Bio

Tony D'Angelo was hired as the third tennis head coach in University of Tampa history, being named to the position on September 16, 2024.

D'Angelo previously spent six seasons as the head coach at Endicott College, leading the Gulls from 2018-24. He registered a record of 60-30 (.667), including a 29-3 (.906) in-conference record. His Gulls were a four-time CCC Champion (Spring 2021, Fall 2021, 2022, 2023) and totaled five CCC Championship appearances. Among his accomplishments, he guided the women's program to its first-ever ITA Regional Ranking (March 29, 2023) and was named the 2023 CCC Coach of the Year.

In total, he coached six All-CCC players and three All-CCC Doubles teams. His teams also excelled academically, with six Academic All-Conference student-athletes, nine ITA Scholar-Athletes, and the UTR ITA Team of the Month - April 2021.

D'Angelo was previously an assistant coach at Wheaton College (Mass.) for two-plus years. While at Wheaton, D’Angelo helped both Lyons’ programs reach the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament semifinal round in 2017-18. Overall, during his tenure as an assistant coach, both programs combined for four postseason appearances under his tutelage. D’Angelo also was responsible for aiding two student-athletes to NEWMAC All-Conference honors and six additional student-athletes to NEWMAC Academic All-Conference awards.

D'Angelo started his coaching career at the University of Central Florida (UCF), an NCAA Division I program, as a volunteer assistant coach in 2014-15. Following his time with the women’s tennis program at UCF, D’Angelo picked up additional coaching experience in Florida, serving as Head Boys Tennis Coach at Ocoee High School and as an instructor at IMG Academy in Bradenton in 2015-16.

D’Angelo also served as a coaching professional at the New England Tennis Center in Leominster, Massachusetts. In his position at the New England Tennis Center, D’Angelo was responsible for junior player development and coaching at adult clinics.

Prior to coaching, D’Angelo played collegiate tennis at Florida Southern College. D’Angelo graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (broadcast, print & online media) in 2014 before obtaining a Master of Sport and Exercise Science degree (coaching track) from the UCF in 2016. Along with those merits, D'Angelo is also professionally certified through the U.S. Professional Tennis Association (as of May 2016).