Mike Patrick - Co-head coach of Tennessee women's tennis

Mike Patrick took over the women's tennis team at Tennessee in 1987 and hasn't looked back. In his 20+ seasons with the Lady Vols, Mike Patrick has become the winningest coach in the history of Tennessee's program, picking up his 400th win with the Lady Vols in a 6-1 win at Auburn on March 6, 2011. Overall, Mike Patrick has over 450 wins in his time at Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas.

Mike Patrick has guided more than 20 different squads at Tennessee into top-25 finishes, while individually Mike Patrick has helped his players earn a number of accolades, including most recently in the 2009-10 season when Caitlin Whoriskey and Natalie Pluskota made it all the way to the individual doubles finals, a first for a Tennessee Lady Vols doubles team, earning them a No. 1 ranking at the end of the season, also a first for Tennessee and for Mike Patrick.

Mike Patrick and wife Sonia Hahn-Patrick, with whom he has been co-head coach at Tennessee since 1997, have earned multiple co-head coach of the year honors, most recently in 2009.

Stories that highlight Mike Patrick's tenure as co-head coach of Tennessee women's tennis
No slowing down Mike Patrick, Lady Vols
Mike Patrick, Lady Vols add pair of five-star players
Mike Patrick, Lady Vols fall in marathon match
Mike Patrick guides Lady Vols' duo to No. 1
Awards pile up for Mike Patrick, Lady Vols
Mike Patrick guides doubles team to ITA title

• Brynn Boren, Kata Szekely lose 7-5, 7-5 in NCAA doubles semifinals Published 5/26/2013 at 9:27 p.m. 0 comments

  Fourth-seeded Brynn Boren and Kata Szekely of Tennessee lost 7-5, 7-5 to No. 2 seed Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria of Southern California in the semifinals of the NCAA women’s doubles championship in Urbana, Ill., on Sunday.

• Lady Vols sweep VCU, to play North Carolina in NCAA's second round Published 5/10/2013 at 9:39 p.m. 0 comments

  The Tennessee women’s tennis team advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament on Friday with a 4-0 sweep of Virginia Commonwealth at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.

• Lady Vols seeded 5th in SEC tennis tournament Published 4/14/2013 at 8:00 p.m. 0 comments

  The Tennessee women’s tennis team lost 4-1 to No. 22 Auburn at the Yarbrough Tennis Center in Auburn, Ala., to end the SEC regular season.

• Caitlyn Williams battles through pain, Arkansas Published 4/5/2013 at 11:44 p.m. 0 comments

  In between points Friday night, Tennessee women’s tennis player Caitlyn Williams did not look well, as she noticeably limped around after suffering a minor ankle injury during a fall in practice on Thursday.

• Lady Vols earn third consecutive SEC victory in tennis Published 3/15/2013 at 10:29 p.m. 0 comments

  The Tennessee women’s tennis team evened its overall record Friday with a 4-2 victory against No. 32 South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.

• Lady Vols' rally in tennis was double clutch Published 3/10/2013 at 9:10 p.m. 0 comments

  The competition may have been singles, but the excitement came in double form for the Tennessee women’s tennis team in a thrilling 4-3 victory over Ole Miss on Sunday afternoon.

• No. 7 Georgia takes suspense out of match with Lady Vols Published 3/2/2013 at 6:11 p.m. 1 comment

  The Tennessee women’s tennis team hoped for an upset against No. 7 Georgia on Saturday afternoon, or at least a match that had plenty of suspense and drama.

• Lady Vols overpower Ohio State, 6-1 Published 2/17/2013 at 9:12 p.m. 1 comment

  Duringthe 4-3 win over Indiana Friday and the 6-1 victory over Ohio State on Sunday, several members of the No. 24 Tennessee Lady Vols' tennis team had some challenging and long singles matches.

• Lady Vols get best of Virginia in dual Published 1/20/2013 at 12:20 a.m. 2 comments

  The Lady Vols started the 2013 tennis campaign off with a solid first day performance at the UVA Winter Invite in Charlottesville, Virginia, a hidden dual with the University of Virginia that won't count toward team records.

• Day of upsets for Brynn Boren, Kata Szekely Published 10/5/2012 at 12:16 a.m. 0 comments

  The University of Tennessee women's doubles team of Brynn Boren and Kata Szekely had a tough test ahead of them in the main draw at the Riviera ITA Women's All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Thursday, and came out ...

• Brynn Boren, two others garner All-SEC tennis honors Published 4/25/2012 at 8:37 p.m. 1 comment

  Sophomore Brynn Boren is Tennessee's representative on the women's tennis All-SEC first team.

• Lady Vol tennis signs Tiffany Tavares Published 4/24/2012 at 10:50 a.m. 1 comment

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee women's tennis program completed its 2012 recruiting class with the addition of Las Vegas native Tiffany Tavares, who signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Lady Vols.

• Florida ousts Lady Vols in SEC tennis, 4-0 Published 4/20/2012 at 11:32 p.m. 0 comments

  A half-hour rain delay only delayed the inevitable as eight-seeded Tennessee (14-12) was eliminated 4-0 by top-seeded Florida in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tennis tournament on Friday in Oxford, Miss.

• Lady Vols overcome injury bug to beat Auburn, 4-3 Published 4/6/2012 at 10:28 p.m. 1 comment

  To put their season in tennis language, the Tennessee women's team keeps getting served adversity, but they keep returning inspiration.

• Injuries hamper Lady Vols tennis Published 3/25/2012 at 8:04 p.m. 0 comments

  At the rate the Tennessee women's tennis team is going, it might have to start having its team meetings at a local orthopedic or medical facility.

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