Wake Forest Athletics
Matt Lucas Joins Men's Tennis Staff
1/31/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 31, 2014
By Alex Botoman, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMTennis)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Former South Carolina assistant coach Matt Lucas has joined the Wake Forest men's tennis staff as volunteer assistant coach, head coach Tony Bresky announced today.
Lucas comes to Wake Forest after three seasons at South Carolina where he helped turn the Gamecocks into a Top 25 team. Lucas was named the ITA Carolina Region Assistant Coach of the Year for his success at South Carolina and helped sign the No. 3 recruiting class in the nation in 2011.
"Matt has been a head coach at the Division I level and was an assistant coach at South Carolina the last three years where he helped that program from not being ranked in the Top 75 to a Top 20 finish last year," said Bresky. "He does a great job, and Brett (Ross) and I are extremely excited to have him joining our staff. He's going to be a big addition."
Prior to coming to South Carolina, he served as the head men's tennis coach at the University of the Pacific from 2009-10, leading the team to as high as No. 52 in the ITA Rankings. Prior to his stint on the West Coast, he was an assistant coach at Princeton from 2006-09.
Lucas played collegiate tennis at Appalachian State and NC State, rising as high as No. 63 in the ITA Singles Rankings while with the Wolfpack. He graduated from NC State in 2002 with a degree in humanities.
