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Clemson Head Coach Chuck Kriese Is One of the Nation's Winningest Coaches: Clemson Head Coach Chuck Kriese is one of the winningest active coaches as far as the number of wins in a career. Currently, Kriese has a 451-250 record in his career and is ranked 11th for most wins for active Division I coaches.
Top Active Division I Men's Coaches In Career Wins (Active) Rk. Name School Yrs. Record Pct. 1. Jim Schwitters Hawaii 31 1162-479-14 .709 2. Glenn Bassett Pepperdine 27 614-99-2 .860 3. Paul Scarpa Furman 33 613-361 .629 4. Dave Snyder Texas 38 602-208 .743 5. Dick Gould Stanford 30 586-122 .828 6. Rich Gugat Air Force 21 501-129 .802 7. Ron Smarr Colorado 21 456-155 .746 8. Brian Eisner Michigan 33 487-202-1 .707 9. Jerry Simmons Louisiana St. 24 475-190 .714 10. Bobby Bayliss Notre Dame 27 459-175 .724 11. Chuck Kriese Clemson 21 451-250 .643 *Source--Emory University Sports Information
Chuck Kriese Is the ACC's All-Time Winningest Coach: Clemson Head Coach Chuck Kriese became the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time winningest coach during the 1995 season with a 7-0 victory over Virginia Tech on February 4. He currently has a 451-250 record at Clemson.
All-Time Winningest ACC Coaches By Total Wins
Coach Years Record
1. Chuck Kriese, CU 1976- 451-250
2. Don Skakle, UNC 1959-80 418-55
3. Doyle Royal, MD 1954-80 296-114-1
CLEMSON'S RECORD: Clemson finished the 1996 season with a 12-12 record overall and a 5-3 mark in the ACC. The Tigers finished fourth in the ACC standings.
CHUCK KRIESE ENTERS HIS 22nd SEASON: Chuck Kriese is entering his 22nd season as head coach of the Clemson Tigers. This ties for the second longest tenure by a head coach in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Doyle Royal was at Maryland for 27 years in 1954-80. Don Skakle of North Carolina and Jim Leighton of Wake Forest were both at their respective institutions for 22 years. It is also one of the top five longest tenures in Clemson history regardless of sport.
CLEMSON'S 1996 ACC FLIGHT CHAMPIONS: Mitch Sprengelmeyer and Bruce Li were the Atlantic Coast Conference number-one doubles flight champions.
LI AND SPRENGELMEYER NAMED ALL-AMERICAN: Mitch Sprengelmeyer and Bruce Li were named All-Americans by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. They finished 10th in the final ITA rankings as a doubles team.
1996 FINAL RANKINGS: Clemson finished the 1996 season ranked 45th as a team. In singles, Mitch Sprengelmeyer finished 59th. The doubles team of Sprengelmeyer and Bruce Li finished the season ranked 10th.
TIGER STREAKS: Clemson has won 125 of its last 152 ACC matches, (including ACC Tournament matches). The Tigers are also tough at home vs. ACC competition as the Tigers have won 61 of their last 67 ACC home matches spanning over a 16-year period. Clemson won 47 straight ACC matches at home from March 10, 1978 with an 8-1 win over Wake Forest until the Tigers lost to North Carolina, 6-3 on March 30, 1991.
TEAM LEADERS: Clemson had five players win 20 or more singles matches in 1996. Mitch Sprengelmeyer led the Tigers with a 20-13 record in singles. Sprengelmeyer and Li had a 29-12 record overall in doubles, tied for sixth in Clemson history for the most wins by a doubles team in Clemson history. Freshman Ken Wasserman was second on the team with 26 singles wins.
1996 Clemson 20-Win Club
Name Singles Record
Mitch Sprengelmeyer 30-13
Bruce Li 25-16
Richard Reyes 26-22
Luis Garcia 21-26
Ken Wasserman 26-27
1996 Clemson 20 Win Club-Doubles
Name Doubles Record
Mitch Sprengelmeyer 30-12
Bruce Li 30-15
Ken Wasserman 21-15
CLEMSON IN NCAA MEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT: Clemson is one of the top teams
nationally as far as appearances in the NCAA team tournament. The
Tigers went to 11 straight NCAA team tournaments between the years of
1979 and 1989, the second longest streak of NCAA tournament appearances
in Clemson team sports history. In the 15 total appearances, Clemson
has an 8-15 overall record. Clemson has reached the Final Sixteen 11
times, and the Final Eight six times, but has never advanced to the
Final Four.
Final Eight Years: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
Final 16 Years: 1979, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989
Clemson's NCAA Tournament Years: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996. (15 of the past 18 seasons.)
CLEMSON AND THE ACC IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENTS: Clemson has been to more NCAA team tournaments than any other ACC school.
Number of Trips to the NCAA Tourney Clemson 15 North Carolina 7 Duke 6 Georgia Tech 2 Florida State 3 N.C. State 1 Dual-Match Format Years Only
CLEMSON WON SEVEN STRAIGHT ACC TITLES: Clemson won seven straight ACC men's tennis titles during the 1983-1989 era. Clemson Head Coach Chuck Kriese has led the Tigers to nine ACC championships and three runnerup finishes since his arrival at Clemson in 1976. Clemson won every ACC Title in the 1980s except 1982 or nine of the 10 contested in the 1980s. In the history of the ACC tournament, Clemson has won 10 ACC championships.
ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS: 1969, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
ACC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS: 1969, 1971, 1979. 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990
COACH-OF-THE-YEAR: Clemson Head Men's Tennis Coach Chuck Kriese has been National Coach-of-the-Year in two seasons. In 1981 and 1986, he was named the USPTA's National Coach-of-the-Year. In 1981 he was named Coach-of-the-Year by the ITA. Kriese has been named Coach-of-the-Year in the South five times and in the ACC four times, (1980, 1986, 1988, 1989).
NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS AT CLEMSON:
ITCA National Senior Player-of-the-Year
1980-Mike Gandolfo; 1982- Mark Dickson; 1983-Jean Desdunes
Rafael Osuna Award
1984- Rick Rudeen
National Rookie-of-the-Year
1984-Lawson Duncan
Van Nostrand Memorial Award
1986 -Richard Matuszewski
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS UNDER KRIESE: Since 1978, 17 different Clemson players have made 29 appearances in the NCAA singles tournament. The Tigers are 25-28 in the NCAA singles tournament. Overall the Tigers are 20-24 in the NCAA doubles tournament.
TIGERS IN THE POLLS: Clemson was ranked in 95 consecutive ITA top 25 polls dating from February 27, 1979, to March 6, 1990. From the April 22, 1980 poll to the March 19, 1985 listing, the Tigers were ranked in the top 10 in 42 straight polls. The highest Clemson has ever been ranked was second on two occasions. The Tigers were ranked second on February 18, 1986, and March 3, 1987. The highest Clemson has been ranked in a final poll was fifth for the 1986 season. Clemson has been ranked in the top-10 68 times.
CLEMSON'S RECORD VS. THE TOP 10: Clemson has an overall record of 40-93 against top-10 teams over the years. At home, the Tigers are 6-13 against top 10 teams.
POSSIBLE NATIONAL RECORDS: Clemson's Lawson Duncan compiled a single-season record of 70-14 in 1984. The Tigers' Rick Rudeen had a singles career record of 172-73. Pender Murphy also won 31 straight matches in 1980. Duncan Rudeen and Murphy's win totals are conference and probably NCAA all-time records.
COACH KRIESE IS ALSO AN AUTHOR: Clemson Head Coach Chuck Kriese finished writing his third book in 1994. His latest book, entitled Youth Tennis, hit the bookshelves in the summer of 1994. His first book, Total Tennis Training, is in its third printing, and has been published in Japanese. In the spring of 1993, Kriese wrote his second book Winning Tennis.
Clemson Men's Tennis Quick Facts
1996 Record: 12-12
1996 ACC Record: 5-3
1996 ACC Finish: Fourth
1996 ACC Tournament Finish: T-Fifth
Lettermen Returning: Five
Lettermen Lost: Two
Starters Returning: Five
Starters Lost: One
COACH KRIESE IS ONE OF THE ACC'S WINNINGEST COACHES: Coach Chuck Kriese is one of the ACC's winningest coaches as far as total wins and pct. (.651) are concerned. Kriese is second as far as total wins and seventh in the league for best winningest pct.
WINNINGEST ACC COACHES BY PCT.
(Minimum 10 Years)
Coach Years Record Pct.
1. Don Skakle, UNC 1959-80 418-55-0 .884
2. Duane Bruley, CU 1963-73 146-41-0 .781
3. Doyle Royal, MD 1954-80 296-114-1 .721
4. John LeBar, DU 1971-82 182-88 .674
5. Allen Morris, UNC 1981-93 244-127 .658
6. Homer Richards, UVA 1976-89 229-121 .654
7. Chuck Kriese, CU 1976- 451-250 .645
WINNINGEST ACC COACHES BY TOTAL CONFERENCE WINS
Coach Years Record Pct.
1. Don Skakle, UNC 1959-80 132-14-0 .904
2. Chuck Kriese, CU 1976-99 113-33-0 .774
3. Doyle Royal, MD 1954-80 96-78-1 .551
4. Allen Morris, UNC 1981-93 62-29 .681
5. Duane Bruley, CU 1963-73 61-14 .813
Jim Leighton, WF 1963-84 61-83 .424
WINNINGEST ACC COACHES BY CONFERENCE MATCHES PCT.
(Minimum 10 Years)
Coach Years Record Pct.
1. Don Skakle, UNC 1959-80 132-14-0 .904
2. Duane Bruley, CU 1963-73 61-14-0 .813
3. Chuck Kriese, CU 1976-95 113-33-0 .774
4. Allen Morris, UNC 1981-93 62-29 .681
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