Tom Linhart

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Head Coach

Tom Linhart begins his third season as head coach for the men's and women's tennis programs at RIT in 2019-20. He led the women to 13 wins and a berth in the Liberty League Semifinals for the first time since joining the league, while the men won seven matches.

RIT tied a school record for most wins in a season with 13 in 2018-19. Amelia Ying earned All-Liberty League Second Team honors, while Anne Taylor earned honorable mention accoldaes. The duo of Taylor and Kristen Zablonski were second team doubles selections. On the men’s side, Brennan Bull earned All-Liberty League honors.

Before arriving at RIT, Linhart served as a head coach for the last eight seasons at Division II Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., from 2009-15 and most recently at former Empire 8 rival Elmira College for two seasons. He also served as an assistant coach at Elmira from 2007-09.

As head coach at Elmira, Linhart had 11 women and two men receive Empire 8 All-Conference recognition. He helped lead the Soaring Eagles men's squad to 19 dual wins over the last two seasons. In addition, Linhart served as a game-day administrator at Elmira and was an assistant in the sports information office during his first stint.

While at Lake Superior State, Linhart guided his team to several notable achievements. He recruited and coached six of the university's top-10 winningest female players and three of the top-10 winningest male players in program history. He also coached eight players to Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Midwest Regional Rankings and led his men's team to a top-10 regional ranking in 2010. Additionally, Linhart's 2011-12 women's team pieced together a program record-setting 16-8 overall record. Twenty-one student-athletes earned All-Conference honors.

Linhart played collegiately at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y., from 2002-06. He was named Empire 8 All-Conference on five occasions, earning doubles recognition three times and singles honors twice. He accumulated 80 wins during his four-year career with the Cardinals.

Linhart earned his bachelor's degree in childhood and special education from St. John Fisher in 2006 and his master's degree in education from Elmira in 2009. His father, Tom Sr., is the head men's tennis coach at nearby Roberts Wesleyan College.