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Brian Kalbas
William & Mary women's team (1992–2003)
  • North Carolina women's team
    • (2003–present)
    Coaching awards and records
    Awards

    ITA Coach of the Year (1998, 2010, 2023)

    Last updated on: July 1, 2023.

    Brian Kalbas (born 1966) is an American college

    College of William & Mary in 1992. He is a three-time Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Coach of the Year and the winningest women's tennis coach in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) history.[1]

    College career

    Kalbas attended the

    counterpuncher, he made up for his 5-foot-7-inch (1.70 m) size with good court awareness, grit, and a willingness to play through injury.[3][4][5] Teammates considered him an informal leader by his junior year.[6] As the team captain in his senior year in 1988–89, he missed half of the season due to a sore shoulder and other injuries and fell to No. 3; he had helped recruit the player, freshman David DiLucia, who replaced him in the top spot.[3][6] Before the end of his senior year, he was hired as an assistant coach for the next season.[2]

    Coaching career

    Kalbas remained an assistant coach at Notre Dame for three years.[1] In his last year, Notre Dame reached the final of the 1992 NCAA Championships.[1]

    Kalbas served as the head coach of the

    William & Mary Tribe women's team from 1992 to 2003.[7] The team, under Kalbas, won the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA; now Coastal Athletic Association) league title nine times.[7] The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) named him Coach of the Year in 1998, the year of William & Mary's second consecutive quarterfinal finish in the NCAA Championships.[7]

    Kalbas became the head coach of the University of North Carolina women's team in the summer of 2003.[1] Since its breakthrough 2009–10 season, the team has consistently held a place in the top 5 of the ITA rankings, and they have won the ACC Championships six times and the ITA National Team Indoor Championships seven times.[1][8] In Kalbas's twentieth season, North Carolina won its first NCAA team title at the 2023 Championships; he had led the program to five previous appearances in the NCAA semifinals, including one final appearance in 2014.[9][10] One of his North Carolina players has won an NCAA singles title (Jamie Loeb in 2015), and three North Carolina teams have won the NCAA doubles title (Jenna Long/Sara Anundsen in 2007, Makenna Jones/Elizabeth Scotty in 2021, and Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig in 2023).[1] Kalbas was named the national Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2023.[11][12] The active leader in NCAA Division I dual match wins as a coach, he has signed a contract extension with North Carolina through 2027.[1][13]

    Personal life

    Kalbas has two children with his wife, Suzanne.[1] His brother, Tim Kalbas, was a fellow member of the Notre Dame tennis team.[4][14]

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Brian Kalbas – Women's Tennis Coach". goheels.com. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
    2. ^ a b Mitchell, Bob (May 1, 1989). "Irish ready for future after season-ending win" (PDF). The Observer (student newspaper). p. 14. Retrieved July 1, 2023 – via Archives of the University of Notre Dame.
    3. ^ a b c Mitchell, Bob (April 28, 1989). "Kalbas 'everything' to Irish" (PDF). The Observer (student newspaper). p. 21. Retrieved July 1, 2023 – via Archives of the University of Notre Dame.
    4. ^ a b Mitchell, Bob (February 8, 1988). "ND netters remain unbeaten, dominate visiting Toledo" (PDF). The Observer (student newspaper). p. 14. Retrieved July 1, 2023 – via Archives of the University of Notre Dame.
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    6. ^ a b Travers, George (April 29, 1988). "Men's tennis finishes season at Illinois State" (PDF). The Observer (student newspaper). p. 25. Retrieved July 1, 2023 – via Archives of the University of Notre Dame.
    7. ^ a b c "Brian Kalbas 2015 Hall of Fame Wrap Up". tribeathletics.com. William & Mary Athletics. May 10, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
    8. ^ "50 Years: Unrelenting Excellence". goheels.com. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. April 13, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
    9. ^ Chiesa, Victoria (May 20, 2023). "2023 NCAA Championships: 'Special' UNC team wins its first-ever D1 women's team title". United States Tennis Association. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
    10. chapelboro.com
      . June 4, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
    11. tarheelblue.cstv.com. June 16, 2010. Archived from the original
      on June 21, 2010.
    12. ^ "2023 Division I Women's Tennis ITA National Awards". Intercollegiate Tennis Association. June 12, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
    13. ^ "Brian Kalbas Agrees to Contract Extension". goheels.com. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
    14. ^ LaFleur, Pete. "An Irish Day in the Sun". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
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