AMES, Iowa ? Armando Espinosa has joined the Iowa State women's tennis program as its first-ever assistant coach, ISU head tennis coach Michele Conlon announced. Espinosa comes to Ames after serving most recently as the assistant coach at the University of Oregon during the 2005-06 season.
“We are thrilled to have the first assistant coach in the history of our program,” said Conlon. “Armando brings a great deal of collegiate experience from the Pac 10 and Missouri Valley, as well as terrific on-court talents working with high performance players.”
Prior to his time at Oregon, Espinosa served as the assistant coach at Marquette from 2003 to 2005, and Wichita State University in the 2002-03 season. While at Wichita State, Espinosa helped lead the team to a 2003 Missouri Valley Conference Championship. Espinosa also served as the volunteer assistant at Arizona State in 2000.
During his collegiate career at Drury University, Espinosa played number one and three singles and number one doubles. During his senior campaign, Espinosa was ranked second in the nation. He was a two-year Division II NCAA All-American and a two-year Academic All-American.