Head Coach Tom Mendell

Tom Mendell is entering his sixth season as the head men's tennis coach at UMass Dartmouth.  In five previous seasons, the Corsairs have posted a 24-28 overall record and the Corsairs have captured one Little East Conference Men's Tennis Tournament title under Mendell's leadership.  In only his second season as a head coch, the Corsairs captured their eighth LEC Tournament title at the end of the 2004 season after posting and 8-4 overall mark and a 3-2 regular season record in the LEC. In Mendell's first season, the Corsairs went 6-5 and took second place in the season-ending LEC Tournament.

A former local tennis professional and intercollegiate tennis player at Southeastern Massachusetts University and SMTI during the mid-1960’s, Mendell brings a wide variety of tennis experiences to the position.  He was a former tennis instructor at the Point Connett Tennis Association in Mattapoisett and served as assistant tennis professional at the Nonquit Tennis Club in Dartmouth.  As part of his work as Recreation Director for the Town of Fairhaven from 1968 through 1980, Mendell organized tennis clinics and taught tennis for several years.

An accomplished collegiate tennis player in his own right, Mendell was a member of the University of Massachusetts Amherst men’s tennis team which captured the Yankee Conference championship in 1962.  Mendell also played collegiate tennis for two seasons at SMTI and SMU, in addition to playing men’s basketball for a season, before graduating from UMass Dartmouth’s predecessor institution in 1967.

Mendell taught in the Fairhaven Public School system for several years, serving as head softball coach from 1981 through 1986.  He is a member of the Fairhaven High School Hall of Fame.  He also served as Athletic Director at the Fairhaven Boys Club for many years.

Mendell first came to the Athletic Department at UMass Dartmouth, serving as an Events Coordinator for the Corsairs’ intramural program, a position he still holds.  A resident of Fairhaven, Mendell is an active golfer and member of Reservation Country Club.