Men's Coaches
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Peter Burling
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Head tennis coach Peter Burling enters his 18th year as head of the men's tennis team and his ninth year leading the women's squad in 2007-08. Bringing a tremendous amount of experience and leadership to the tennis programs, Burling has been at the head of a continuously winning tradition.
Dominating the North Coast Athletic Conference once again in 2007, the women's tennis team claimed the conference championship for the sixth consecutive season. Plowing their way through the competition, they advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the second time out of the last three seasons following a dramatic upset of the region's top-ranked team, DePauw. Overall, the team finished the year with a 19-5, 6-0 in the conference.
The 2007 men's squad finished with a record of 14-8 and posted a 7-1 record in conference play. The doubles team of Kevin Newman and Randy Lofgren advanced to the NCAA Championships and the team ended the season ranked in the region.
In 2005 Burling was honored as the Wilson/ITA National Women's Tennis Coach of the Year after directing the Big Red to their first ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals.
Under Burling's guidance, the women have gone 132-41 over
the past seven seasons and they have not lost a North Coast Athletic Conference
match in six seasons. In all, they have gone 45-2 in conference play with
Burling as the head coach. A six-time NCAC coach of the year, 2007 marked
The men's team, which Burling has invested nearly two decades in, has also met a tremendous amount of success under his leadership. He has garnered the NCAC Coach of the Year award in 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2006. Coach Burling has also been named NCAA Division III Midwest Region Coach of the Year and USPTA Midwest Coach of the Year. Since 1978, the Denison Tennis Team has put together 18 NCAC Championship titles.
Burling, originally from