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Clemson Head Coach Chuck Kriese develops and educates winners. Kriese is proud of his players' accomplishments both on and off the court.
Kriese proved his coaching practices and theories are successful for the long term when he won 25 matches in 2005, his 30th season leading the program. Now the sixth winningest active coach in college tennis, his 2005 team advance to the school's 22nd NCAA Tournament. The 2005 season marked the third consecutive 25-win season for the Tigers under Kriese, the first time the program has had three consecutive 25-win seasons.
The 2004 team finished second in the ACC tournament and reached the NCAA Final Eight and won 26 matches.
In
2003,
the
Tigers
were
25-11
and
finished
second
in
the
ACC.
The
victory
total
included
a
victory
over
sixth-ranked
Georgia
and
a
birth
into
NCAA
Tournament
for
the
20th
time
in
his
career.
In
the
past
three
seasons,
Kriese
has
won
76
matches.
Kriese,
the
father
of
four
sons
and
a
daughter,
is
challenged
more
by
developing
his
players
into
well-balanced
individuals
rather
than
seeing
them
become
one-dimensional
athletes.
He
is
concerned
with
a
player's
total
well-balanced
growth-physical,
mental
and
emotional
development
while
they
are
at
Clemson.
"A player must be physically capable of the skill, he must mentally recognize and have confidence in that capability, and lastly and most importantly, he must be emotionally comfortable with the level of achievement that he is striving to reach."
Becoming a well-balanced individual requires discipline and dedication and these are key planks in Kriese's coaching platform.
"I really try to stress to my guys 100 percent effort is required in striving for their goals in all walks of life. I am concerned with the inner growth of the person and for the players to always think in terms of an inside-out performance. Athletics is probably the last great training ground for our nation's leaders of tomorrow. It is the one area where the quick fix and microwave results just will not work. I love the base of solid fundamentals that it gives to youngsters to carry throughout their lives.
"This usually means deferred and not immediate results or gratification. It also means hard work and frequent setbacks. These are ideals that our microwave society in America does not always understand. But it is still the only principle from which a young man or woman can grow. Personal discipline and working hard for deferred gratification instead of only the moment are the habits of a champion."
Kriese's philosophies as a coach have proven to be successful over the years.
Academically,
over
95%
of
all
tennis
players
who
have
stayed
four
years
at
Clemson
have
earned
their
degree.
Kriese
took
over
the
reigns
of
a
dormant
Clemson
tennis
program
in
1975,
and
he
promptly
turned
the
tide
in
his
first
year,
leading
the
netters
to
their
most
wins
ever
at
the
time,
17.
From
this
point,
Kriese
has
formed
a
national
tennis
powerhouse
compiling
a
career
record
of
616-379
overall
(30
years)
and
a
154-66
mark
in
regular
season
ACC
play.
He became the ACC's winningest coach in 1995 for total wins. In 2000, he became the ACC's winningest coach in conference matches. Kriese claimed his 600th victory with a 7-0 win over his alma mater Tennessee Tech on February 19, 2005. He won his 500th career match on April 10, 1999 with a 5-2 victory over North Carolina at Clemson's Hoke Sloan Tennis facility. Overall, he has 117 career top 25 wins, second among Clemson coaches in all sports behind baseball coach Jack Leggett who has 147. He also has 14 career top 25 seasons, second among active Clemson coaches (Larry Pentley 20 in golf).
Prior to Kriese's arrival in Tigertown, only the 1969 Tiger team had won an ACC title. Since 1979, Clemson has been successful in ACC tennis and won 10 regular season conference titles and 10 tournament titles. This includes the 1997 season when Clemson won three matches in three days in Atlanta, GA, including a thrilling 4-3 triumph over 12th-ranked Duke. That was his 100th career win over a top 20 team.
Between 1979 and 2005, Clemson has won 178 of 250 conference tennis matches. Since 1978, the Tigers have won 85 of 103 ACC home matches. Clemson made 22 trips to the NCAA Tournament between 1979 and 2005 including 11 straight between 1979 and 1989. Clemson finished among the nations' top 10 seven consecutive years (1980-86), tying for the longest stretch of top 10s in Clemson sports history.
The Tigers have finished in the Final Eight of the NCAA tournament seven times and among the top 25 in the final rankings 14 times. The 1986 club finished fifth overall, the highest in Clemson history.
Under Kriese's tutelage, 19 Tigers have earned 33 All-America honors, and four of these players have been named National Senior Player-of-the-Year. Also, 39 different Tigers have won 52 ACC championship flights under Kriese.
A further documentation of his impact on the heritage to Clemson Athletics was shown in the fall of 2002 when the ACC's 50-Year Anniversary team was named. Clemson had 15 athletes named to that team, more than any other ACC team. Clemson's 15 selections in tennis were also a high for any sport at Clemson. Kriese recruited and coached all 15 student-athletes.
Along with the flow of individual and team honors that have come Clemson's way since 1980, Kriese has picked up several prestigious awards of his own. He is a six-time ACC Coach-of-the-Year selectee, as well as a five-time Southern Tennis Coach-of-the-Year honoree. His first national award came in 1981, when he was selected the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association Coach-of-the-Year, as well as the United States Professional Tennis Association National Award Winner, which he won again in 1986. He was the first Clemson coach regardless of sport, to be named national coach of the year.
Kriese is very active in college tennis administration and has served on the Board of Directors of the ITA. He is a much sought after guest lecturer. In 1991, Kriese lectured on his innovative coaching methods in England, Spain, the Netherlands and Japan. He has also appeared on ESPN's Instructional Series, "Play Your Best Tennis." In 1982, he was chosen to coach the U.S. Junior Davis team at the French Open. In November of 1983, Kriese was inducted into the South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame as its second charter member. And in 1985, he became the first tennis player ever to be inducted into the Tennessee Tech Hall of Fame.
In 1988, he completed his first book Total Tennis Training, a literary work on coaching techniques and motivation, which has already sold over 12,000 copies, and it is in its third printing. Kriese completed his second book, Winning Tennis in 1993. In the spring of 1994, he completed his third book Youth Tennis. His fourth book, Coaching Tennis hit the bookstores in the summer of 1997. In December 1999, he co-authored a book on the history of Clemson athletics entitled Clemson-Where the Tigers Play.
The 56-year-old Kriese is a native of Indianapolis, IN. He is a 1972 graduate of Tennessee Tech. He spent 1973 in New York working for his mentor, Australian Harry Hopman (who was largely responsible for his coaching philosophies and beliefs) at the Port Washington Tennis Academy (NY) before returning to Tech to complete his master's degree in health and physical education (1975).
Coach Chuck Kriese has two ways in measuring his impact on the Clemson tennis program-by trophies in the trophy case and successful individuals who benefitted from his teaching and coaching-a winning combination.
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| ACC | Reg. | Trn. | Nat. | |||||
| Year | Rec. | Fin. | Fin. | Rkg | Overall | Pct. | ||
| 1976 | 1-5 | 7th | 6th | -- | 17-18 | .486 | ||
| 1977 | 1-5 | 5th | 5th | -- | 21-18 | .538 | ||
| 1978 | 3-3 | 4th | 3rd | -- | 18-12 | .600 | ||
| 1979 | 6-0 | First | 2nd | 15th | 24-7 | .781 | ||
| 1980 | *6-0 | First | First | 8th | 32-5 | .865 | ||
| 1981 | *7-0 | First | First | 7th | 30-7 | .811 | ||
| 1982 | 6-1 | 2nd | 2nd | 7th | 24-10 | .706 | ||
| 1983 | *7-0 | First | First | 9th | 29-11 | .725 | ||
| 1984 | *7-0 | First | First | 9th | 27-9 | .750 | ||
| 1985 | *7-0 | First | First | 8th | 24-12 | .667 | ||
| 1986 | *7-0 | First | First | 5th | 31-7 | .816 | ||
| 1987 | *6-0 | First | N/A | 14th | 19-14 | .576 | ||
| 1988 | *6-1 | 2nd | First | 10th | 22-9 | .710 | ||
| 1989 | *7-0 | First | First | 13th | 25-12 | .676 | ||
| 1990 | 6-1 | First | 2nd | -- | 16-18 | .471 | ||
| 1991 | 6-1 | 2nd | T3rd | -- | 14-14 | .500 | ||
| 1992 | 5-3 | 4th | T3rd | 20th | 15-11 | .577 | ||
| 1993 | 3-5 | T5th | T7th | -- | 9-20 | .310 | ||
| 1994 | 5-3 | 4th | T3rd | -- | 21-12 | .636 | ||
| 1995 | 6-2 | 3rd | 2nd | 29th | 21-12 | .636 | ||
| 1996 | 5-3 | 4th | T7th | -- | 12-12 | .500 | ||
| 1997 | *6-2 | 2nd | First | 19th | 20-11 | .645 | ||
| 1998 | 3-5 | 7th | T7th | -- | 11-17 | .393 | ||
| 1999 | 6-2 | 2nd | T3rd | 30th | 21-12 | .636 | ||
| 2000 | 5-3 | T3rd | T3rd | 31st | 18-17 | .514 | ||
| 2001 | 2-6 | 7th | 2nd | - | 8-20 | .286 | ||
| 2002 | 3-5 | 6th | T5th | - | 11-18 | .379 | ||
| 2003 | 6-2 | 2nd | 2nd | 27th | 25-11 | .694 | ||
| 2004 | 4-4 | 5th | 2nd | 25th | 26-12 | .684 | ||
| 2005 | 6-4 | 5th | T5th | 27th | 25-11 | .694 | ||
| Totals | 154-66 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 616-379 | .619 | ||
| Firsts | Firsts | top-20 | ||||||
| *ACC Champions | ||||||||
CLEMSON
ALL-STARS
UNDER
KRIESE
INDIVIDUAL
NATIONAL
AWARD
WINNERS
Mike
Gandolfo,
ITA
National
Senior
Player-of-the-Year,
1980
Mark
Dickson,
ITA
National
Senior
Player-of-the-Year,
1982
Jean
Desdunes,
ITA
National
Senior
Player-of-the-Year,
1983
Mitch
Sprengelmeyer,
ITA
National
Senior
Player-of-the-Year,
1997
Matt
Frooman,
NCAA
Post-Graduate
Scholarship,
1987
Lawson
Duncan,
National
Rookie-of-the-Year
Award,1984
Rick
Rudeen,
Rafael
Osuna
Award,1984
Richard
Matuszewski,
Van
Nostrand
Memorial
Award,1986
Mitch
Sprengelmeyer,
Van
Nostrand
Memorial
Award,1997
19
Tigers
have
earned
33
All-America
honors
39
Tigers
have
won
52
ACC
individual
flights
under
Kriese
15
of
his
former
players
named
to
ACC
50-Year
Anniversary
Team
CLEMSON
TEAM
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
UNDER
KRIESE
NCAA
*
22
NCAA
team
appearances
*
7
Final
Eight
finishes
in
the
NCAA
Tournament
*
12
Final
16
finishes
in
the
NCAA
Tournament
*
14
Top
25
Coaches
Poll
finishes
since
1979
*
117
career
wins
over
top
25
teams,
including
43
top
10
victories
*
9
25-win
seasons,
including
three
in
a
row
(2003-05)
ACC
*
10
ACC
regular
season
titles
*
10
Conference
Championships
*
10
ACC
Tournament
titles
*
85
of
103
ACC
wins
at
home
since
1978
*
Clemson
has
won
178
of
its
last
250
ACC
matches
*
The
Tigers
have
a
record
of
182-84
against
ACC
competition
under
Kriese
(regular
season
and
ACC
tournament
matches)
*
154-66
vs.
the
ACC
in
regular
season
matches
*
28-18
in
the
ACC
Tournament
*
Six-time
ACC
Coach-of-the-Year
INNOVATIONS
BY
KRIESE
Momentum
Control
in
Sports
PEPP-Motivation
Program
Strength
Flexibility
Program
for
the
Tennis
Player
Motor
Fitness
Enhancement
and
Anaerobic
Training
Nationwide
lecturer
and
speaker
Motivation
Specialist
Doubles
specialist
Developer
of
Power
Groove
Swing
Trainer
Author
of
five
books
QUOTES
ABOUT
KRIESE
" Chuck
Kriese
is
the
best
motivator
and
physical
conditioner
in
college
coaching
today.
He
obtains
maximum
talent
and
potential
from
all
the
players
he
trains."
David
Markin--Chairman
of
the
U.S.
Davis
Cup
and
past
president
of
the
USTA. "Chuck
Kriese's
Total
Tennis
Training
is
one
of
the
best
books
ever
written
on
Tennis
and
Coaching."
Bobby
Bayliss,
Head
Tennis
Coach,
University
of
Notre
Dame.
