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Men's & Women's Tennis
Coaching Staff

last updated 10/08/2009

Head Coach
Suresh Ramamurthi

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Suresh Ramamurthi is the head coach of men's and women's tennis at Kutztown University.  He has served in that role since the 1999-2000 season.

Ramamurthi has amassed a 142-44 dual-meet record on the men’s side and a 74-92 record on the women's side. In the 2008-09 season the Golden Bear men were first place in the PSAC regular season and won the PSAC Championships. The men won the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional and made a trip back to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2006. Ramamurthi was named the PSAC Coach of the Year.

He led the 2007-08 men's team to a second-place finish at the PSAC meet and the women to a fourth-place finish. In the fall, two of his men battled for the PSAC individual title and the same two players teamed to win the doubles title.

In the 2006-07 season, the men’s team won its fourth straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship and competed at the Division II East Regionals. The Golden Bears finished 11-3 with a perfect 4-0 record in the PSAC. Six athletes earned All-PSAC honors, including the PSAC Rookie of the Year. Ramamurthi was named the PSAC Coach of the Year.

Under Ramamurthi’s guidance, the Golden Bear men have won eight of the last ten PSAC Championships (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009). The team appeared in 10 consecutive NCAA East Regional qualifiers, winning five in a row from 2002-06 to advance to the NCAA Championship round of 16. He has coached 37 All-PSAC selections.

In 2002, Ramamurthi was named the PSAC and NCAA Division II East Region Coach of the Year.

For the women, Ramamurthi coached the Golden Bears to a second place finish in the PSAC East with a 4-2 record in the 2008-09 season. KU finished the 2006-07 season with a 3-4 mark, including a 2-2 mark in the PSAC East. In 2005-06, KU won an NCAA East Regional qualifier for the second-staight year to advance to the NCAA Championship round of 16. Four players earned All-PSAC East honors, as well as the PSAC East Athlete and Rookie of the Year awards.

The women’s program has completed a resurgence under Ramamurthi in recent years. The team competed in the NCAA East Regionals from 2004-06, advancing to the NCAA Championships in 2005 and 2006, and compiling winning records for the first time since 1997-98. He has coached 12 All-PSAC/All-PSAC East selections and has a 56-82 record in women’s matches.

Ramamurthi amassed more than 20 years of experience before coming to Kutztown for his first collegiate coaching position. He served five years as director of tennis and head professional at the Talamore Golf & Country Club in Ambler, Pa. He also served as director of tennis at the Willow Grove Racquet Club, the Upper Dublin Racquet Club, the Indian Falls Swim & Tennis Club (Wayne, Pa.), and the Gulph Mills Racquet Club (King of Prussia, Pa.).

Previously, Ramamurthi had been the director of tennis at the Chester Valley Golf Club (Malvern, Pa.) and the St. Albans Tennis Club (Newtown Square, Pa.).

He has coached all levels of players, from children to adults. He coached top collegiate athletes, including David DiLucia, the top ranked NCAA Division I player in 1992, on the ATP Tour. Ramamurthi also coached Lisa Raymond, who has been ranked in the top 25 on the WTA tour.

A 1983 graduate of the University of Poona, in Maharashtra, India, with a master’s degree in commerce, Ramamurthi was a four-year member of the varsity tennis team. He represented Poona at the Indian National Championships twice.

Ramamurthi recently concluded a three-year term as chairman of the NCAA East Region Tennis Committee.  




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