Women's Tennis Coaching Staff
- Head Coach Jennifer Anderson
Jenn Anderson '96 begins her seventh year as the Quakers’ head women’s tennis coach. Her 2006-07 club finished with a 12-6 mark, the team's second straight 10+ win season. Anderson was chosen as the 2005-06 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Coach of the Year, a first for a Guilford tennis coach. She is the sixth women’s tennis coach in school history and has guided Guilford to a 44-53 overall record in six seasons. The 2006-07 club placed fifth at the ODAC tournament, Guilford’s best finish since 1998. Anderson also helped Song an Nguyen ‘06 to All-ODAC Tournament recognition at third singles in 2005 and 2006. Joan Kietzman ‘08 and Nguyen earned all-tournament honors at third doubles in 2006.
Anderson served as an assistant tennis professional at Sedgefield Country Club and Adams Farm Swim and Tennis Club while completing her master’s degree at North Carolina A&T State University. She received a master’s degree in health and physical education in 2000 and holds Pro 2 certification from the United States Professional Tennis Association. Her two-year tenure as head tennis professional at the Woodcroft Swim and Tennis Club in Durham, N.C., included individual instruction and coaching junior travel and interclub teams.
A three-year tennis letter winner at Guilford, Anderson earned Second Team All-ODAC honors at fifth singles as a senior. She compiled a 34-11 singles record in two seasons at fifth and sixth singles and a 12-7 career doubles mark. Guilford posted a 44-8 record with three straight second-place ODAC Tournament finishes in Anderson’s three seasons. The Quakers ranked among the top 23 teams in the Rolex/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III poll each year.
The 1996 Guilford graduate is a physical education teacher at Oak Ridge Elementary School in Guilford County. Jenn and her husband, Erick, married in 2005 and live in Walkertown, N.C with their twin daughters Kelsey and Madison.