Associate head coach Anthony Nguyen is preparing for his second season with the Badgers after joining the UW staff at the start of the 2019-20 season.
During his first year in Madison, the Badgers started the 2020 season with an 8-2 record and enjoyed the program's longest winning streak in more than 20 years.
Before arriving at UW, Nguyen was an assistant coach at Purdue from 2014-2019.
While at Purdue, Nguyen helped recruit three recruiting classes that were ranked in the top-25 according to tennisrecruiting.net. These teams include the No. 10 2017-18 class and the No. 11 2016-17 class.
Nguyen also led Purdue a championship berth in 2019. Another notable win from last season comes against No. 12 Ole Miss where Nguyen led the Boilermakers to victory.
Nguyen continues his Big-Ten ties with Wisconsin and brings with him the potential influence of Silvia Ambrosio. Nguyen has worked extensively with Ambrosio in the past, who was ranked No. 9 in the country during the 2018 season.
"Anthony's work ethic, integrity and commitment to the holistic growth of each student-athlete make him a tremendous addition to our program,” head coach Kelcy McKenna said. “We are incredibly grateful to land an associate head coach of Anthony's character as we continue to grow the future of Badger women's tennis."
"I want to express my sincere gratitude to Marija Pientka, Kelcy McKenna and all of the wonderful people at Wisconsin for allowing me this extraordinary opportunity,” Nguyen said. “I am pumped to work alongside Kelcy to continue to help build champions on and off the court and chase Big Ten championships."
Nguyen brings lots of experience to Wisconsin not only from the Big Ten, but from being the head coach for men’s tennis at Niagara University from 2008-2010 and both the men’s and women’s tennis head coach from 2010-2014.
During his time at Niagara, Nguyen inherited a women's program that didn't field a team during the 2010-11 season and two seasons later shared the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season title. He became the first coach in MAAC history to be named the Men's and Women's Tennis Coach of the Year in the same season in 2013.
A native of Beverly Hills, California, Nguyen served as a graduate assistant men's tennis coach at NCAA Division II powerhouse Drury University in 2006-07.
Nguyen played collegiate tennis at Baker University, where he was a four-time first-team all-conference player and was an individual conference champion in 2001.
