Christopher Newport University

Name

Rush Cole

Place of Birth

Hampton, VA

Date of Birth

N/A

Education

B.A from Christopher Newport, 1991

Coaching Career

Christopher Newport, 1997-present

Record at CNU

1997: 9-8

1998: 12-4

1999: 11-6 NCAA Singles participant

2000: 10-7 NCAA Singles participant

2001: 12-6 NCAA Singles participant

2002: 11-6

2003: 12-7

2004: 7-7

2005: 12-4

2006: 14-6

2007: 13-8 NCAA Doubles participant

2008: 20-4 NCAA Team, Singles, Doubles

2009: 10-12

Overall Coaching Record

143-86 (.646), 13 seasons

Contact Coach Cole

757-594-7372, rucole@cnu.edu

Conference Championships

Captured his first USA South Conference Tournament championship as coach in the 2006 season; tied for the regular season title in 2007, won regular season and conference title in 2008 and advanced as a team to the NCAA Tournament.

Accomplishments

Conference Coach of the Year in 1998, 1999, 2005 and 2008; Cole is the winningest coach in program history; took his No. 1 doubles team in 2007 to the NCAA Tournament, National Coach of the Year in 2008

Personal

Resides in Hampton, VA