Todd Doebler

Phone: 814-863-3487 Email: tcd10@psu.edu

After a stellar four seasons, Todd Doebler is in his fifth year at the helm of the Penn State men[apos]s tennis team. The program[apos]s accomplishments after just four years under Doebler speak for themselves. His 61 career wins at Penn State is good for fourth on the Nittany Lions[apos] all-time chart.

Last season, Doebler notched his fourth consecutive winning season with Penn State, going 15-11 and giving him four winning seasons in his first four years with the Nittany Lions. He led the Lions to three wins over ranked opponents, including a 4-3 win over No. 57 Wisconsin. Penn State finished 69th in the ITA Final rankings for the 2009 season.

During the 2009 season, Doebler led the Lions to a 14-3 record. That year, the Nittany Lions posted five wins against ranked opponents, which included a 5-2 upset over No. 30 Wisconsin. Penn State finished 54th in the final ITA Rankings.

The program took a huge turn during the 2008 season, as Doebler led the Lions to the program[apos]s first-ever NCAA Tournament win in the modern era. Doebler also led the Nittany Lions to their third consecutive NCAA Championships appearance and tied the program-best record in the Big Ten at 6-4, repeating the previous year[apos]s record. The Nittany Lions also finished 38th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) final national rankings, a program best in the final poll.

In addition to the program[apos]s first NCAA Tournament victory over Virginia Commonwealth (4-0), Doebler lead the Lions to their first-ever ECAC Championship as they defeated Princeton in the final.

In 2007, Doebler led the Nittany Lions to a 16-7 overall record, a 6-4 mark in the Big Ten, and ultimately, the program[apos]s fourth berth into the NCAA Championship. The Lions also finished 43rd in the ITA final national rankings, which tied a program-best at the time.

In addition to the NCAA berth and matching a program-best finish in the ITA rankings, Doebler guided the Nittany Lions to a host of program highlights in his first season. The Nittany Lions garnered a program-high national ranking of 34th in April, along with notching four victories against teams ranked in the Top 65 nationally, including two teams in the Top 30.

A native of Hatfield, Pa., Doebler brought a wealth of coaching experience to Happy Valley in 2006. Doebler, who was named the 2004 and 2006 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year, came to Penn State after four years as an assistant coach at Notre Dame. He was named associate head coach prior to the 2005-06 season.

While in South Bend, Doebler helped the Irish move into the elite ranks of men[apos]s intercollegiate tennis. In his final year at Notre Dame, Doebler helped the Irish finish No. 17 in the ITA poll, defeat 14 ranked teams and advance to the Big East Conference Championship final. Doebler also helped develop the talent of Sheeva Parbhu, who was an ITA All-American and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2007 NCAA Singles Championship. Doebler served as recruiting coordinator, as well as a liaison to the strength and conditioning coaches while at Notre Dame.

Prior to his stint with the Irish, he was an assistant at Pepperdine University in 2001 and 2002, helping the Waves achieve national prominence both years. During his time at Pepperdine, the Waves compiled a 43-14 (.754) mark. In 2001, the Waves won the West Coast Conference title, advanced to the NCAA round of 16 and finished 18th in the nation. The following year, Pepperdine was 25-6, reached the NCAA quarterfinals and finished No. 5 in the polls. Doebler coached three All-Americans at Pepperdine, including Al Garland, who was ranked No. 1 in the nation during the 2002 season.

Prior to his time at Pepperdine, Doebler served as head coach at Connecticut College for men[apos]s and women[apos]s tennis, as well as men[apos]s and women[apos]s squash for two years. Doebler began his coaching career at Trinity (Conn.) College in 1997 where he served as an assistant for one year for one of the top-ranked Division III tennis programs in the nation.

In addition to his collegiate experience, Doebler served as an assistant coach to the World Team Tennis[apos] Hartford Foxforce in the summer of 2000, which featured players such as Monica Seles, James Blake and Murphy Jensen. His responsibilities included on-court coaching, conducting promotional clinics and pro-ams and overseeing community involvement.

Doebler also came to Penn State with experience as a teaching professional. He served as the head tennis professional at Lehigh Country Club in Lehigh, Pa., during the summers of 1993 and 1994 and as the assistant tennis pro at the Farmington Field Club in Connecticut in the summers of 1997 and 1998. He is a graduate of the USA High Performance Coaching Program, and holds certifications from the Professional Level One United States Professional Tennis Association and the USTA Sports Science Level One.

A 1996 graduate of Bloomsburg University, with a degree in psychology, Doebler also excelled on the court during his playing career. He won the conference doubles and team championships in 1994, as well as the conference singles, doubles and team championship titles in 1995. A graduate of North Penn High School in suburban Philadelphia, Doebler completed his master[apos]s degree in psychology in 1998 from the University of Hartford.