's first two years at the helm of the Demon Deacons, he guided a number of players to impressive individual achievements. The doubles duo of Kayla Duncan and Kathryn Talbert rose as high as No. 7 in the nation, making the two the third-highest ranked doubles team in school history. The tandem reached the doubles quarterfinals at the 2011 ITA All-American Championships and advanced to the second round of the 2011 NCAA Doubles Championships.
In 2011, Martina Pavelec peaked at No. 24 in the national singles rankings, which was the highest mark for a Deacon since the 2005 season. Duncan took over the top position with a strong singles performance in 2012, reaching as high as No. 63 in the country. Both players earned All-ACC honors.
Prior to his time at Wake Forest, Wyshner was the head coach at University of Akron, where he served from 2006-10. Under Wyshner, Akron reached new heights and national recognition. In 2009-10, he led the Zips to one of the best seasons in program history. Akron won its first 15 matches of the season and at one point was the only undefeated Division I squad in the nation. The team posted a 19-3 overall record and finished second in the Mid-American Conference, the best finish in conference play in program history. In 2008-09, Akron had its first winning season since 1996 and featured the first-ever freshman to win the MAC Player of the Year award in Zara Harutyunyan.
Wyshner built a reputation as a top-notch recruiter at Akron, as his incoming freshman class for the 2009-10 season was voted the 33rd best in the country and third best among mid-majors. The accomplishment came on the heels of his class ranking No. 34 nationally in 2008-09 and No. 12 among mid-majors. Both years, Akron's incoming class had been rated the highest in the MAC. Prior to the two ranked classes, Akron had never had a ranked recruiting class.
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In January 2007, Wyshner completed the USA Tennis High Performance Coaching Program. The program is a highly-selective education program designed by the USTA to offer, "one of the highest-quality coaching education experiences in the world," and whose graduates are meant to be a, "publically recognized group of America's leading coaches." Generally restricted to junior development coaches, Wyshner was one of six college coaches selected to the class of 30. In the summer of 2009, he was selected for two USTA Continuing Education Programs for graduates of the High Performance Coaching Program, one at the Girl's 18s National Championships and a particularly selective program held in conjunction with the 2009 US Open.
Before arriving at Akron, Wyshner had been the head coach of both the men's and women's tennis teams at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn. for five seasons from 2002-06. He was also the women's tennis coach at Manhattan College in Bronx, N.Y., from 1994-2001.
In his five seasons at Fairfield, Wyshner quickly brought the men's and women's teams to the upper echelon of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with one championship season, one second-place finish and five third-place marks. His successes earned him MAAC Women's Coach of the Year honors in 2004, when the team advanced to the program's first-ever Division I NCAA Championship appearance. In 2005, he earned the MAAC Men's Coach of the Year award after the team equaled a program-best 12 wins and notched a third-place finish in the league standings. He is the only coach in MAAC history to have been named Coach of the Year for both men's and women's tennis.
During his final season at Fairfield, Wyshner was honored as the New England Sectional winner of the USTA/ITA Community Service Award. The honor goes to a coach who made significant contributions in developing community-based tennis programs through community centers, schools, parks, community tennis associations, inner-city, suburban or rural programs.
In eight years as head coach of the women's team at Manhattan, he became the program's winningest coach with a 70-54 overall record to go with a 33-15 mark against MAAC opponents. The highlight of his stay came in 2000-01 when the Jaspers went 13-4 overall with a 6-1 MAAC record and fought their way to their first-ever appearance in the MAAC championship match.
Wyshner's teams have also historically excelled in the classroom having now received the ITA's All-Academic Team honor nine times (four at Manhattan, two at Fairfield, twice at Wake Forest and once at Akron). Furthermore, his athletes have received either the ITA Scholar-Athlete All-American Award or their respective conference all-academic team recognition 86 times.
A native of Canaan, Conn., Wyshner graduated cum laude from Yale with a degree in economics and mathematics. He was a two-time recipient of the university's Junior Varsity Tennis Award, given to the individual who, through his dedication and ability, contributed the most to the program. Wyshner also earned a master's of arts degree in educational administration from the Teachers College at Columbia in 1996 and his juris doctorate from Columbia Law School in 2000. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association.
Wyshner began his coaching career in 1992 at the St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. While a teaching intern in the mathematics department, Wyshner served as a boys' and girls' varsity tennis coach, a girls' junior varsity soccer coach and a boys' varsity basketball coach. In 1993, Wyshner started a four-year stint in the mathematics department at Horace Mann High School in Riverdale, N.Y. Two of his girl's basketball teams were ranked in the top five in the state's Class D. In 1999, while in his final year of law school, Wyshner took over as Manhattan's director of sports media relations, a post he held until leaving for Fairfield in 2001. During the summer and fall semesters of 2008, Wyshner returned to the classroom, this time at Akron, as a teacher of Calculus with Business Applications.
Wyshner, a Level I member of the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA), and his wife Jennifer have two children Landon, born in 2006, and Sophie, born in 2008.
THE JEFF WYSHNER FILE
Birthday: Dec. 19, 1970
Hometown: Canaan, Conn.
Education: Yale, 1992 - B.A. in Economics and Mathematics; Columbia, 1996 - M.A. in Educational Administration; Columbia Law School, 2000 - J.D.
Wife: Jennifer
Children: Landon, Sophie
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 9 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Years at Wake Forest: 15
Wyshner's Year-by-Year Collegiate Coaching Record
| Season | School | Women's Record | Men's Record |
| 1993-94 | Manhattan College | 1-3 | |
| 1994-95 | Manhattan College | 8-7 | |
| 1995-96 | Manhattan College | 9-7 | |
| 1996-97 | Manhattan College | 6-7 | |
| 1997-98 | Manhattan College | 11-8 | |
| 1998-99 | Manhattan College | 10-10 | |
| 1999-00 | Manhattan College | 12-8 | |
| 2000-01 | Manhattan College | 13-4 | |
| Manhattan Totals (eight seasons): | 70-54 | ||
| 2001-02 | Fairfield University | 12-10 | 8-15 |
| 2002-03 | Fairfield University | 10-10 | 12-8 |
| 2003-04 | Fairfield University | 19-6 | 10-12 |
| 2004-05 | Fairfield University | 8-15 | 12-11 |
| 2005-06 | Fairfield University | 10-13 | 12-10 |
| Fairfield Totals (five seasons): | 59-54 | 54-56 | |
| 2006-07 | University of Akron | 9-13 | |
| 2007-08 | University of Akron | 5-15 | |
| 2008-09 | University of Akron | 15-8 | |
| 2009-10 | University of Akron | 19-3 | |
| Akron Totals (four seasons): | 48-39 | ||
| 2010-11 | Wake Forest University | 6-16 | |
| 2011-12 | Wake Forest University | 3-18 | |
| 2012-13 | Wake Forest University | 3-19 | |
| 2013-14 | Wake Forest University | 12-13 | |
| 2014-15 | Wake Forest University | 14-13 | |
| 2015-16 | Wake Forest University | 19-10 | |
| 2016-17 | Wake Forest University | 18-11 | |
| 2017-18 | Wake Forest University | 20-14 | |
| 2018-19 | Wake Forest University | 21-9 | |
| 2019-20 | Wake Forest University | 9-4 | |
| 2020-21 | Wake Forest University | 12-13 | |
| 2021-22 | Wake Forest University | 17-11 | |
| 2022-23 | Wake Forest University | 18-14 | |
| 2023-24 | Wake Forest University | 15-14 | |
| 2024-25 | Wake Forest University | 15-14 | |
| Wake Forest Totals (15 seasons): | 202-193 | ||
| Career Totals (32 seasons): | 379-340 | 54-56 |
Wake Forest Football 2025 Week Two Trailer
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Wednesday, September 03
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Tuesday, September 02
Coach Jake Dickert Weekly Press Conference (Sept. 1, 2025)
Monday, September 01
