Amy Behrman, who has led The College of Wooster women's tennis team since Nov. 2012, will serve the Fighting Scots in the additional capacity of interim men's tennis coach for the 2024 spring semester following the resignation of Adam Clark, who accepted the head men's tennis coaching position at California Institute of Technology.
"I want to thank Coach Clark for his time at Wooster and wish him the best in his new position," said Lynn Holleran, Wooster's director of athletics and physical education. "We are grateful Coach Behrman will be leading our men's tennis team in addition to leading our women this spring. Amy is an experienced coach who has coached our men and women before. We are fortunate to have her at Wooster and grateful that she has accepted this interim role."
"I am excited to be working with both the men's and women's tennis teams," said Behrman. "Together, we have much to look forward to this spring. We will continue to build off our momentum from the fall seasons with a unified vision, strong foundations, and great work ethic."
Behrman has taken great strides in upgrading Wooster's women's program, helping the team to 95 wins while recruiting new talent, aided by 12 brand new tennis courts on the northeast end of campus that were constructed during the 2022-23 academic year, a newer 48,000 square foot six-court indoor tennis club in Wooster, and the ability to practice within the College's $30 million Scot Center.
Wooster's winningest women's tennis coach's efforts paid off with the program recording its highest winning percentage in over a decade during the 2016-17 season, the team following that up with a 15-5 record during the 2017-18 season for the second-most wins in program history, and the program advancing to the semifinals of the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament for the first time since 1999 in 2023. Four Wooster student-athletes have earned the NCAC Newcomer of the Year award since 2013, the team and most individual student-athletes qualify for Intercollegiate Tennis Association academic honors on an annual basis, and Qingyue Li graduated in 2020 with 98 career wins, the most by a Scot since 1988.
Behrman is no stranger to Wooster's men's team, having served as an assistant to both genders during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years. Wooster men's tennis players earned four All-NCAC honors with Behrman as an assistant.