Todd Petty Named Women's Tennis Coach
April 30, 2009 | Women's Tennis
April 30, 2009
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech Athletics Director Gerald Myers has announced the hiring of Todd Petty as the head women's tennis coach. Petty served as interim head coach for the Lady Raiders during the 2008-09 season.
"Todd did a good job with our women's tennis team this year as interim coach," said Myers. "He proved that he is a good manager, and I am excited about the future of our program under Todd's direction. He will do a really good job for the Texas Tech women's tennis program."
As interim head coach, Tech finished the year with a 10-14 overall record and finished tied for seventh in the Big 12 with a 4-7 mark. The Lady Raiders also defeated two ranked teams including No. 21 TCU, which was the highest ranked team Tech had ever beaten in school history.
"I'm excited about the opportunity to continue to coach the Lady Raiders," Petty said. "It has always been a dream of mine to coach at this level. I believe Texas Tech is a special place, and has the resources to become on of the top programs in the country."
Prior to serving as interim head coach, Petty was the assistant coach for the Lady Raiders during the 2007-08 season.
Petty came to Lubbock after serving as head coach at Rider High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. While at Rider, he mentored several student-athletes to state qualifying berths, including three in 2003 who qualified for the 4-A state tournament, and one who won the 4-A state singles championship in 2006. In addition, his teams finished in the top five in the state of Texas from 2004-06, with the 2006 team placing third.
During his collegiate career, Petty played his first two years at Texas-San Antonio where he was named All-Southland Conference in both 1999 and 2000. He then transferred to Midwestern State University and was named to the 2002 Lone Star Conference All-Academic team and was selected an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American.
Petty graduated cum laude from Midwestern State with a degree in political science.
He and his wife, Angie, have a newborn son, Colt.